Idiomatic Expressions - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 101:

• JAMB 1999

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).
It was a spending spree for all of us when daddy hit the jackpot?

A. Cashed his cheque
B. Received his salary
C. Found money in a pot
D. Won a lot of money

Question 102:

• JAMB 1999

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).
It was surprising how we took the stranger at once?

A. Talked so long with
B. Introduce ourselves to
C. Formed a liking for
D. Started fighting

Question 103:

• JAMB 1999

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).
The government is not opening up to the unions in the negotiations; it must have something up its sleeve?

A. Be nursing a hidden a last agenda
B. Be hoping to trap them
C. Be hiding a last minute package
D. Be intending to dissolve the unions

Question 104:

• JAMB 1999

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).
Adamu woke up with a start a took to his heels, claiming that something was on his trail?

A. In his food
B. Giving him the chase
C. Hiding near the bed
D. Staring at him

Question 105:

• JAMB 2000

Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.
The family discussed the crime committed and resolved to nail the lie to the counter?

A. Expose it publicly
B. Bury it in a coffin
C. Defer action on it
D. Seek more advice