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NECO SSCE English 2025 past questions and answers

This 2025 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 2025 set with instant marking.

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Sample NECO SSCE English 2025 questions

1. In which word does the primary stress fall on the first syllable?
  1. photograph
  2. photography
  3. photographic
  4. photographer

Answer: A. photograph

Photograph is stressed on its first syllable, unlike the other forms, whose primary stress falls later.

2. Which word has its final -ed pronounced /t/?
  1. wanted
  2. laughed
  3. played
  4. needed

Answer: B. laughed

In laughed, the voiceless /f/ causes -ed to be pronounced /t/.

3. Neither the captain nor the players ___ willing to leave the field.
  1. was
  2. is
  3. were
  4. has been

Answer: C. were

With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject, players, which is plural.

4. If someone spills the beans, the person has
  1. wasted a meal
  2. caused a quarrel
  3. made a promise
  4. revealed a secret

Answer: D. revealed a secret

To spill the beans means to disclose information that was meant to remain secret.

5. The principal, together with her deputies, ___ attending the ceremony.
  1. is
  2. are
  3. were
  4. have been

Answer: A. is

The phrase together with her deputies does not change the singular subject principal.

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