English Language Past Questions

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Question 21
jamb 2011

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

Please sit on the ....... ?

Acarier
Bcareer
Ccarrier
Dcarrear
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Question 22
jamb 2011

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

I wonder how he will ......being absent from school for a long time.

Amake in
Bmake up
Cmake off
Dmake out
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Question 23
jamb 2011

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

Of the three girls, Uka is the ........?

Aso much notorious
Bnotorious
Cnaughty
Dnaughtiest
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Question 24
jamb 2011

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

Instead of ......., she lied?

Apleading
Bher to plead
Cher pleading
Dplead
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Question 25
jamb 2011

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

Here is Mr. Odumusu who teaches English ....... in our school?

Apronuntiation
Bpronounciation
Cpronunciation
Dpronountiation
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Question 26
jamb 2011

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

Audu took these actions purely ...... his own career?

Aon furtherance of
Bin furtherance of
Cto furtherance in
Din furtherance with
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Question 27
jamb 2011

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

There are many ways to kill a rat, so we should be..... in our approach to the task ahead of us?

Aecletic
Beclectic
Ceclektic
Declectik
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Question 28
jamb 2011

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

Ife asked me ....... ?

Awhat time it was
Bwhat is it by my time
Cwhat time is it
Dwhat time it is
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Question 29
jamb 2011

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

Unoka .... the whole house to find his missing wristwatch.

Ascourged
Bscoured
Cscored
Dscouted
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Question 30
jamb 2011

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

Suara needn't come with us, .......?

Adoes she
Bwill she
Ccan she
Dneed she
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Question 31
jamb 2011

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

It is important that you clear the refuse in front of your house every ........?

Afourtnight
Bfirtnight
Cfourthninght
Dfortnight
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Question 32
jamb 2011

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

The policemen became suspicious as the hoodlums ......in their office?

Aferreted
Bferretted
Cferreted about
Dferretted about
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Question 33
jamb 2011

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

........ he switches on the light, the shadow disappears?

AWhenever
BExpect
CSince
DUntil
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Question 34
jamb 2011

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

Lami's father ........ as a gardener when he was young, but now he is a driver.

Ahad been working
Buse to work
Chas worked
Dused to work
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Question 35
jamb 2011

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

When his car tyre ......... on the way, he did not know what to do.

Ahas burst
Bhad burst
Cbursted
Dburst
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Question 36
jamb 2011

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

Okonkwo's lethal right foot the magic in the football match?

Aweak
Bwicked
Cfat
Dharmless
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Question 37
jamb 2011

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

His antipathy affected the growth of is business?

Ahatred
Breceptiveness
Cloyalty
Dhostility
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Question 38
jamb 2011

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

As a prudent businessman, Adeyi does not leave anything to chance.

Afrugal
Bshrewd
Ccareless
Dunsuccessful
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Question 39
jamb 2011

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

She only gives a superficial impression of warmth and friendliness?

Aa strong
Ba fake
Cdeep
Dan unrealistic
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Question 40
jamb 2011

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

It is inconceivable that the sun shone in the night?

Acredible
Bunthinkable
Cimpossible
Dcontestable
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