Jamb English Language 1997 Past Questions and Answers

Question 56:

• JAMB 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.
The principal warned the students not to take the....... hands?

A. Law into their
B. Laws into their
C. Law into their own
D. Laws into their own

Question 57:

• JAMB 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.
Those men helped Duped and ......?

A. Myself
B. I
C. Me
D. We

Question 58:

• JAMB 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.
I had hardly ...... down to sleep when i heard the gunshot?

A. Lay
B. Lied
C. Lain
D. Laid

Question 59:

• JAMB 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.
My shoes are worn out; I must see my ...... ?

A. Grocer
B. Tanner
C. Cobbler
D. Hosier

Question 60:

• JAMB 1997

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.
A sterile range of mountains, broken at intervals by deep ravines ...... almost the whole of this small state?

A. Enclose
B. Encloses
C. Cover
D. Covers