National Examinations Council

NECO English Language

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

3h 30m

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Paper III — Objective
Multiple-choice. NECO numbers the objective paper III, not I.
Start practice Warm up first Read the questionsCompulsory1h37 questions
All 37 questions on this paper are new to you.
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
- Concord5 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 first Read the questionsCompulsory1h 45m4 questions
All 4 questions on this paper are new to you.
- Written answer, graded against a rubric
Scope of study — 1 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.
- Essay Writing4 questions
Paper IV — Test of Orals
Sat separately from the written papers.
Start practice Warm up first Read the questionsCompulsory45 min8 questions
All 8 questions on this paper are new to you.
- Spoken answer, graded against a rubric

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