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NECO SSCE English 2020 past questions and answers

This 2020 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 2020 set with instant marking.

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Sample NECO SSCE English 2020 questions

1. The treasurer was asked to account for every payment made during the trip. What does 'account for' mean in this sentence?
  1. Explain
  2. Replace
  3. Conceal
  4. Collect

Answer: A. Explain

To account for an item or payment is to explain or give a reason for it.

2. The two neighbours have been at loggerheads over the boundary for months. This means that they have been
  1. working together
  2. avoiding each other
  3. in serious disagreement
  4. celebrating together

Answer: C. in serious disagreement

People who are at loggerheads are in strong disagreement or conflict.

3. The old bridge is no longer safe and is therefore ___ collapse.
  1. subject for
  2. susceptible to
  3. prone with
  4. vulnerable from

Answer: B. susceptible to

The standard collocation is 'susceptible to', meaning likely to be affected by something.

4. In which syllable of 'photographic' does the primary stress fall?
  1. First
  2. Second
  3. Fourth
  4. Third

Answer: D. Third

'Photographic' is pronounced pho-to-GRAPH-ic, with primary stress on the third syllable.

5. If Musa had set out earlier, he ___ the train.
  1. will catch
  2. would have caught
  3. would catch
  4. had caught

Answer: B. would have caught

A past unreal condition takes 'would have' plus the past participle in its result clause.

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