Jamb English Language 1984 Past Questions and Answers

Question 56:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Paulina arrived late, she ..... the right route

A. Cannot have taken
B. Could not have taking
C. Cannot take
D. Could not had taken
E. Could not have taken

Question 57:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
.... the medicine, he asked his daughter to take it according to the doctor's prescription.

A. Having to buy
B. Having bought
C. Having been bought
D. Having being bought
E. Having buy

Question 58:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
By the end of this year i ..... twenty books

A. Read
B. Would have read
C. Will read
D. Have read
E. Am reading

Question 59:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Leonard: We went to a hotel and had a very good dinner for N1.00. Geoffrey: You .... a very good dinner if you paid N1.00

A. Must had had
B. Needn't have had
C. Couldn't have had
D. Had to have
E. Have had

Question 60:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Evelyn: I've submitted eight copies. Joseph: You .... eight. Three would have been enough

A. Can't have submitted
B. Couldn't have submitted
C. Didn't need to submit
D. Needn't have submitted
E. Must have submitted