English Language Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 2008

The popularity of the leaves of fluted pumpkin is due to the fact that they are

ALocally grown vegetable
BBelieved to increase the blood level
CInexpensive and readily available
DKnown in many parts of the country
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Question 12
jamb 2008

Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.

melodramatic?

AMELodramatic
BmeLOdramatic
CmeloDRAmatic
DmelodraMAtic
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Question 13
jamb 2008

Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.

photography?

AphoTOgraphy
BPHOtography
CphotoGRAphy
DphotograPHY
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Question 14
jamb 2008

Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.

xenophobia?

AXEnophobia
BxeNOphobia
CxenoPHObia
DxenophoBIA
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Question 15
jamb 2008

Choose the word that has a stress pattern on the first syllables.

Abachelor
Bforget
Ccement
Dago
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Question 16
jamb 2008

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

Adistress
Bcontrol
Cbottom
Dreport
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Question 17
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?

judge?

Ameasure
Bgeneral
Cpressure
Dgrace
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Question 18
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?

chateau?

Achart
Bchurch
Cchampagne
Dchemical
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Question 19
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?

thatch?

Aclothing
Bmother
Cthen
Dmethod
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Question 20
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?

Waist?

Afete
Bsays
Cplait
Dbreakfast
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Question 21
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?

Shirt?

Ashut
Bshade
Csurf
Dshed
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Question 22
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?

Cooled

Acold
Bcould
Ccourt
Dyou
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Question 23
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

He ........ the picture on the table?

Alaid
Blay
Clied
Dlain
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Question 24
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

By the end of this month, ...... for years in this school?

AI will study
BI will have been studying
CI am studying
DI had been studying
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Question 25
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

Uncle Ochai now has enough money to complete his ......... building?

Atwo storey
Btwo-storeyed
Ctwo-story
Dtwo storeyed
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Question 26
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

They have had their debt written ...... by their creditors?

Adown
Bon
Cup
Doff
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Question 27
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

You don't like Mathematics, ...... you?

Ado
Bdon't
Ccan't
Dcan
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Question 28
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

The condition of the room was so .....so i went outside?

Aintolerant
Bintolerable
Cinconstant
Dinvariable
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Question 29
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

You must practice in order to ...... perfection?

Aobtain
Bhave
Cget
Dachieve
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Question 30
jamb 2008

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

If you are not careful, you would ....... your money?

Aloss
Blose
Cloose
Dlost
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