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NECO SSCE English 2014 past questions and answers

This 2014 NECO SSCE English set has 40 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2014 set with instant marking.

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Sample NECO SSCE English 2014 questions

1. After the audit exposed his mistakes, the director promised to turn over a new leaf. What did he promise to do?
  1. Hide the audit report
  2. Start a new business
  3. Accept the blame without comment
  4. Reform his behaviour

Answer: D. Reform his behaviour

To turn over a new leaf means to change one's behaviour for the better.

2. Which figure of speech is illustrated by the phrase 'Silver streams slid silently through the valley'?
  1. Alliteration
  2. Hyperbole
  3. Irony
  4. Personification

Answer: A. Alliteration

The repeated initial s sound in 'silver', 'streams', 'slid' and 'silently' is alliteration.

3. In which professional register is the sentence 'The pilot requested clearance before entering the runway' most likely to occur?
  1. Agriculture
  2. Aviation
  3. Medicine
  4. Banking

Answer: B. Aviation

A pilot requesting clearance to enter a runway uses terminology associated with aviation.

4. Choose the correct passive form of 'The committee will announce the result tomorrow.'
  1. The committee will be announced by the result tomorrow.
  2. The result announced the committee tomorrow.
  3. The result will be announced by the committee tomorrow.
  4. Tomorrow the committee has announced the result.

Answer: C. The result will be announced by the committee tomorrow.

In the passive form, the object 'the result' becomes the subject and takes 'will be announced'.

5. Choose the correct question tag: 'Few candidates remembered the instruction, ___?'
  1. did they
  2. didn't they
  3. do they
  4. don't they

Answer: A. did they

'Few' gives the statement a negative meaning, so it takes the positive tag 'did they'.

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