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 4111: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined: Ngozi spoke to her father quite candidly on her proposed marriage Options:
  A) rudely
  B) faithfully
  C) frankly
  D) respectfully
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4112:

  Bolu shall be the M.C. This means that

  Options:
  A) Bolu may be the M.C
  B) no one else will be the M.C
  C) later in life, Bolu will become an M.C
  D) Bolu may not be the M.C
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4113:

  Read the Passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

  The term Mass Communication occurs when information is disseminated to a relatively large number of people in different places. it should be seen as the same thing with talking face to face with someone else. With mass communication, there is no answer, smile, laugh or lock of surprise. the people who receive the message are as far away from the source of the message as far away as you are from the announcers on the radio or from the newscasters on television, or from the writer of a column in the local newspaper.

  There are three identifiable means of errors in mass communication. There is one done through the printed words, books, magazine and newspapers. The other is primarily radio, but also records and tape recordings. Also, it can be done through a combination of sound and pictures as in television, films and the more recently popular video tape.

  Together, they are referred to as the mass media.

  All media can be used to inform and entertain. However, there are coverts roles played. It may be to educate as in school broadcast. Again, the aim may be to persuade as when the media are used by advertisers or for political broadcasts. The media are often in strong position to influence public opinion because they select the topics to be presented and can stress the importance of one issue over the other.

  The mass media have, in recent times, come under acerbic criticism. Many presenters have become not only conscientized but also immensely concerned about the possible effects that science of violence and bad behavior may have on their children. More worrisome are the potential danger of political and commercial propaganda.

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  A suitable title for the above passage can be:

  Options:
  A) Mass communication
  B) The mass media and the people
  C) The purpose of mass media
  D) The good and the bad side of the media
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4114:
  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
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4115:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) in italics.

  The driver was discharged while the car owner was ___________ for fraud.

  Options:
  A) remanded
  B) detained
  C) acquitted
  D) sued
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4116:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  The witness said he had no axe to grind with his brothers.

  Options:
  A) He had no hatred for the brothers
  B) He had no axe and therefore stole the matchet
  C) He had no axe and therefore borrowed their matchet
  D) He had no vested interest in the brothers.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4117: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word Underlined: The headmaster decided to make good his promise to the students Options:
  A) fulfil
  B) improve
  C) complete
  D) realize
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4118: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:The Governor declined to give audience to the journalist. Options:
  A) ignored
  B) accepted
  C) forgot
  D) rejected
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4119: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The investigators stated clearly that they had reached a dead end in their scrutiny of suspects in the murder case? Options:
  A) the investigator did not know what to do with the suspects' murder
  B) the investigators had evidence to sentence the suspects to death in the end
  C) There was no further progress inthe investigation of the murder suspects
  D) the end had come for the suspects in the murder case
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4120: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided. _____ told of his impending arrival, I worked hard to make his short stay very comfortable? Options:
  A) Have being
  B) Have been
  C) Have I been
  D) Having been
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  The correct answer is D .