English Language is a core JAMB subject that tests comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure. Practicing past questions is key to improving accuracy, speed, and familiarity with the exam pattern. This blog provides 50 carefully selected English Language JAMB past questions and answers, divided into three sections for easy study and revision.
Section 1: English Language JAMB Past Questions 1–20
1. Choose the correct spelling:
a) Accomodate
b) Accommodate
c) Acomodate
d) Acommadate
Answer: b) Accommodate
2. The opposite of “generous” is:
a) Kind
b) Stingy
c) Brave
d) Honest
Answer: b) Stingy
3. Identify the adjective in the sentence: “The bright sun warmed the field.”
a) Sun
b) Warmed
c) Bright
d) Field
Answer: c) Bright
4. Which is a noun?
a) Quickly
b) Happiness
c) Run
d) Blue
Answer: b) Happiness
5. Choose the correct homonym: “I cannot ____ the truth.”
a) Bear
b) Bare
c) Beer
d) Bark
Answer: a) Bear
6. Find the error: “He don’t like to read books.”
a) He
b) don’t
c) like
d) books
Answer: b) don’t (should be “doesn’t”)
7. Pick the correct tense: “She ____ to school every day.”
a) Go
b) Goes
c) Going
d) Went
Answer: b) Goes
8. Synonym of “happy”:
a) Sad
b) Joyful
c) Angry
d) Lazy
Answer: b) Joyful
9. Choose the correct preposition: “She is good ____ mathematics.”
a) At
b) In
c) On
d) With
Answer: a) At
10. Correct plural form: “Child” →
a) Childs
b) Children
c) Childes
d) Childen
Answer: b) Children
11. Identify the verb: “The dog barked loudly.”
a) Dog
b) Barked
c) Loudly
d) The
Answer: b) Barked
12. Fill in the blank: “I have lived here ____ 2010.”
a) Since
b) For
c) From
d) At
Answer: a) Since
13. Choose correct question tag: “She is coming, ____?”
a) Isn’t she
b) Does she
c) Isn’t it
d) Isn’t they
Answer: a) Isn’t she
14. Identify the pronoun: “They went to the market.”
a) They
b) Went
c) Market
d) To
Answer: a) They
15. Antonym of “ancient”:
a) Old
b) Modern
c) Historic
d) Elderly
Answer: b) Modern
16..Fill in the blank: “He runs faster ____ his brother.”
a) Then
b) Than
c) That
d) When
Answer: b) Than
17. Choose correct plural: “Knife” →
a) Knifes
b) Knive
c) Knives
d) Knivies
Answer: c) Knives
18. Find the correctly punctuated sentence:
a) I like apples oranges and bananas.
b) I like apples, oranges, and bananas.
c) I like apples oranges, and bananas.
d) I like apples oranges, and, bananas.
Answer: b) I like apples, oranges, and bananas.
19. Which word is an adverb? “She sings beautifully.”
a) She
b) Sings
c) Beautifully
d) None
Answer: c) Beautifully
20. Choose correct homophone: “The wind made a loud ____.”
a) Whine
b) Wine
c) Winn
d) Wane
Answer: a) Whine
Section 2: English Language JAMB Past Questions 21–40
21. Select correct synonym: “Intelligent” →
a) Clever
b) ignorant
c) Foolish
d) Lazy
Answer: a) Clever
22. Find the preposition: “The cat is under the table.”
a) Cat
b) Under
c) Table
d) Is
Answer: b) Under
23. Correct plural: “Foot” →
a) Feets
b) Foots
c) Feet
d) Foote
Answer: c) Feet
24. Identify the article: “An eagle flew over the hill.”
a) An
b) Eagle
c) Flew
d) Hill
Answer: a) An
25. Antonym of “difficult”:
a) Hard
b) Tough
c) Easy
d) Complicated
Answer: c) Easy
26. Fill in the blank: “He has ____ his homework.”
a) Do
b) Done
c) Doing
d) Did
Answer: b) Done
27. Choose correct tense: “They ____ to the park yesterday.”
a) Go
b) Goes
c) Went
d) Going
Answer: c) Went
28. Find the verb: “Birds are flying in the sky.”
a) Birds
b) Are flying
c) Sky
d) In
Answer: b) Are flying
29. Correct homonym: “Please ____ the door.”
a) Close
b) Clothes
c) Clothe
d) Closs
Answer: a) Close
30. Pick correct spelling:
a) Acquaintance
b) Aquaintance
c) Acquaitance
d) Acquaintence
Answer: a) Acquaintance
31. Pronoun in: “Everyone must submit their assignment.”
a) Everyone
b) Must
c) Their
d) Assignment
Answer: a) Everyone
32. Correct comparative form: “Good” →
a) Gooder
b) Better
c) Best
d) More good
Answer: b) Better
33. Fill in the blank: “She is taller ____ her sister.”
a) Then
b) Than
c) That
d) When
Answer: b) Than
34. Antonym of “victory”:
a) Defeat
b) Success
c) Triumph
d) Win
Answer: a) Defeat
35. Correct homophone: “He will ____ his book tomorrow.”
a) Read
b) Reed
c) Red
d) Reade
Answer: a) Read
36. Choose correct tense: “I ____ my lunch now.”
a) Eat
b) Ate
c) Am eating
d) Eats
Answer: c) Am eating
37. Identify the conjunction: “I like tea and coffee.”
a) I
b) Like
c) And
d) Coffee
Answer: c) And
38. Choose correct synonym: “Angry” →
a) Mad
b) Happy
c) Calm
d) Excited
Answer: a) Mad
39. Correct plural: “Mouse” →
a) Mouses
b) Mice
c) Mouse
d) Mousies
Answer: b) Mice
40. Fill in the blank: “He will come ____ it rains.”
a) Unless
b) Until
c) When
d) If
Answer: d) If
Section 3: Physics Past Questions 41–50
41. Correct tense: “She ____ finished her work by 5 pm yesterday.”
a) Have
b) Has
c) Had
d) Having
Answer: c) Had
42. Antonym of “success”:
a) Failure
b) Victory
c) Achievement
d) Accomplishment
Answer: a) Failure
43. Find the adjective: “The tall building touched the sky.”
a) Tall
b) Building
c) Touched
d) Sky
Answer: a) Tall
44. Correct homonym: “He wore a new ____.”
a) Suit
b) Suite
c) Sweet
d) Sewit
Answer: a) Suit
45. Fill in the blank: “I have lived here ____ 2015.”
a) Since
b) For
c) From
d) At
Answer: a) Since
46. Choose correct spelling:
a) Embarrassment
b) Embarassment
c) Embarrasment
d) Embarasment
Answer: a) Embarrassment
47. Identify the verb: “They quickly ran to the bus stop.”
a) They
b) Quickly
c) Ran
d) Bus
Answer: c) Ran
48. Choose correct article: “I saw ____ elephant in the zoo.”
a) A
b) An
c) The
d) None
Answer: b) An
49. Correct synonym of “beautiful”:
a) Ugly
b) Pretty
c) Dull
d) Dark
Answer: b) Pretty
50. Pick the correct plural: “Analysis” →
a) Analysises
b) Analyses
c) Analys
d) Analysi
Answer: b) Analyses
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