2023 - JAMB English Past Questions and Answers - page 6

Emphatic stress. Choose the options to which the given sentence relates.

Spain won their last friendly FOOTBALL match

Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word
The boss is quite inflexible once he has made up his mind.

From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

My mother is a shrewd businesswoman.

In the following question, choose the option that best completes the sentence.
The guest would have arrived earlier but he was _______ in traffic.

Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s)
No one would complain if you emulate good behaviour

Choose the correct preposition.

He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better ........ a singer

Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket.

Smoo[th]

Identify the option with a different stress pattern

In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.The union congratulated the ELECTED president.