2018 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 2

11

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
correct option: d
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12

After so many trials, the experiment __________

A
paid up
B
paid for
C
paid out
D
paid off
correct option: d
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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
correct option: c
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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
correct option: a
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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
correct option: b
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16

Choose the option that best completes the gap.  I was seriously disappointed when the __________ between the two teams ended in a goalless draw

 

A
march
B
marsh
C
match
D
martch
correct option: c

Take note of the spellings

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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
correct option: b

To make out meaning of something means to understand it.

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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
correct option: a
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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
correct option: a
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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
correct option: c
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