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

Question 206:

• JAMB 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
The council chairman ..... the tension between the villagers and the tax collectors

A. Dispersed
B. Defused
C. Difused
D. Disputed

Question 207:

• JAMB 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
I wanted to avail myself .... the opportunity of listening to the lecture, but the lecturer failed to turn up

A. With
B. For
C. Of
D. At

Question 208:

• JAMB 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
I would have been surprised if you .... the orange

A. Plucked
B. Have plucked
C. Had plucked
D. Did pluck

Question 209:

• JAMB 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
On getting to the seashore, .....

A. It was empty
B. Nobody was there
C. People had deserted the place
D. He found nobody there

Question 210:

• JAMB 1991

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
The school will .... for Easter in another six weeks

A. Break off
B. Break away
C. Break out
D. Break up