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

Question 46:

• JAMB 1980

Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

Why does a flamingo stand on one leg? Because if it lifted the other one, it would ....

A. Go down
B. Let down
C. Fall down
D. Come down
E. Get down

Question 47:

• JAMB 1980

Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

You should make an ..... to improve the situation

A. Effect
B. Efficiency
C. Effectiveness
D. Effort
E. Effectualness

Question 48:

• JAMB 1980

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

Many goods .... tape recorders and cameras find a ready market in every country

A. Like
B. Such a
C. Such as
D. Such
E. As

Question 49:

• JAMB 1980

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

He acts .... he were a general manager

A. As
B. If
C. As if
D. So as
E. That

Question 50:

• JAMB 1980

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

Don't study on the examination day? What did he tell you? He told me .... on the examination day

A. No studying
B. Don't study
C. Not study
D. Not to study
E. To not study