2015 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 2
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Choose the option that best completes the sentence.
He did not attend the final burial............
He did not attend the final burial............
A
rite
B
rights
C
rites
D
right
correct option: c
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This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.
Who were the two people Seyi lawal and Jimi met coming out of the principal office?
Who were the two people Seyi lawal and Jimi met coming out of the principal office?
A
Efua and her Mother
B
Mr and Mrs Solade
C
Caro and Nene Ekpo
D
Teacher okoro and mama Silifat
correct option: a
While entering Mr Mallum’s office, Jimi and Seyi Lawal met two persons coming out of the principal’s office, they were Efua and her mother. The others in the options were not present at the time of the event
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This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.
What did Wole pick up from Jimi’s Table beside Jimi’s music CD’s, chemisty and Mathematics Textbooks?
What did Wole pick up from Jimi’s Table beside Jimi’s music CD’s, chemisty and Mathematics Textbooks?
A
a pen
B
a watch
C
a book
D
a toy
correct option: b
After Wole had look round the room and found everything still intact, he picked up a watch beside Jimi’s music CDs with his exact words in chapter 1’ man, this is some watch Must have cost a mountain, You always get all the nicest things,why…?’
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Select the wrongly spelt words
A
occurrence
B
surprise
C
personnel
D
posses
correct option: d
The correct answer is ‘D’ because its correct spelling is ‘possess’. The others on the list are properly spelt.
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This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.
Who was the teacher to whom the students called “cane”?
Who was the teacher to whom the students called “cane”?
A
Mr Bade
B
Mr Okoro
C
Mama Silifat
D
Mr Solade
correct option: a
The novel described Teacher Bade as “cane” because he was always waiting for the next helpless kid who will fail into his trap
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I have the ---------- of meeting him
A
previlege
B
privilege
C
previledge
D
priviledge
correct option: b
The correct answer is ‘B’ privilege which means (a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favour; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others by others or by all. The others are wrongly spelt.
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This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.
What is the name of Efua’s Aunt?
What is the name of Efua’s Aunt?
A
funmi
B
Moni
C
Mrs solade
D
Nene ekpo
correct option: b
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From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.
Seat
Seat
A
hide
B
peasant
C
head
D
people
correct option: d
The answer is D because the word seat is transcribed /si:t/. The ‘ea’ in it represent the long vowel /i:/ (a) is transcribed hide /haid/, peasant /pezant/ head /hed/ word that has the same vowel sound as seat.
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Choose the option that best fills the gap.
The choice to go is -------------
The choice to go is -------------
A
yours'
B
your
C
yours
D
your's
correct option: c
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From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.
Pass
Pass
A
earth
B
clerk
C
pass
D
man
correct option: b
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/
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