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

Question 6:

• JAMB 1978

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

Our plane was scheduled to .... at 10.00 hrs but it was delayed because of the bad weather

A. Fly out
B. Take off
C. Start out
D. Shoot off
E. Lift off

Question 7:

• JAMB 1978

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

As luck would have it, the weather brightened almost immediately and after six hours flight we .... at Heathrow Airport

A. Touched down
B. Dropped
C. Came down
D. Flew down
E. Stopped

Question 8:

• JAMB 1978

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

Before we left the airport, each passenger was made to .... certain form

A. Fill in
B. Write in
C. Enter in
D. Go through
E. Read out

Question 9:

• JAMB 1978

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

My father cannot bear the .... of the concoction that emanates from my mothers soup pot

A. Sweet
B. Savouring
C. Aroma
D. Smell
E. Scent

Question 10:

• 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