English Past Questions v11 (JAMB/ NECO/ WAEC)

English Past Questions v11 (JAMB/ NECO/ WAEC); These English questions are for students who are sitting for the following examinations:

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#1. He devoted himself ______ homeless children.

A) To helping

A) To helping

B) To help

B) To help

C) By helping

C) By helping

D) With helping

D) With helping

#2. Although the problem was simple …. Students were able to solve it.

A) Little

A) Little

B) Small

B) Small

C) Few

C) Few

D) A few

D) A few

#3. We talked quietly …. waked the baby.

A) So that not

A) So that not

B) In order to

B) In order to

C) So as to

C) So as to

D) So as not to

D) So as not to

#4. _____ Several bad air-crashes recently.

A) There is

A) There is

B) They are

B) They are

C) There were

C) There were

D) There have been

D) There have been

#5. There was _____ much noise at night that we couldn’t sleep.

A) Such a

A) Such a

B) Such

B) Such

C) That

C) That

D) Very

D) Very

E) So

E) So

#6. Visitors…. Pass beyond this point. It is forbidden.

A) needn’t

A) needn’t

B) don’t have to

B) don’t have to

C) could not

C) could not

D) cannot

D) cannot

E) must not

E) must not

#7. A policeman stopped me and I ….to the police station.

A) Was taken

A) Was taken

B) Took

B) Took

C) Am taken

C) Am taken

D) Will be taken

D) Will be taken

#8. The house will look all the better _____ this new coat of paint.

A) for

A) for

B) under

B) under

C) against

C) against

D) upon

D) upon

#9. Without _____ words he accused him directly of treachery.

A) amending

A) amending

B) modifying

B) modifying

C) mixing

C) mixing

D) mincing

D) mincing

#10. Asmau, did you see the snapshop of _____

A) Yourself

A) Yourself

B) You

B) You

C) Yours

C) Yours

D) Yourselves

D) Yourselves

#11. I can’t mind the light. I don't know _____ about electricity.

A) Something

A) Something

B) Nothing

B) Nothing

C) Anything

C) Anything

D) Nobody

D) Nobody

#12. _____ a good film. Wasn’t it?

A) It is

A) It is

B) Was it

B) Was it

C) There is

C) There is

D) It was

D) It was

#13. He looked _____ everyone in authority as an enemy

A) on

A) on

B) at

B) at

C) in

C) in

D) about

D) about

#14. As _____ of you as can come are welcome

A) each

A) each

B) any

B) any

C) many

C) many

D) more

D) more

#15. He bade them _____ to his house.

A) welcomed

A) welcomed

B) are welcome

B) are welcome

C) to be welcome

C) to be welcome

D) to have been welcome

D) to have been welcome

E) welcome

E) welcome

#16. If _____ one day we would talk about it for weeks.

A) a lion was coming into this room

A) a lion was coming into this room

B) a lion was coming into tis room

B) a lion was coming into tis room

C) a lion came into this room

C) a lion came into this room

D) a lion is coming into this room

D) a lion is coming into this room

#17. Excuse me, do you mind _____ i smoke?

A) because

A) because

B) if

B) if

C) since

C) since

D) while

D) while

#18. Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: My friend will hate his uncle forever because he "left him in the lurch" in his hour of need

A) Abandoned him

A) Abandoned him

B) punished him

B) punished him

C) disrespect him

C) disrespect him

D) disinherited him

D) disinherited him

E) despised him

E) despised him

#19. Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: When you go to a foreign country to study, you will discover that life is not always a "bed of roses".

A) as pleasant as one thought

A) as pleasant as one thought

B) a bed without roses

B) a bed without roses

C) an unmitegated disappointment

C) an unmitegated disappointment

D) as expected

D) as expected

E) uncomfortable

E) uncomfortable

#20. Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: A lorry "larger than an elephant" was stuck on the bridge.

A) as large as an elephant

A) as large as an elephant

B) carring an elephant

B) carring an elephant

C) that looked like an elephant

C) that looked like an elephant

D) with elephantiasis

D) with elephantiasis

E) of enormous proportions

E) of enormous proportions

#21. Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: There is an end - of - session party tonight but Sola hasn't finished her term paper, "She's unlikely to come"

A) I doubt whether she will come

A) I doubt whether she will come

B) She will likely come

B) She will likely come

C) It isn't unliklely her to come

C) It isn't unliklely her to come

D) She doesn't like coming to party

D) She doesn't like coming to party

E) ther is a small possibility that she might come

E) ther is a small possibility that she might come

#22. Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: Never in the history of human conflict has so "much been owed by so many to so few."

A) Many people owed much money at the end of the war

A) Many people owed much money at the end of the war

B) A handful of people saved the lives of a nation

B) A handful of people saved the lives of a nation

C) A few people did a lot of things gratis

C) A few people did a lot of things gratis

D) This conflict caused the largest ransome ever demanded

D) This conflict caused the largest ransome ever demanded

E) Very little was owed by anyone to anybody

E) Very little was owed by anyone to anybody

#23. Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: " John must be happy today"

A) I am sure John is happy today

A) I am sure John is happy today

B) John is happy today

B) John is happy today

C) I hope John is happy today

C) I hope John is happy today

D) It is possible John is Happy today

D) It is possible John is Happy today

E) Jonh maybe happy today

E) Jonh maybe happy today

#24. Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: " You can talk to her."

A) You are permitted to talk to her

A) You are permitted to talk to her

B) You must talk to her

B) You must talk to her

C) You might talk to her

C) You might talk to her

D) Nothing prevents you from talking to her

D) Nothing prevents you from talking to her

E) A & D

E) A & D

#25. Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences: The general promised the soldier would go back to the 'barracks'

A) barricade

A) barricade

B) army

B) army

C) military trainig school

C) military trainig school

D) soldiers' quarters

D) soldiers' quarters

E) civilian quarters

E) civilian quarters

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