English Past Questions v15 (JAMB/ WAEC/ NECO)

English Past Questions v15 (JAMB/ WAEC/ NECO); These English questions are for students who are sitting for the following examinations:

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• JAMB
• Post-UTME / Post-JAMB
• WAEC
• NECO
• WAEC GCE
• NECO GCE
• NABTEB
• NABTEB GCE

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#1. Select the wrongly spelt word from the options below:

A) disappointed

A) disappointed

B) embarassed

B) embarassed

C) equipped

C) equipped

D) rhythm

D) rhythm

#2. Select the wrongly spelt word from the options below:

A) occurences

A) occurences

B) surprise

B) surprise

C) personnel

C) personnel

D) possess

D) possess

#3. Select the wrongly spelt word from the options below:

A) quiet

A) quiet

B) beleive

B) beleive

C) proceed

C) proceed

D) precede

D) precede

#4. There is not _____ sense in what that politician has just said

A) many

A) many

B) plenty

B) plenty

C) lot of

C) lot of

D) much

D) much

#5. Don't _____the teacher that he _____ that?

A) tell, said

A) tell, said

B) say, tells

B) say, tells

C) talk, spoke

C) talk, spoke

D) speak, talked

D) speak, talked

#6. He is very tired. He really is _____ staying up late

A) getting used to

A) getting used to

B) not used to

B) not used to

C) got used to

C) got used to

D) used to

D) used to

#7. Had she known he was a highway robber she would not have married him. This means

A) she married him before she knew he was a robber

A) she married him before she knew he was a robber

B) she knew he was a robber when she married him

B) she knew he was a robber when she married him

C) she did not marry him because she was a robber

C) she did not marry him because she was a robber

D) she refused to marry the man when she knew he was a robbers

D) she refused to marry the man when she knew he was a robbers

#8. In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined: Jide is being 'forced to go to Lagos' tomorrow. This means that Jide

A) will go to Lagos

A) will go to Lagos

B) must go to Lagos

B) must go to Lagos

C) wishes to go to Lagos

C) wishes to go to Lagos

D) is going to Lagos

D) is going to Lagos

#9. It is sheer fantasy to believe that there could never be a miscalculation by any nation that has atomic weapons. Fantasy means

A) dream

A) dream

B) hope

B) hope

C) nonsense

C) nonsense

D) joke

D) joke

#10. I am looking forward to _____ you

A) seeing

A) seeing

B) see

B) see

C) have seen

C) have seen

D) will see

D) will see

#11. I can't afford another loan, i have _____ money left in my account

A) a few

A) a few

B) a little

B) a little

C) little

C) little

D) few

D) few

#12. I told you, you would miss the bus. You _____ left home earlier

A) can't have

A) can't have

B) must have

B) must have

C) will have

C) will have

D) should have

D) should have

#13. We shall offer a good job to a _____ to register guests in the Central Hotel

A) waiter

A) waiter

B) watchman

B) watchman

C) cashier

C) cashier

D) receptionist

D) receptionist

#14. I've lived _____ this street _____ ten years.

A) at, since

A) at, since

B) for, during

B) for, during

C) on, for

C) on, for

D) in, for

D) in, for

#15. North Africa is _____ than Northern Europe.

A) hotter

A) hotter

B) more hot

B) more hot

C) more hotter

C) more hotter

D) the hottest

D) the hottest

#16. I _____ a lot when I was a student.

A) used travelling

A) used travelling

B) was used to travel

B) was used to travel

C) used to travel

C) used to travel

D) used travel

D) used travel

#17. I wish I _____ your age.

A) to be

A) to be

B) were

B) were

C) to have been

C) to have been

D) would be

D) would be

#18. I do not want the light in my room _____ when asleep

A) turned off

A) turned off

B) turn off

B) turn off

C) to run out

C) to run out

D) turned out

D) turned out

#19. I have applied for _____ on the campus and almost certain i shall get it

A) acommodation

A) acommodation

B) accommondation

B) accommondation

C) accomodation

C) accomodation

D) accommodation

D) accommodation

#20. The dead body of the armed robber has _____ in the street for three days

A) laid

A) laid

B) lain

B) lain

C) layed

C) layed

D) lied

D) lied

#21. Candidates who are not accustomed to _____ fast will find it difficult to finish this paper

A) write

A) write

B) have written

B) have written

C) be writing

C) be writing

D) writing

D) writing

#22. Do you mind _____ another minute or two?

A) to wait

A) to wait

B) wait

B) wait

C) waiting

C) waiting

D) having awaited

D) having awaited

#23. The problems of Nigeria's worsening economy seem to have _____ an immediate solution

A) defined

A) defined

B) defied

B) defied

C) rejected

C) rejected

D) rewarded

D) rewarded

#24. This conference is designed to enable delegates _____ their personal interest with specialist in various fields

A) to discuss about

A) to discuss about

B) discussing

B) discussing

C) to discuss

C) to discuss

D) for discussing

D) for discussing

#25. The car owner does not think about the _____ of his vehicle and the other payments involved in owning it

A) transportation

A) transportation

B) depreciation

B) depreciation

C) calculation

C) calculation

D) appreciation

D) appreciation

#26. The very moment she _____ her folly, she will come back to apologize

A) realized

A) realized

B) is realizing

B) is realizing

C) will realize

C) will realize

D) realizes

D) realizes

#27. The lazy candidate suggested that it _____

A) is time we do away with JAMB

A) is time we do away with JAMB

B) was time we do away with JAMB

B) was time we do away with JAMB

C) is time we did away with JAMB

C) is time we did away with JAMB

D) was time we did away with JAMB

D) was time we did away with JAMB

#28. The head of Department is away to Murtala Mohammed Airport and has asked Dr. Haruna to stand _____ for him

A) out

A) out

B) in

B) in

C) on

C) on

D) across

D) across

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