Clause and sentence patterns - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 301:

• JAMB 1999

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?
He boasts so much about his high scores and he ...... at the efforts of others?

A. Scorns
B. Sneers
C. Grins
D. Smilies

Question 302:

• JAMB 1999

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?
He is so credulous ...... my story about the ghost?

A. To believe
B. That he believes
C. In order to believe
D. Since he believes

Question 303:

• JAMB 1999

Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?
It was late when we decided to get ...... the train?

A. Off
B. Down
C. Out of
D. Out from

Question 304:

• JAMB 2000

Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.
To check desertification in the arid zones ...... tress should be planted?

A. Drought-proof
B. Drought-resisting
C. Drought-effective
D. Drought-resistant

Question 305:

• JAMB 2000

Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.
I like the character that played the role of a political ....... at the last convention of our party?

A. Thorncoat
B. Torncoat
C. Turncoat
D. Turnedcoat