English Past Questions v6 (JAMB/WAEC/NECO)

English Past Questions v6 (JAMB/WAEC/NECO); These English questions are for students who are sitting for the following examinations:

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• NECO
• WAEC GCE
• NECO GCE
• NABTEB
• NABTEB GCE

Results

#1. Your performance will improve if you _________ hard.

A) are practising

A) are practising

B) practical

B) practical

C) would practice

C) would practice

D) practise

D) practise

#2. The brave hunter killed the _________ in the forest.

A) big spitting cobra black

A) big spitting cobra black

B) black big spitting cobra

B) black big spitting cobra

C) big black spitting cobra

C) big black spitting cobra

D) big spitting black cobra

D) big spitting black cobra

#3. He wrote to you, _________?

A) hadn't he

A) hadn't he

B) wouldn't he

B) wouldn't he

C) didn't he

C) didn't he

D) hasn't he

D) hasn't he

#4. The clubs were not _________ on a solid ethical base.

A) funded

A) funded

B) found

B) found

C) created

C) created

D) founded

D) founded

#5. I watched him as he _________ the hole.

A) dug

A) dug

B) digs

B) digs

C) is digging

C) is digging

D) dugged

D) dugged

#6. His horrible high-pitched laugh _____ on my nerves.

A) jags

A) jags

B) jabs

B) jabs

C) jams

C) jams

D) jars

D) jars

#7. The managing director did not pay his staff last month, _____ ?

A) didn't he

A) didn't he

B) had he not

B) had he not

C) is not it

C) is not it

D) did he

D) did he

#8. The managing director did not pay his staff last month, _____ ?

A) didn't he

A) didn't he

B) had he not

B) had he not

C) is not it

C) is not it

D) did he

D) did he

#9. Although he is in all respects a poor student, he has managed to buy a tape recorder to improve his _____ of french.

A) mastery

A) mastery

B) mastering

B) mastering

C) speaking

C) speaking

D) ideas

D) ideas

#10. Granted you are my senior by one year, you cannot _____ me around as if i were your servant.

A) control

A) control

B) dribble

B) dribble

C) order

C) order

D) ask

D) ask

#11. _____ mark an important step in the history of industrial revolution

A) The invention of the locomotive engine

A) The invention of the locomotive engine

B) The discovery of locomotion

B) The discovery of locomotion

C) The discovery of the engine

C) The discovery of the engine

D) The process of locomotion

D) The process of locomotion

#12. Because the referee was partial and his opponent rough, the loser of the wrestling match received _____ cheers than the winner.

A) thunderous

A) thunderous

B) many more

B) many more

C) overwhelming

C) overwhelming

D) a little more

D) a little more

#13. Out plane was scheduled to _____ at 10.00 hrs but it was delayed because of the bad weather.

A) fly out

A) fly out

B) take off

B) take off

C) start out

C) start out

D) shoot off

D) shoot off

#14. As luck would have it, the weather brightened almost immediately and after six hours flight we _____ at Heathrow Airport.

A) touched down

A) touched down

B) dropped

B) dropped

C) came down

C) came down

D) flew down

D) flew down

#15. Before we left the airport, each passenger was made to _____ certain form.

A) fill in

A) fill in

B) write in

B) write in

C) enter in

C) enter in

D) go through

D) go through

#16. My father cannot bear the _____ of the concoction that emanates from my mothers soup pot.

A) sweet

A) sweet

B) savouring

B) savouring

C) aroma

C) aroma

D) smell

D) smell

#17. I would not have condescended to appease the traffic policeman but i happened _____ traffic regulation.

A) to have broken

A) to have broken

B) to be breaking

B) to be breaking

C) to break

C) to break

D) to break in

D) to break in

#18. He went up quickly and returned _____

A) fastest

A) fastest

B) fastly

B) fastly

C) as fastly

C) as fastly

D) as fast

D) as fast

#19. Invariably, he ends his letters _____ amicably.

A) you

A) you

B) your's

B) your's

C) yours'

C) yours'

D) yours

D) yours

#20. If i went to the cinema i _____ early.

A) shall return

A) shall return

B) am returning

B) am returning

C) would return

C) would return

D) had return

D) had return

#21. The traditional folktales form an _____ to the book.

A) index

A) index

B) insertion

B) insertion

C) information

C) information

D) overview

D) overview

E) appendix

E) appendix

#22. The frightening explosion in the factory _____ whole wing.

A) washed out

A) washed out

B) wiped out

B) wiped out

C) rooted out

C) rooted out

D) flushed out

D) flushed out

#23. He went abroad with a view _____ a business partner.

A) to find

A) to find

B) to be finding

B) to be finding

C) to have found

C) to have found

D) to finding

D) to finding

#24. He had just entered the office _____ the telephone rang.

A) as

A) as

B) before

B) before

C) since

C) since

D) when

D) when

#25. They _____ receive visitor on short notice.

A) use to

A) use to

B) are used to

B) are used to

C) used to

C) used to

D) are always

D) are always

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