Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1980
Question 51
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
In the past his father used to walk but nowadays he .... to work by bicycles
- A. was going
- B. is going
- C. seldomly goes
- D. goes
- E. has gone
Question 52
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
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
- E. must complete
Question 53
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
The telephone .... in the nineteenth century and is now used in most countries in the world
- A. had been invented
- B. was invented
- C. would have been invented
- D. has been invented
- E. was being invented
Question 54
Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
He travelled to Jos .... train when he came last
- A. by
- B. in
- C. on
- D. inside
- E. through
Question 55
Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:
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
- E. into
