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.

9,027 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

9,027 questions

Question 1 of 20 9,027 total questions

Question 4391

jamb 1980

Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
There is a filling station .... the corner, to your right.

Aabout

Bby

Cfrom

Daround

Eto

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4392

jamb 1980

Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
The elections .... the Senate were held in July

Ainto

Bof

Cfrom

Donto

Eon

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4393

jamb 1980

Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
Every time you pay a bill you must insist .... being given a receipt

Ain

Bfrom

Con

Dby

Eonto

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4394

jamb 1980

Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
The meeting starts .... two o'clock. Please be punctual

Aabout

Bin

Con

Dat

Earound

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4395

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
As it holds true that, unless you train your body you cannot be an athlete, so also unless you train your .... you cannot be a ....

Akicking - footballer

Bvoice - choirmaster

Cmind - scholar

Dcourage - hero

Earms - swimmer

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4396

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
It is very difficult to capture the subtle ..... of words when translated from one language to another

Aessence

Bdenotations

Cconnotations

Dinflexions

Einsults

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4397

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
He must be a good student because he is a .... reader

Aromanesque

Bveracious

Cvoracious

Dmendacious

Esarcastic

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4398

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Legislators must be trained to .... the truth

Adisguise

Bdiscern

Cdigest

Ddisturb

Edistort

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4399

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Now that i realize the full extent of your ... i am afraid it will be impossible for me to ever trust you again

Adubiousness

Bcorruption

Cdeceptiveness

Dduplicity

Einconsistency

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4400

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Grace must be allergic .... smoke because any time she sits by someone who is smoking, she sneezes

Ato

Bfrom

Cfor

Dwith

Eby

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4401

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Ogedengbe kept goal for his club team because there wasn't .... to do it

Anobody else

Bany other body

Cany other body

Dno other body

Eanybody else

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4402

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
No sooner had the examination ended .... the students started vacating the halls of residence

Awhen

Bthat

Cthan

Dbefore

Eand

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4403

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
We couldn't find the official who was to act as our guide ...., he has left before we arrived

AMoreover

BActually

CNevertheless

DHowever

EEven

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4404

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Bimbo sings beautifully .... ?

Aisn't it

Bdoesn't she

Cisn't she

Ddoes she

Eis she

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4405

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
The prefect came to the class five minutes after the lesson ....

Ahas started

Bhad started

Chave started

Dis started

Ehas been started

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4406

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
You cannot have a vague idea of the content of this comprehension text unless you first .... the whole passage for a few minutes, said the teacher to his pupils

Adigest

Bdecipher

Cskim through

Dchew through

Emaster

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4407

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

I was able to .... Olu my book because he promised to return it the following day

Aborrow

Bgive

Clend

Dlease

Esecure

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4408

jamb 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
If Remi perform poorly in her forthcoming examination, then either her mother or I.... to blame

Amust

Bhas

Cwill be

Dare

Eam

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4409

jamb 1980

Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
If i were the Head of the English Department in my school, i .... make oral English a compulsory subject

Awould

Bcould

Cshould

Dmight

Ehad

View Explanation & Discuss

Question 4410

jamb 1980

Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:
Dume .... in Abraka for three years when i met her

Alived

Bhad lived

Cwould have lived

Dwas living

Ewas lived

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