Sentence Interpretation - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 2018

select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the Principal

A. They like each other
B. They work independently
C. They couldn't part company
D. They dislike each other

Question 22:

• JAMB 2018

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
Grandma told the boys a story that cheered them up.

A. The story made them cry.
B. The story made them scared.
C. The story made them delighted.
D. The story made them uninterested

Question 23:

• JAMB 2018

select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

The team adapted team adapted to the new tactic as clean as a whistle.

A. They adapted to the pattern perfectly
B. They needed a whistle to be able to adapt to the pattern.
C. They adapted to the tactic with little errors
D. They found it difficult to adapt to the new tactic.

Question 24:

• JAMB 2018

choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s).

We saw you earlier but we could not stop you because we did not know __________.

A. Where you were going.
B. Where you are going
C. Where are you going.
D. Where were you going.

Question 25:

• JAMB 2018

According to this passage, it gives the child great pleasure

A. For daddy to see the tower he has built
B. To destroy the tower himself
C. To see his tower accidentally destroyed
D. To be helped to destroy the tower