Sentence Interpretation - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 11:

• JAMB 2019

Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

Bobrisky is a fashion victim

A. He/she likes fashionable things more than anything else
B. He/she dresses gorgeously without any fitting
C. He/she wears low quality dresses of his/her pauperized status
D. He/she likes things that are indisputably translucent

Question 12:

• JAMB 2019

Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

I know my onions

A. I know my job very well
B. I know my rights
C. I am clever because of experience
D. I am aware of my position

Question 13:

• JAMB 2019

In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

The traditional chief NARRATED the story to the children

A. The children heard the story from the traditional chief
B. Who narrated the story to the children
C. The children could not listen to the story by the traditional chief
D. Did the chief hide the story from the children

Question 14:

• JAMB 2019

In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

The ACCOUNTANT paid the workers july salary in september

A. When were the workers paid
B. Did the cashier pay the workers salary in september
C. Workers received their july salary in september
D. The september salary was paid in july

Question 15:

• JAMB 2019

In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

The cat DEVOURED the rat

A. Did the rat devour the cat
B. What devoured the rat
C. Did the cat pet the rat
D. Is this rat that the cat devoured