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NECO

National Examinations Council

NECO English Language

Three papers, each separately timed: Objective, Essay, and the Test of Orals.

A lined answer booklet and objective question paper on a desk, the paper-based format NECO papers are sat in.

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NECO English Language

Total time: 3h 30m
Sections: 3
Scoring: scaled

Sections

Paper III — Objective
Multiple-choice. NECO numbers the objective paper III, not I.
Start practice Warm up firstCompulsory1h
Scope of study — 16 topics
The bar next to each topic is how much of our own question bank touches it — not the exam board's official weighting, which we do not have.
- Antonyms3 questions
- Comprehension1 question
- Concord

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6 questions

Grammatical Structure1 question

Idiomatic expressions5 questions

Lexis and structure4 questions

Phrasal verbs1 question

Punctuation1 question

Question tags1 question

Registers2 questions

Sentence interpretation1 question

Stress and sound2 questions

Synonyms3 questions

Tenses2 questions

Vocabulary3 questions

Word classes2 questions

Paper II — Essay

Written answers, marked against a rubric.

Start practice Warm up firstCompulsory1h 45m

Written answer, graded against a rubric

Paper IV — Test of Orals

Sat separately from the written papers.

Start practice Warm up firstCompulsory45 min

Spoken answer, graded against a rubric