Lexis and Structure - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 51:

• JAMB 1978

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

The managing director did not pay his staff last month ....?

A. Didn't he
B. Had he not
C. Is not it
D. Did he
E. Has he

Question 52:

• JAMB 1978

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

Although he is in all respects a poor student, he has managed to buy a tape recorder to improve his .... of french

A. Mastery
B. Mastering
C. Speaking
D. Ideas
E. Thinking

Question 53:

• JAMB 1978

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

Granted you are my senior by one year, you cannot .... me around as if i were your servant

A. Control
B. Dribble
C. Order
D. Ask
E. Compel

Question 54:

• JAMB 1978

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

.... mark an important step in the history of industrial revolution

A. The invention of the locomotive engine
B. The discovery of locomotion
C. The discovery of the engine
D. The process of locomotion

Question 55:

• JAMB 1978

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

Because the referee was partial and his opponent rough, the loser of the wrestling match received .... cheers than the winner

A. Thunderous
B. Many more
C. Overwhelming
D. A little more
E. Several