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: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).I sit true that Okoro _____. when the gates were closed? Options:
  A) had return
  B) wolud return
  C) should return
  D) would return
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 32:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  Who called the attention of the district head when it was discovered that Talle buys more than he could consume from the supermarket?

  Options:
  A) his friends
  B) the grocers
  C) His neighbors
  D) his colleagues
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 33:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 6 to 15. Immediately following each gap are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Before any detailed analysis begins, the first thing to do with the data is to check through the field record book and questionnaires for any……..6……[A. records B. events C. odds D. mistakes], inconsistencies and incompleteness. In some cases, it may be possible to correct any discovered shortcomings. When it is possible to carry out these……..7……[A. plans B. possibilities C. corrections D. expectations].

  In most scientific……8…..[A. experiment B. data C. conclusion D. questionnaires] such revisits are clearly impossible. This is true of many surveys too. A road traffic survey…….9……[A. conducted B. experimented C. classified D. precoded] to find out the amount and frequency of daily traffic between two towns cannot be expected to be……..10…..[A. reproducible B. undertaken C. observed D. produced]. There is no way of going back to check whether the number of vehicles reported for any particular hour is correct or not. With open-ended questions the……11…..[A. methods B. responses C. errors D. conclusion] have to be classified into relatively small number of groups. The process of classifying answers and of sometimes identifying them by number and letter is called…….12…….[A. recording B. recoding C. encoding D. coding]. When closed-ended questions are used, it is possible to code all the possible answers before they are actually received. This is called……..13…..[A. precoding B. coding C. encoding D. recoding]. What is done, a check through the answers for proper classification, numbering and lettering is still called for at this stage. This whole process of checking through questionnaires and notebooks is called……14…..[A. editing B. posting C. listing D. auditing]. Collected data will eventually have to be used in drawing……15…..[A. references B. examples C. conclusions D. analogies] and writing a report about the population from which it came.

  In question number 12 above, choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gab. Options:
  A) recording
  B) recoding
  C) encoding
  D) coding
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 34: Students refused to sympathize with Efua when drinks spilled on her because Options:
  A) she would not accept their sympathy
  B) she was Jimi's only girlfriend
  C) they planned it to disgrace her
  D) they felt she was arrogant
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 35:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

  The new Vice-Chancellor's immediate concern was to tide over the major difficulties of the moment?

  Options:
  A) temporarily accomodation
  B) permanently handle
  C) decisively solve
  D) pretend to solve
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 36: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:My son has just been rusticated from the university Options:
  A) sent home to get his fees
  B) sent home for misconduct
  C) sent home to rest for some time
  D) sent home to become realistic
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 37:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

  Many a man _____ done without milk in _____ tea these days

  Options:
  A) had/their
  B) has/his
  C) have/their
  D) had/his
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 38:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):

  The story on the lost jewel was quite _____

  Options:
  A) unbelievable
  B) unbelieveable
  C) unbeliveable
  D) unbelivable
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 39: Must you always _____ lies? Why don't you _____ the truth for once Options:
  A) speak
  B) say
  C) talk
  D) tell
  E) utter
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 40:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options

  You should show some consideration _____ the feelings of others

  Options:
  A) with
  B) about
  C) by
  D) to
  E) for
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is E .