Intonation - Englishlanguage Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 1 :

• JAMB 2005

Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.

A. Impound
B. Subject (verb)
C. Canoe
D. Knowledge

Question 2 :

• JAMB 2009

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option which the given sentence relates.
LAM called Uche a pilot?

A. What did Lam call Uche?
B. Did Okoro call Uche a pilot?
C. Did Lam call Uche a driver
D. Did Lam wish Uche to be a pilot?

Question 3 :

• JAMB 2009

Choose the the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.
The girl DANCED in the village square.

A. Who danced in the village square?
B. Is this the billage square where the girl dance?
C. Did the girl dance inthe village square
D. Did the the girl sing in the village square

Question 4 :

• JAMB 2009

Choose the the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.
My father READ the newspaper.

A. Did my father steal the newspaper?
B. Who read the newspaper?
C. What did my father read
D. Whose father read the newspaper

Question 5 :

• JAMB 2010

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given relates.
EMEKA finished his home work yesterday.

A. Was Emeka helped to do his home work?
B. Did Emeka do his home work yesterday?
C. When did Emeka finish his home work?
D. Who finished his home work yesterday?