Sentence Interpretation - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 131:

• JAMB 2002

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
The king RAN to the palace?

A. Where did the king run to?
B. Did the king walk to the palace?
C. Did the queen run to the palace?
D. Who ran to the palace?

Question 132:

• JAMB 2002

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
The man BOUGHT the newspaper.

A. Is this the newspaper which the man bought?
B. Did the man read the newspaper?
C. Who bought the newspaper?
D. What did the man buy?

Question 133:

• JAMB 2002

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
The university has been TEMPORARILY closed.

A. Has the campus been permanantly closed?
B. Has the university been permanantly open?
C. Has the university been permanantly closed?
D. Has the college been temporarily closed?

Question 134:

• JAMB 2002

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
My UNCLE retired from the police?

A. Did your brother resign from the police?
B. Did your sister resign from the police?
C. Did your uncle retire from the army
D. Did your brother retire from the police?

Question 135:

• JAMB 2002

Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.
The organization is constantly in a state of flux?

A. There are perodic changes in the organization
B. The organization is facing a difficult period
C. The organization is experiencing good times
D. The organization is moribund