Jamb English Language 2000 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 2000

Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?
If he were here, it could be more fun.

A. He did not show up and so the occasion lacked much fun
B. He was being expected to supply more fun
C. There was not fun because he was not present
D. He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion

Question 32:

• JAMB 2000

Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?
Though he is our elected representative he often takes a rather jaundiced view of our problems?

A. He takes a rather hazy view of our problems
B. He takes an unfavourable position concerning our problems
C. He takes a rather forceful view of our problems
D. He takes a sickly view of our problems

Question 33:

• JAMB 2000

Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?
When I visited James I only gave him a congratulatory card on account of his promotion?

A. The only person I visited was James and nobody else
B. It was only James that I gave a congratulatory card to
C. All I gave James when I visited him was a congratulatory card
D. All I did when I visited James was given him a congratulatory card

Question 34:

• JAMB 2000

Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?
The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the principal and the Vice-Principal?

A. They like each other
B. They work independently
C. They cannot part company
D. They dislike each other

Question 35:

• JAMB 2000

Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?
The politician's inflammatory remarks were heavily criticized?

A. The politican's rude remarks were heavily criticized
B. The politican's provocative remarks were heavily criticized
C. The politician's bombastic remarks were heavily criticized
D. The politician's tribalistic remarks were heavily criticized