Jamb 1980 English Past Questions And Answers

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1

Dont study on examination day. What did he tell you? He told me ................. on examination day

  • A. no studying
  • B. dont study
  • C. not study
  • D. not to study
View or Post an Explanation 121 (0)JAMB 1980
2

After the wife had covered her misdeeds by prevaricating on several occasions, the poor husband accused her point-blank of adultery

  • A. bluntly
  • B. Pointedly
  • C. Emphatically
  • D. unmistakingly
View or Post an Explanation 144 (0)JAMB 1980
3

I ..................... gain admission to the college for the past three years

  • A. have been trying
  • B. tried
  • C. am trying
  • D. was trying
View or Post an Explanation 124 (0)JAMB 1980
4

I started writing this test at 8:00 a.m, it is 10:00 a.m now. By 11:00 a.m I ...............it for three hours

  • A. shall be writing
  • B. have been writing
  • C. shall have been writing
  • D. am writing
View or Post an Explanation 136 (0)JAMB 1980
5

.............. it might not look such rosy proposition.

  • A. From his viewing proposal
  • B. When he views the proposal
  • C. Having viewed the proposal
  • D. From his point of view
View or Post an Explanation 58 (0)JAMB 1980
6

...................... a lot of arguments for ad against car loans in the press recently

  • A. There are
  • B. There has been
  • C. There have been
  • D. There is
View or Post an Explanation 126 (0)JAMB 1980
7

Ogedengbe kept goal for his club team because there wasnt .............. to do it

  • A. somebody else
  • B. nobody else
  • C. any other body
  • D. anybody else
View or Post an Explanation 171 (0)JAMB 1980
8

By the end of the next Semester he............ his university education

  • A. would have completed
  • B. will be completing
  • C. shall have completed
  • D. was completing
View or Post an Explanation 50 (0)JAMB 1980
9

Shall we go to the Union meeting? No, thank you, I do not feel like ............... anywhere

  • A. go
  • B. going
  • C. to go
  • D. went
View or Post an Explanation 131 (0)JAMB 1980
10

It is difficult these days to get a seat ..................... the plane in spite of a confirmed booking

  • A. inside
  • B. in
  • C. On
  • D. upon
View or Post an Explanation 181 (0)JAMB 1980