Agreement/Concord - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 251:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
By the end of this year i ..... twenty books

A. Read
B. Would have read
C. Will read
D. Have read
E. Am reading

Question 252:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Leonard: We went to a hotel and had a very good dinner for N1.00. Geoffrey: You .... a very good dinner if you paid N1.00

A. Must had had
B. Needn't have had
C. Couldn't have had
D. Had to have
E. Have had

Question 253:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
Evelyn: I've submitted eight copies. Joseph: You .... eight. Three would have been enough

A. Can't have submitted
B. Couldn't have submitted
C. Didn't need to submit
D. Needn't have submitted
E. Must have submitted

Question 254:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:
The present wanton display of riches .... morality of our society

A. Will be affecting
B. Are affecting
C. Is affecting
D. Was affecting
E. Had been affecting

Question 255:

• JAMB 1984

From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:
The market women ... profit ranges from thirty fifty percent are making .... difficult for the ordinary people

A. For who/ to live
B. For whom/ lives
C. By whose/ living
D. Whose/ life
E. Whose/ leaving