Lexis and Structure - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 511:

• JAMB 1982

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
The general promised the soldier would go back to the barracks

A. Barricade
B. Army
C. Military trainig school
D. Soldiers' quarters
E. Civilian quarters

Question 512:

• JAMB 1982

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
My mother has refused to come to live in Lagos because she prefers the tranquil life in the village to the hurly burly of the city.

A. Free
B. Properous
C. Peaceful
D. Decent
E. Happy

Question 513:

• JAMB 1982

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
Most of the time my Boss tells cock and bull stories

A. Costly
B. Unreasonable
C. Clever
D. Untrue
E. Funny

Question 514:

• JAMB 1982

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
My friend will hate his uncle forever because he left him in the lurch in his hour of need

A. Abandoned him
B. Punished him
C. Disrespect him
D. Disinherited him
E. Despised him

Question 515:

• JAMB 1982

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
When you go to a foreign country to study, you will discover that life is not always a bed of roses.

A. As pleasant as one thought
B. A bed without roses
C. An unmitegated disappointment
D. As expected
E. Uncomfortable