English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

English is the study of the English language. The goal is to improve communication skills by practicing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and understanding language rules like pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.

• Question 3661:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  There are many ways to kill a rat, so we should be _____ in our approach to the task ahead of us?

  Options:
  A) ecletic
  B) eclectic
  C) eclektic
  D) eclectik
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3662:

  Choose the options to which the given sentence relate.

  Spain won their last friendly FOOTBALL match

  Options:
  A) Who won their last friendly football match?
  B) Did Spain win their last competitive football match
  C) Did Spain lose their last competitive football match
  D) Did Spain win their last friendly basketball match?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3663:

  As the stranger approached, shola noticed that he was handsome and her excitement increased. It was of such a man she had dreamt. He had fine, arrogant carriage, like a soldier or someone in authority. When he reached the end of the pier, he addressed them in a rich, deep voice that disturbed her as the voluptuous rising of the tide had gone.

  ‘You’re Tunde Onu, I’m told’, he said to her father.

  ‘That’s right, said her father.

  ‘The bus conductor told me you take people to the islands’, the man continued. I’d like to go there if you can take me.

  Her father examined the man from head to foot, shrewdly measuring his capacity to pay. Then he said:

  ‘When were you thinking of going?’

  ‘Right away’.

  ‘That’s different story, for my boatman is gone to Badagry and he won’t be back before nightfall.

  ‘Oh!’ said the stranger. That’s too bad. You couldn’t get someone else instead of him?

  ‘I would have to think hard’, he said gloomily, for its not everyone would do for the job of going with me beyond the bay to the islands at this time of the year.

  Shola understood her father’s manoeuvre and felt ashamed.

  Which of the following is NOT true of the passage? Options:
  A) shola did not approve of her father's behaviour towards the stranger
  B) shola's father could roe the stranger to the islands aolne had he wished
  C) shola's father exaggerated the difficulties in order to raise his fee
  D) shola had recently been disturbed by the tide
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3664:

  Whatever may be its wider implications, the explosion of hydrogen bomb is, for the meteorologist, simply another atmospheric disturbance. It should therefore be classed with certain rare natural...such as volcanic ...12... But there are certain features of a man-made disturbance that requires special examination. As with all events on this ...13...It is impossible to describe what happens in details. However we can be reasonably sure of the main effects, and most impressive of these arises from ...14...The immediate result of the ...15... is that the air surrounding the bomb is raised very rapidly to an enormously high...16... The hot gases expand violently as great....17...compressing the air around them into what is called...18... or blast wave that is responsible for much of terrible destructive power of the weapon.

  Another kind of wave arises because of the weight of the air. The force of the explosion lifts the ...19...waves. Waves of this type are normally felt by human beings and they have their effect on the weather.

  Adapted from Ayoola K.(2007) University for All Students, Lagos, Nigeria: Olive Free Venture

  Choose the most appropriate answer in the numbered 15 Options:
  A) commotion
  B) detonation
  C) distortion
  D) reduction
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3665: In this question, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined.
  When the chips are down, will know those who have the courage to stand Options:
  A) when we get to a crisis point
  B) in the final analysis
  C) when the blocks are lowered
  D) when we get to the end of the road
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3666:

  In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  John arrived at the airport on time but he could not get _____ the plane

  Options:
  A) into
  B) on
  C) in
  D) to enter
  E) to
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3667: Choose the option that rhymes with the given word. Keep. Options:
  A) Dead.
  B) Reap.
  C) Seethe.
  D) Threat.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3668:

  Nigeria is currently faced with two major problems which necessitate the use of the broadcast media to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for qualitative education in the country. These are population explosion and debilitating mass poverty. Population explosion in the country has greatly increased the need for more schools so much that demand now far outstrips provision of education opportunities, particularly at the post-secondary level. In addition, the Nigerian society is currently handicapped by a crippling economic crisis which has forced many people out of school as a result of growing inability to meet the cost of training, like tuition fees and board charges.

  A way out of these problems lies in the provision of educational opportunities through the use of radio and television broadcast. Only when radio and television are fully utilized for teaching and learning can the foundation be laid for mass education in the country. Besides, using radio and television to transmit educational programmes can cut the cost of education as boarding and tuition will become unnecessary for most beneficiaries. At the moment, many Nigerians are unable to enrol to stay on in school because of the high cost of education and because government is unable to provide the staggering amount needed to finance mass education via the traditional school system.

  Also of importance is the fact that radio and television will offer good opportunities for the standardization of education in the country. At the moment, the best school in terms of facilities and qualified teachers are concentrated in the urban centres to the detriment of the rural areas. This has given rise to imbalance and uneven distribution of qualitative education in the country, so much so that experienced and qualified teachers often reject posting to rural schools, while over-concentration leads to under-utilization of capable hands in urban schools. Since educational broadcasting involves the best brains producing and broadcasting educational materials from one central location and reaching out simultaneously to scattered audience in the rural and urban areas, the quality of educational provision will be made even throughout the country.

  The usual argument against the use of radio and television for teaching is the absence of immediate feedback which is thought to be essential for learning. But this handicap is more than compensated for by the listener’s or watcher’s ability to record and play back as often as he or she likes, any part of the lesson he or she may find confusing or difficult to understand. Besides, support facilities like telephone and postal services may be used to clarify difficulties or answer students’ questions. In addition, since Nigeria is still largely an ornate society, using radio and television for direct teaching will not pose a serious communication problem. A beginning must therefore be made to promote aggressive school broadcast in the country.

  Which of the following can be concluded from the passage? Options:
  A) the nigerian government does not use radio and television for teaching
  B) telephone and postal services are inimical to effective school broadcasting
  C) the formal education system is more expensive than the non-school type
  D) nigerians reject teaching and learning through radio and television because of lack of immediate feedback
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3669:

  Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

  Obi: Let’s go to the Sport Club Cafeteria. One naira
  per meal is a privilege in this country.
  And God knows that I am too broke to afford
  anything More

  Olu: Got a membership identity card? Don’t forget
  the place is for bona fide members
  only.

  Obi: Forget it. There are other types of
  identity cards, remember. Just flash
  something before the eyes of those men at the
  gate, provided it looks like an identity card.

  Olu: Ee…eh, I see. That is why the place is
  always congested. I don’t think it
  is even worth the trouble. I can’t stand a
  queue.

  Obi: That shouldn’t bother you. You don’t have to
  join the queue. Just walk
  straight to the serving point without fear
  and be sure you shout your
  order.

  Olu: But only V.I.Ps have the right to break
  queues.

  Obi: Sure, but V.I Ps don’t wear badges on their
  faces. Post man, pose. After
  all this is Nigeria

  Olu: You mean there are many impostors here?

  Obi: Certainly, and many people with privileges
  too. If you want to get
  along, you must pose, and to get along
  means getting what you want
  if you choose to term it ‘privileges, it
  suits me. It is all a question of
  semantics.

  From the whole conversation, it is clear that Obi and Olu are Options:
  A) irresponsible
  B) selfish
  C) privileged
  D) 'go-gotters'
  E) epitomes of the Nigerian society
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3670:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  If you want to succeed in life, don't be envious ______ other people's achievement.

  Options:
  A) of
  B) to
  C) with
  D) on
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  The correct answer is A .