Lexis and Structure - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

Before the operation, the dentist found that his patient's teeth....

A. Have long decayed
B. Have long been decayed
C. Have long being decayed
D. Had long decayed
E. Had been decayed

Question 27:

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

The employer, not the salesman and his representative .... responsible for the loss

A. Are
B. Are being
C. Are never
D. Have been
E. Is

Question 28:

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

The boy was born before his parents actually got married and so the court has declared him ....

A. Illegal
B. Illegitimate
C. Illicit
D. Unlawful
E. Untenable

Question 29:

• JAMB 1978

As he was still owing me two naira, i was careful not to .... him any more money

A. Lend
B. Loan
C. Borrow
D. Extend
E. Credit

Question 30:

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

Last week the .... at the theater was the longest i had ever seen

A. Assembly
B. Congregation
C. Convention
D. Audience
E. Crowd