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 31:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  Many untrustworthy students gives evasive answers to questions which they fully understand.

  Options:
  A) direct
  B) outspoken
  C) simple
  D) truthful
  E) clever
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 32:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters:

  He is loved for his ALTRUISM.

  Options:
  A) benevolence
  B) sincerity
  C) selfishness
  D) selflessness
  E) kindness
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 33:

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

  We hold that the nation, both in its public and private sectors _____ the best consultancy service and advice in all its endeavours

  Options:
  A) deserve
  B) deserving
  C) deserves
  D) are deserving
  E) richly deserve
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 34: Fill in the gaps with the appropriate option(s)The judge did not grant the request that the witness should_____________ Options:
  A) be present in person
  B) be represented by a counsel
  C) not appear at all
  D) answer questions by phone
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 35:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  From what she said, one may infer that she does not like the course?

  Options:
  A) agree
  B) deduce
  C) suppose
  D) realize
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 36:

  As a rule the Emopa are very brave indeed and are among the few Africans who still hunt lion with the spear. They also kill elephants, not for food but for spear blooding or to prove their manhood. When elephants are located, there is great excitement and fierce competition among the young men. Each tries to be first to blood his spear, the one who does so claims the trophy. No young man is looked upon with favour by the girls until he has won his spurs by killing a dangerous animal.

  But as brave as the Emopa are, two fierce man-eaters completely overawed them. This was partly due to the cunning and boldness of the lions, partly to the fact that when hunted, they would always retreat into dense riverine and undergrowth, where it was impossible for man to poise and throw a spear. Superstition had also added its quota to the fear with which they were regarded. It was said that before starting off on a raid the lions would retire to an open sandy place and there make two rows of depressions in the sand with their paws. Then, using twings as counters, they would play the ancient game of ‘baw’ (a game of unknown antiquity, which resembles draughts and is played all over Africa). If the omens were good they would raid a village and claim a victim, if not, they would wait. Another story had it that the lions were the spirits of two ‘holy men’ who had now come back in this shape to seek their revenge. So strongly was this view held that the local Emopa had petitioned a practising ‘holy man’ to come from a great distance to exorcise the spirits. He came with book, bell and candle and charged a fee of a hundred goats but the lions continued their depredations. To add to the legend of the lions invulnerability many hunters had tried on previous occasions to kill them and had failed owing to lack of time. This confirmed the Emopa’s opinion that lions were supernatural beings and that it was useless to hunt them.

  The legend that the lions were invulnerable was confirmed by the fact that Options:
  A) the local Emopa petitioned a holy man to come and exorcise the spirits
  B) many famous hunters had tried without success in the past to kill the lions
  C) the holy man failed in his bid to exocrize the sprits
  D) brave as the Emopa are, the lions completely overawed them
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 37:

  Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

  Bobrisky is a fashion victim

  Options:
  A) he/she likes fashionable things more than anything else
  B) he/she dresses gorgeously without any fitting
  C) he/she wears low quality dresses of his/her pauperized status
  D) he/she likes things that are indisputably translucent
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 38:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  The economic situation in the country is obviously gloomy

  Options:
  A) encouraging
  B) moody
  C) unknown
  D) regrettable
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 39:

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

  These folktales have been handed _____ from generation to generation

  Options:
  A) in
  B) over
  C) down
  D) up
  E) across
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 40:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  Musa asked Asmau what she …. Since, he last saw her.

  Options:
  A) Has been doing
  B) Had been doing
  C) Has done
  D) Was doing
  E) Might be doing
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .