PUTME English (Science) past questions.

162 real Post-UTME Screening questions from 2008 to 2023, every one with a worked solution. Practise them timed, on the web, on Android, or offline on desktop.

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Questions held
162
Years covered
9
Questions per paper
60
Time allowed
40 min
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Sample English (Science) questions, answered.

Taken straight from the papers below — one from each of the most recent years, with the answer marked and the reasoning written out.

PUTME English (Science) 2023 · Question 42
Chinedu ____ Chichidodo every time to face his studies squarely.
  1. advices
  2. advice
  3. advise
  4. advises — correct answer
Worked solution
The verb 'advise' (not the noun 'advice') is needed, with -s for the singular subject Chinedu: 'advises'.
PUTME English (Science) 2022 · Question 1
As used in the passage, the word *demeaning* most nearly means
  1. distasteful
  2. complimentary
  3. insulting — correct answer
  4. delightful
Worked solution
Words that are demeaning to a group of people belittle or insult them, so 'insulting' is the closest meaning.
PUTME English (Science) 2021 · Question 4
Choose the option which indicates the grammatical name of the sentence: They returned the clothes because it rained.
  1. complex sentence — correct answer
  2. compound sentence
  3. simple sentence
  4. imperative sentence
Worked solution
It has a main clause (They returned the clothes) and a subordinate clause introduced by 'because', so it is a complex sentence.
PUTME English (Science) 2019 · Question 1
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s)/phrase(s) marked with asterisks: Mary stole the *day's takings* from the bakery.
  1. receipts — correct answer
  2. collections
  3. contributions
  4. offerings
Worked solution
A shop's 'takings' are the money received from sales in a day, i.e. its receipts.
PUTME English (Science) 2012 · Question 1
Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The class prefect's ______ of the quarrel is different from yours.
  1. statement
  2. account — correct answer
  3. outline
  4. summary
Worked solution
An account is a report or description of an event; one person's account can differ from another's.
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PUTME English (Science), year by year.

2023
5 questions
2022
31 questions
2021
17 questions
2019
9 questions
2012
20 questions
2011
20 questions
2010
25 questions
2009
20 questions
2008
15 questions
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How PUTME English (Science) is set.

Post-UTME Screening sets 60 questions in English (Science), answered in 40 minutes — about 40 seconds a question. Practising against that clock is the part most candidates skip, and it is the part that costs marks.

We hold 162 published English (Science) questions spanning 2008 to 2023. You can practise any single year’s paper, or sit a full timed mock that mirrors the real interface — the navigator, the flags and the auto-submit included.

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