JAMB: Practice English questions

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LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL FORMS

In each of questions 1 to 6, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

1. He could not speak out because he had a feet of clay.
    (a) He was weak and cowardly
    (b) He was shy and timid
    (c) His feet was muddy
    (d) He was clumsy and lazy

2. She stopped her education as her uncle left her in the lurch.
    (a) Her uncle disrespected her
    (b) Her uncle deceived her
    (c) Her uncle disinherited her
    (d) Her uncle refused to help her

3. Kunana is like a bear with a sore head.
    (a) He is quiet.
    (b) He is a bully
    (c) He is grumpy
    (d) He is ugly

4. He needed not to have played in the position of quarterback in volley ball.
    (a) someone did not want him to play in the position that he played.
    (b) He participated in the game in his unusual position.
    (c) Nobody expected him to have participated in the game.
    (d) He wanted to play in a position other than the one he was offered.

5. Many workers are not happy because they live a hand-to-mouth life.
    (a) They have rejected the use of spoons.
    (b) They are barely surviving.
    (c) They work hard with their hands.
    (d) They are voracious and avaricious.

6. Okon's company took a hit last year.
    (a) His company was established last year.
    (b) His company was badly damaged last.
    (c) His company improved last year.
    (d) His company made a huge success last year.

In each of questions 7 to 17, choose the option that best completes the gap.


7. Ife asked me....
    (a) what time it is
    (b) what time it was
    (c) what time is it
    (d) what is it by my time

8. The policemen became suspicious as the hoodlums...in their office.
    (a) ferretted about
    (b) ferreted
    (c) ferretted
    (b) ferreted about

9. The president said that the country was not out of the... yet
    (a) wood
    (b) recession
    (c) water
    (d) forest

10. Cooking has never been Jumoke's....
     (a) style
     (b) forte
     (c) purview
     (d) recital

11. He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better.... a singer
      (a) like
      (b) to be
      (c) as if
      (d) as

12. Everyone  makes mistakes occasionally, nobody is ...
      (a) infallible
      (b) incorrigible
      (c) imperfect
      (d) indestructible

13. ....she didn't trust him, she married him.
      (a) since
      (b) after
      (c) though
      (d) much as

14. Unoka.... the whole house to find his missing wristwatch.
      (a) scoured
      (b) scouted
      (c) scored
      (d) scourged

15. She traced her family history ... matrimonial descent.
      (a) with
      (b) by
      (c) at
      (d) in

16. The invigilator....to know how long the examination.... going on.
      (a) wants/have been
      (b) wants/had been
      (c) wanted/had been
      (d) wanted/has been

17. My mother was.... annoyed with me coming late.
     (a) just
     (b) very
     (c) hotly
     (d) neither

 In each of question 18 to 25, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in capital.

18. Prolonged strike action DEBILITATED the industry.
      (a) destroyed
      (b) weakened
      (c) isolated
      (d) invigorated
   
19. As a student, Isa tried COMMUNAL living for a few years.
      (a) collective
      (b) shared
      (c) private
      (d) general

20. His father served as a MERCENARY in the army.
      (a) officer
      (b) regular
      (c) recruit
      (d) preacher

21. His ANTIPATHY affected the growth of his business.
      (a) hostility
      (b) loyalty
      (c) hatred
      (d) receptiveness

22. As an IDIOT, the boy is weak in class.
      (a) a dunce
      (b) an expert
      (c) a deviant
      (d) a genius

23. The way the workshop was organized was rather HIT-AND-MISS.
      (a) funny
      (b) slow
      (c) hasty
      (d) systematic

24. Bola always looks SOBER.
      (a) helpless
      (b) ability
      (c) serious
      (d) worried

25. Ola thought that her father was very CALLOUS.

In each of questions 26 to 34, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in capital

26. Every human being is VULNERABLE to communicable diseases.
      (a) closed
      (b) lifted
      (c) immured
      (d) liable

27. These policies have been ESPOUSED by the ruling party
       (a) rejected
       (b) supported
       (c) condemned
       (d) outlined

28. The mistake brought the show to an IGNOMINIOUS end.
       (a) a palatable
       (b) a satisfactory
       (c) a disgraceful
       (d) a good

29. Their new house was roofed with  CORRUGATED sheets.
      (a) iron
      (b) corrupted
      (c) folded
      (d) aluminium
30. File has always been described as BELLIGERENT.
      (a) innocent
      (b) combative
      (c) attractive
      (d) beautiful
31. Today's weather is FAVORABLE for a game of tennis
       (a) abnormal
       (b) encouraging
       (c) disapproving
       (d) impartial
32. They accused him of FOMENTING political unrest.
      (a) guiding
      (b) inciting
      (c) preventing
      (d) discouraging

33. The lazy man cast a LUSTFUL glance at his neighbor's wife
      (a) quick
      (b) covetous
      (c) hateful
      (d) envious

34. During a particular time of the day, the road SHIMMERS in the heat.
      (a) beams
      (b) shines
      (c) lightens
      (d) darkens.

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