Degree (positive, comparative and superlative) - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 1978

Choose the options which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions.

We visited the home of one boy. That's the boy i mean.

A. That's the boy whom we visited his home
B. That's the boy whose home we visited
C. That's the boy to whose home we visited
D. That's the boy the home of whom we visited

Question 2:

• JAMB 1980

Complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

.... listening to the news when i came in

A. There were
B. There was
C. It was
D. There are going to be
E. They were

Question 3:

• JAMB 2018

Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap.

We saw Ifueko ____________ an egg on the wall

A. Smashed
B. Smash
C. Smashing
D. Smashes

Question 4:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
We left .... U.S.A, and crossed .... Atlantic ocean to .... Europe

A. The/the/...
B. .../.../...
C. .../.../the
D. The/.../a
E. .../an/...

Question 5:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options: He is easily the ...... of the lot

A. Brightest
B. Brighter
C. More bright
D. Most brightest
E. Most bright