Jamb English Language 1984 Past Questions and Answers

Question 51:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
The driver of that lorry .... lost his life during the collision

A. Barely
B. Hardly
C. Nearly
D. Closely
E. Narrowly

Question 52:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Wherever the leader went people struggled to catch a .... of him

A. Look
B. View
C. Glimpse
D. Portrait
E. Picture

Question 53:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
I meant ... a pencil but there was no one .... there.

A. Buying/selling
B. To buy/to sell
C. Buying/to sell
D. Buy/to sell
E. To buy/selling

Question 54:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Mrs. Okoro .... in this school since 1975.

A. Taught
B. Is teaching
C. Was teaching
D. Teaches
E. Has been teaching

Question 55:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
The Governor has .... to the people on many occasions

A. Broadcast
B. Been broadcast
C. Broadcasted
D. Being broadcast
E. Been broadcasted