Jamb English Language 1980 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• JAMB 1980

Complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

Shall we go to the union meeting? No thank you, i do not feel like .... anywhere

A. Go
B. Going
C. To go
D. To have gone
E. Went

Question 37:

• JAMB 1980

Complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

Will they sign any contracts at the Fair? They will not only sign the contracts but a lot of goods .... as well

A. Will buy
B. To buy
C. They buy
D. They bought
E. Will be bought

Question 38:

• JAMB 1980

Complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

I started writing this test at 8 : 00 a.m It is 10 : 00 a.m now. By 11 : 00 a.m. I .... it for three hours

A. Shall be writing
B. Have been writing
C. Shall have been writing
D. Am writing
E. Was writing

Question 39:

• JAMB 1980

Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:

Writing for newspaper is exciting and lucrative especially when one is a freelance journalist

A. A forthright
B. An eloquent
C. An unattached
D. A political
E. A convincing

Question 40:

• JAMB 1980

Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:

He has never been a good mediator, even in minor family disputes, because in most cases his views are always jaundiced

A. Coloured
B. Sick
C. Suspicious
D. Unscrupulous
E. Prejudiced