English Language 1999 Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 16 :

• JAMB 1999

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).
The government is not opening up to the unions in the negotiations; it must have something up its sleeve?

A. Be nursing a hidden a last agenda
B. Be hoping to trap them
C. Be hiding a last minute package
D. Be intending to dissolve the unions

Question 17 :

• JAMB 1999

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).
Adamu woke up with a start a took to his heels, claiming that something was on his trail?

A. In his food
B. Giving him the chase
C. Hiding near the bed
D. Staring at him

Question 18 :

• JAMB 1999

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).
When he found himself in a difficult situation, he tried to double-talk his way through?

A. Talk to two people to help him
B. Mix up issues to sound nervous
C. Mix up facts to confuse people
D. Talk twice to gain sympathy

Question 19 :

• JAMB 1999

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).
They have tried circumvent the restriction on the importation of the commodities?

A. Bypass
B. Confront
C. Oppose
D. Challenge

Question 20 :

• JAMB 1999

The word in capital letters has an emphatic stress, Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence?
The accused hasn't even been TRIED yet?

A. Was the accuse sentenced to life imprisonment ?
B. Has the suspect been apprehended?
C. Why hasn't the accused been tried yet?
D. Was the accused handed over to the