Jamb English Language 1980 Past Questions and Answers

Question 51:

• JAMB 1980

Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

As a result of the injury sustained on the football field, Segun was .... with a broken leg for months

A. Laid down
B. Laid out
C. Laid on
D. Laid up
E. Laid off

Question 52:

• JAMB 1980

Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

the principal was able to establish a functional language laboratory for school because he acted .... the advice of experts on the subject

A. Through
B. At
C. From
D. On
E. By

Question 53:

• JAMB 1980

Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

Dume .... in Abraka for three years when i met her

A. Lived
B. Had lived
C. Would have lived
D. Was living
E. Was lived

Question 54:

• JAMB 1980

Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

If i were the Head of the English Department in my school, i .... make oral English a compulsory subject

A. Would
B. Could
C. Should
D. Might
E. Had

Question 55:

• JAMB 1980

Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

If Remi perform poorly in her forthcoming examination,then either her mother or i .... to blame

A. Must
B. Has
C. Will be
D. Are
E. Am