NECO English: topics to study
28 topics in 4 sections. In NECO SSCE, most subjects have an objective (multiple-choice) paper and a theory or essay paper, and science subjects also have a practical.
How to study English for NECO
English rewards steady practice more than cramming. Read a short passage every day, learn words in context, and drill oral English (vowels, consonants and stress), which many students leave until too late.
NECO English topics
1.Comprehension and Summary
- Reading comprehension passages
- Main ideas and supporting details
- Inference and author's purpose
- Summary writing
- The cloze test
2.Lexis and Structure
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Sentence completion
- Idioms and idiomatic expressions
- Figures of speech
- Concord (subject-verb agreement)
- Tenses and sequence of tenses
- Pronouns and their uses
- Prepositions
- Question tags
- Direct and reported speech
- Active and passive voice
- Clauses and phrases
- Punctuation and spelling
3.Oral Forms (Phonology)
- Vowels: monophthongs
- Vowels: diphthongs and triphthongs
- Consonants and consonant clusters
- Rhymes
- Word stress
- Emphatic stress and intonation
4.Literature in the Prescribed Text
- Plot and themes of the prescribed text
- Characters and characterisation
- Setting and narrative technique
This outline follows the structure of the official syllabus. Check the current English syllabus on the NECO website for this year's exact list and any set texts.