Lexis and Structure - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 226:

• JAMB 2019

Choose the word that has an opposite meaning to the one in bracket for questions below.

The [prodigious] building was razed to the carpet level yesterday

A. Ramshackle
B. Modern
C. Colossal
D. Mini-sized

Question 227:

• JAMB 2019

Choose the word that has an opposite meaning to the one in bracket for questions below.

The sick man is now [ambulatory]

A. Recovering gradually
B. Walking
C. Sound in health
D. Immobile

Question 228:

• JAMB 2019

CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below.

Every human being is [vulnerable] to communicable disease

A. Liable
B. Lifted
C. Immune
D. Closed

Question 229:

• JAMB 2019

CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below.

The student's union leader delivered his speech [extempore]

A. Out-of-hand
B. Accurately
C. Off the cuff
D. Courageously

Question 230:

• JAMB 2019

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

America is the Mecca of the world

A. America is the commercial garden of the world
B. America is a beautiful place in the world
C. America is a place where people like to visit
D. America accepts assorted races throughout the world