English Past questions v5 (JAMB/ WAEC/ NECO)

English Past questions v5 (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

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#1. Did you have _________ when you went to visit the medical doctor?

A) diarrhoea

A) diarrhoea

B) diarrehea

B) diarrehea

C) diarhoea

C) diarhoea

D) diarhea

D) diarhea

#2. 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

#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. 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

#5. His father hardly misses the news because he goes about with his _________ radio?

A) pointable

A) pointable

B) pottable

B) pottable

C) potable

C) potable

D) portable

D) portable

#6. Olu brought his clothes and those of his _________ ?

A) senior brother's

A) senior brother's

B) elder brothers

B) elder brothers

C) elder brother's

C) elder brother's

D) senior brother

D) senior brother

#7. Our neighbour was attracted by the _________ from my mother's cooking?

A) flavour

A) flavour

B) strench

B) strench

C) scent

C) scent

D) aroma

D) aroma

#8. For beating_________ his coursemate, Agbji was _________ from the university.

A) up / rusticated

A) up / rusticated

B) on / expelled

B) on / expelled

C) at / removed

C) at / removed

D) away / sent out

D) away / sent out

#9. We have been living peacefully here but _________ hear rumours of war.

A) again

A) again

B) slowly

B) slowly

C) occasionally

C) occasionally

D) eventually

D) eventually

#10. I had __________ little time that I couldn’t the work.

A) so

A) so

B) as

B) as

C) very

C) very

D) just

D) just

E) much

E) much

#11. His _____. evidence contradicted what he earlier stated in writing.

A) comprehensive

A) comprehensive

B) oral

B) oral

C) given

C) given

D) voluntary

D) voluntary

#12. The _____is visiting next week,

A) commissioner

A) commissioner

B) commisioner

B) commisioner

C) comessioner

C) comessioner

D) commesioner

D) commesioner

#13. Freedom of speech is a right not a_______________

A) privilege

A) privilege

B) priviledge

B) priviledge

C) prinviledge

C) prinviledge

D) prinvilege

D) prinvilege

#14. “Don’t wear_________ yourself by trying to do too much too soon” the instructor warned.

A) out

A) out

B) off

B) off

C) in

C) in

D) up

D) up

#15. Though Chike has been _____. his colleagues believe that he committed the crime.

A) authenticated

A) authenticated

B) convicted

B) convicted

C) exonerated

C) exonerated

D) pardoned

D) pardoned

#16. Last night robbers attempted a break_________ at the shop down the road.

A) out

A) out

B) down

B) down

C) in

C) in

D) through

D) through

#17. The activities marking the golden jubilee celebration of the club were rounded _____with a party fit.

A) off

A) off

B) over

B) over

C) through

C) through

D) up

D) up

#18. If you don’t have all that you need for your cookery lesson, you should____________

A) assimilate

A) assimilate

B) constitute

B) constitute

C) improvise

C) improvise

D) invent

D) invent

#19. My neighbor owns twenty__________

A) head of cattles

A) head of cattles

B) head of cattle

B) head of cattle

C) heads of cattles

C) heads of cattles

D) herds of cattle

D) herds of cattle

#20. The man was advised to abstain from smoking _____ he refused.

A) and

A) and

B) but

B) but

C) so

C) so

D) then

D) then

#21. My friends were lucky _____ the scene before the accident happened.

A) they have left

A) they have left

B) to be leaving

B) to be leaving

C) to had left

C) to had left

D) to have left

D) to have left

#22. Surprisingly enough, Sola though a teenager behaved like a _____ man

A) mature

A) mature

B) matured

B) matured

C) maturedly

C) maturedly

D) matures

D) matures

#23. He asked what l would do if I _____ a jackpot.

A) had won

A) had won

B) have won

B) have won

C) was winning

C) was winning

D) win

D) win

#24. It’s important for you and _____ to be there.

A) himself

A) himself

B) I

B) I

C) me

C) me

D) myself

D) myself

#25. Most rich men prefer travelling by air…………travelling by road.

A) against

A) against

B) from

B) from

C) over

C) over

D) than

D) than

E) to

E) to

#26. Her promotion letter was found in a file after a _________search.

A) composite

A) composite

B) concrete

B) concrete

C) diligent

C) diligent

D) fluent

D) fluent

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