Jamb English Language 1980 Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 1980

Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

The prices .... are too high for us

A. You lent me
B. You quoted
C. You attended
D. You gave me
E. You want to buy

Question 17:

• JAMB 1980

Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

The method .... does not give the expected results.

A. You recommended
B. You visited
C. You told
D. You sent me
E. You wanted

Question 18:

• JAMB 1980

Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

Oxygen is necessary to life. Nothing can live without it. It was .... a century ago

A. Invented
B. Found out
C. Discovered
D. Learnt
E. Extracted

Question 19:

• JAMB 1980

Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

Why does a flamingo stand on one leg? Because if it lifted the other one, it would ....

A. Go down
B. Let down
C. Fall down
D. Come down
E. Get down

Question 20:

• JAMB 1980

Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

I am travelling by the 6:30 train tomorrow morning. Will you .... me ....?

A. See/off
B. Look/up
C. Take/down
D. See/to
E. Put/up