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 781:

  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.

  The conversation about identity cards suggests that Options:
  A) without an identity card, no one can be allowed to eat in the Sports Club Cafeteria
  B) without an identity card, no one can be allowed into the Sports Club
  C) there is thorough checking of identity cards at the Sports Club gate
  D) bona fidemembers of the Club do not have to carry identity cards
  E) a club member can afford to forget his membership card
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 782: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.The Dark Continent was an _____ for Africa? Options:
  A) abuse
  B) enigma
  C) eclectic
  D) epithet
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 783:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the the underlined letter(s).

  pear?

  Options:
  A) dear
  B) year
  C) there
  D) near
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 784:

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

  Our new Vice-Chancellor has stepped off the wrong foot?

  Options:
  A) injured his foot while entering his office
  B) started off badly
  C) made a costly mistake
  D) stepped on the wrong toes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 785:

  So far I have been speaking of science in its universality, viewed from the perspective of the world at large. For the context of our own country and our sister developing countries, many of the factors mentioned earlier are not very important. For example, pollution, deterioration of the environment and population explosion are not yet serious problems for us in this country.

  Let me now turn to a more specific area, namely the question of scientific choice for developing countries. There is no doubt that role which science s and technology have played in the upliftment of the material and economic well-being of the developed nation will, and does, influence the criteria that the Third World nations must choose in order to establish their science policies and priorities.

  But the criteria to be used by this nation do not have the same as those which have brought the developed countries to their present stage of evolution. For while human beings have the same problems, their solutions, to be meaningful will have to be sought within some relevant frame of reference, such as the available resources and expertise, social values, place and time in the historical scale.

  The main idea of this passage is that Options:
  A) there is a yawning gap between the have and the have-nots
  B) there is need to rid his countrymen from the scourges of hunger , disease, ignorance, and want
  C) there could be atmospheric pollution and population explosion
  D) the concern of science and technology are the same in all countries
  E) each nation must plan its development according to its needs and resources
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 786:

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

  He devoted himself ______ homeless children.

  Options:
  A) To helping
  B) To help
  C) By helping
  D) With helping
  E) Helping.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 787:

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

  He mumbled a few words at the trial and then cried?

  Options:
  A) shouted
  B) murmured
  C) whispered
  D) announced
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 788:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  A survey of opinions on how pupils feels about their teachers _____ carried out

  Options:
  A) has been
  B) have been
  C) are being
  D) is been
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 789: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).I wish the commander were less adamant about his proposed reprisal attack on the enemy? Options:
  A) sentimental about / rehearsed
  B) unyielding about / retailatory
  C) supportive of / retributive
  D) tolerant of / surprise
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 790:

  In each of this question choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  The soldiers tried in their dogged defence of the city.

  Options:
  A) strong
  B) indestructible
  C) classical
  D) indifferent
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  The correct answer is D .