Agreement/Concord - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 146:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
These six employees ........ absent from work since new year’s day.

A. Are
B. Have been
C. Were
D. Had been
E. Are being

Question 147:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
I wish I .... to swim when I was younger.

A. Had learnt
B. Learn
C. Learnt
D. Was learning
E. Have learnt.

Question 148:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
By the end of June, i .... six examinations this year.

A. Shall take
B. Have taken
C. Shall have taken
D. Am taken
E. Took

Question 149:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
It was a blind alley. I could not walk any ....

A. Far
B. Farthest
C. Furthest
D. Farther
E. Further

Question 150:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
Maimuna wrote to ask if I could put her .... for the night

A. Up
B. In
C. Out
D. Off
E. Away