2019 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 6

Characteristics means a quality of belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them, characteristics is nearest meaning to the word typical .

Typical ; having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or a thing.

The vowel sound /∂/ here is noticable in the syllabic word in block form, e.g. bro-thER. In the same vein, the 'OR' in 'scissors' has the same sound.

The /∫/ sound here is evidenced in the pronunciation of the 'SH' of 'shout' of which the 'CH' in Champagne belongs to, therefore champagne is the answer. 

The sound present here is pronounceable from the 'TH' in 'these' (not /d/ as in 'drug' or /∅/ as in 'thanks') The correct answer is "Bother" 

The sound /t/ as in 'tank' is present here, therefore set is the best answer

 The sound /z/ is pronounciable here as it is in either the verb or noun form pronunciation of 'refuse'. E.g. 'Zip'. Refuse is the answer. 

 The first syllabic word is i.e the 'CA' of 'calender' is stressed while others are stressed in their second syllables accordingly. Calendar is the correct answer 

The other options are stressed differently while the first syllable in "agitate" is stressed. 

The sound is gotten in the pronunciation of 'dice' and 'rice'.