Agreement/Concord - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 506:

• JAMB 1993

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
No sooner .... to fall

A. Did we set out when the rain had started
B. Had we set out than the rain started
C. Were we setting out than the rain started
D. We had set out when the rain started

Question 507:

• JAMB 1993

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The army ran short of ....

A. Arm and ammunitions
B. Arms and ammunitions
C. Arms and ammunition
D. Arm and ammunition

Question 508:

• JAMB 1993

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The carpenter asked for ten packets of .... nails

A. Fifteen-centimetre
B. Fifteen centimetres'
C. Fifteen- centimetres
D. Fifteen-centimetres'

Question 509:

• JAMB 1993

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The president refused to shake .... with the visiting Prime Minister

A. Hand
B. Hands
C. A hand
D. His hand

Question 510:

• JAMB 1993

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The trader complained that he .... robbed

A. Had been
B. Has been
C. Was being
D. Is being