Classroom

English Language Past Questions

Study and practice English Language past questions with answers and detailed explanations. Then test your knowledge using our interactive CBT practice platform and prepare confidently for your upcoming examinations.

4,668 questions JAMB 4668 WAEC 4078 NECO 271 CUSTOM 10

Select subject

Download PHP app Ask a Question Check Syllabus Past Question Videos Topic Video Lessons

Take a test

Custom CBT

Create and set up a CBT environment with your preferred subjects.

JAMB CBT Simulator

Practice JAMB CBT with real UTME past questions in CBT format.

WAEC CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

CB-WASSCE styled past question practice.

NECO CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

SSCE & GCE styled past question practice.

Past Questions

4,668 questions

Question 1 of 20 4,668 total questions

Question 2301

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
In West Africa the .... of sickle cell is about 25 percent

Aincident

Bincidence

Caccident

Daccidence

Eincense

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2302

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

Isn't it high time you .... your office?

Aare leaving

Bdo leave

Cleave

Dleft

Edid leave

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2303

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
There were so many children ....

Athat she couldn't feed them all

Bthan she could feed

Cthat she couldn't feed

Dthat she could feed them all

Emore than she could feed them all

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2304

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
By the time the rainy season ended, all the young cocoa trees .... in size

Ahave double

Bhad doubled

Cwere doubling

Ddoubled

Ewill double

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2305

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
We should take care .... the robbers come back

Amay be

Bshould in case

Cperhaps

Dprobably

Ein case

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2306

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
What a relief that the strike .... when it did!

Awould end

Bwas ending

Cended

Dhas ended

Eis ending

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2307

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
If this had happened to you, what .....?

Awould you do

Bhave you done

Cwould you have done

Dwill you do

Ewould you be doing

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2308

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
The train rattled along .... full speed

Ain

Bat

Cwith

Dby

Eon

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2309

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
His horrible high-pitched laugh .... on my nerves

Ajags

Bjabs

Cjams

Djars

Ejeers

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2310

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
My little boy is hyper-active and he is therefore prone .... accidents

Awith respect to

Bfor

Cto

Dabout

Eas regards

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2311

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
The man no longer feared his opponent after their spokesman had assured him that they were well disposed .... him

Ato

Btowards

Caround

Dabout

Efor

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2312

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Many lives are lost on Nigerian roads .... lack of consideration for other road users by many crazy drivers

Ain view of

Bresulting in

Cowing totally to

Dthrough

Eby

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2313

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;The boxer was highly rated .... his doggedness and ability to absorb heavy punches

Aby

Bthrough

Cfor

Dabout

Ein

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2314

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

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

Athunderous

Bmany more

Coverwhelming

Da little more

Eseveral

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2315

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
.... mark an important step in the history of industrial revolution

AThe invention of the locomotive engine

BThe discovery of locomotion

CThe discovery of the engine

DThe process of locomotion

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2316

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Granted you are my senior by one year, you cannot .... me around as if i were your servant

Acontrol

Bdribble

Corder

Dask

Ecompel

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2317

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space:
Although he is in all respects a poor student, he has managed to buy a tape recorder to improve his .... of French.

Amastery

Bmastering

Cspeaking

Dideas

Ethinking

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2318

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
The managing director did not pay his staff last month ....?

Adidn't he

Bhad he not

Cis not it

Ddid he

Ehas he

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2319

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
I would not have condescended to appeasing the traffic policeman, but I happened .... traffic regulation.

Ato have broken

Bto be breaking

Cto break

Dto break in

Eto have evaded

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 2320

jamb 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

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

Asweet

Bsavouring

Caroma

Dsmell

Escent

View Explanation & Discuss

Question Navigator

Current

English Language Past Questions

Take a test

Custom CBT

JAMB CBT Simulator

WAEC CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

NECO CBT Practice 2026 Simulator

Past Questions

Question Navigator

MathsFaculty