Agreement/Concord - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 296:

• JAMB 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
'We are gradually .... to the end of the programme this afternoon', remarked the chairman of the wedding reception

A. Arriving
B. Getting
C. Approaching
D. Going

Question 297:

• JAMB 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
We saw him ... over a wall as the police approached

A. Leaped
B. Leap
C. Leapt
D. Leaping

Question 298:

• JAMB 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
A number of doctors are not so all well disposed to .... in government hospitals these days .... they?

A. Working/do
B. Work/are
C. Working/are
D. Work/aren't

Question 299:

• JAMB 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
The only set of loud speakers available .... to be connected according to the instruction

A. Is
B. Are
C. Were
D. Have

Question 300:

• JAMB 1986

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
We later on discovered that some members .... another meeting before the one advertised.

A. Were holding
B. Have held
C. Have been holding
D. Had held