2018 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 2
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Choose the option that best completes the gap, hall find time for my _________ when I get _________with this difficult assignment.
A
past-time/over
B
pass-time/over
C
passtime/through
D
pastime/through
12
After so many trials, the experiment __________
A
paid up
B
paid for
C
paid out
D
paid off
13
Choose the option that best completes the gap. The chairman refused to shake __________ with the secretary
A
hand
B
his hand
C
hands
D
his hands
14
Choose the option that best completes the gap. Wherever the leader went people struggled to catch a __________ of him
A
glimpse
B
look
C
view
D
picture
15
Choose the option that best completes the gap. Mrs. Okoro __________ in this school since 1975
A
taught
B
has been teaching
C
was teaching
D
is teaching
16
Choose the option that best completes the gap. I was seriously disappointed when the __________ between the two teams ended in a goalless draw
Â
A
march
B
marsh
C
match
D
martch
17
Choose the option that best completes the gap. The young man looked carefully at the long document, but he couldn't make __________ what it meant
A
up
B
out
C
off
D
through
18
Choose the option that best completes the gap. While the worshippers closed their eyes in prayer, a thief made __________ with the collection
A
away
B
up
C
by
D
through
19
Choose the option that best completes the gap. If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get __________
A
loose
B
lose
C
loosed
D
loosing
20
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined. For all he cared: the game was as good as lost
A
He did not care if the game as lost
B
He could not care less if the game was lost
C
He was almost certain that the game would be lost
D
He was afraid the game would be lost
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