Clause and sentence patterns - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

Tennyson and Browning lived about the same time and therefore .... poets

A. Contrary
B. Contractual
C. Contemporaneous
D. Contemporary
E. Contemptible

Question 2:

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

The green snake which lives in the green grass is using a perfect ....

A. Ambush
B. Under cover
C. Camouflag
D. Shelter
E. Subterfuge

Question 3:

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

In order to carry out necessary examination the dead body was ....

A. Extracted
B. Extradited
C. Exiled
D. Expelled
E. Exhumed

Question 4:

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
The traditional folktales form an .... to the book

A. Index
B. Insertion
C. Information
D. Overview
E. Appendix

Question 5:

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

The frightening explosion in the factory .... whole wing

A. Washed out
B. Wiped out
C. Rooted out
D. Flushed out
E. Cleared out