2015 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 11

The answer is B because the word ‘pass’ is transcribes /pa:s/ and is a longer form of /ae/. In the options above the word ‘earth’ /Ʒ:o/ or /Ʒ or o/, ‘lass’ /wes/ but the word ‘clerk’/kla:k/ has the same long vowel sound as pass /pa:s/

The answer is ‘D’ because it is its present perfect continuous tense

his statement was made by Aunt Moni while she was introducing Efua to Mrs Ekpo (Nene’s mum) and Nene to Efua

The correct answer is A ‘flour’ /flaur/ because it has the same vowel sound (diphthong) /au/, followed by the 12th vowel sound /e/ while the orders have the diphthong /ai/ followed by the 12th vowel sound /e/. ‘liar’ /laid/, ‘flier’ /flaid/

The answer is ‘C’ because only ‘threat’ rhymes with ‘fret’. The others do not rhyme.

Wole smiled revealing only his upper Teeth because he had seen his brother (Jimi) after a long time.

The correct answer is B (sun) /sun/because it possesses the same vowel sound as ‘done’ /dnn/. The possesses the long vowels form of /c/ in the word.

Efua is related Mrs Alli who lives on balogun street not too far from Nene ekpo, Jimi and Arisa’s house

In chapter two, we were meant to understand that Mr.Mallum was a small, wiry man with an odd accent, as if he spoke through his nose.

The correct answer is ‘A’ because it is in the future tense and it has not happened and might not happen at the future tense and it has not happened and might not happen at the time speculated