2015 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 14

The correct answer is (C) because a sentence is arrange in a formation which is (subject, verb and object) the subject is the doer of the action , the verb is the action (auxiliary + lexical/ main verb) and the object which is the receiver of the action.
I couldn’t help laughing = past continuous tense
Subject (I) auxiliary verb (couldn’t) hexical verb (help)
The other options are disarranged and not appropriate

This statement was made by Efua’s aunt in chapter three after which Funmi (Efua’s mum) had introduced Efua to her aunt (Sis Moni) and while Efua helped her aunt to carry her bags inside, her aunt kept chatting in a high-pitched voice. Jimi and his brother were not at the scene

The correct answer is ‘C’ received because it is properly spelt and means ‘to get, to be given something’. The others are not properly spelt.

The word ‘bought’ is transcribed /bc:t/ and it is the long vowel sound of /Ɔ/. The answer is A ‘roar’ /rc:r/ or /rc:r/ and it is the long vowel sound as ‘bought’ /bc:t/. the others have different vowel sounds like ‘plough’ /plau/, which has the diphthong /au/, ‘drought’ /draut/, also with the diphthong /au/ and ‘worse’ /wƷ:s/ which has a different sound.

When you transcribe the word ‘gritty’ or pronounce it /grIti/ , the ‘t’ in the word is heard or visible, so it is not a silent letter. The answer to this question is ‘A’ asked /a:skt/ or /aeskt/ because it is in a past form and some past forms changes in sound. The (‘-ed) where has the consonant sound ‘-t’ while other words have their ‘t’ in silent forms. ‘Sachet’ /sæjeil/, ‘depot’ /depæs/ or /di:pot/ and ‘wrestle’ /’resei/.