Lexis and Structure - Jamb English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 416:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
Although the problem was simple .... Students were able to solve it.

A. Little
B. Small
C. Few
D. A few
E. A lot of.

Question 417:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
We talked quietly .... waked the baby.

A. So that not
B. In order to
C. So as to
D. So as not to
E. So not.

Question 418:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
These six employees ........ absent from work since new year’s day.

A. Are
B. Have been
C. Were
D. Had been
E. Are being

Question 419:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
I wish I .... to swim when I was younger.

A. Had learnt
B. Learn
C. Learnt
D. Was learning
E. Have learnt.

Question 420:

• JAMB 1981

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
By the end of June, i .... six examinations this year.

A. Shall take
B. Have taken
C. Shall have taken
D. Am taken
E. Took