Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1982
Question 6
Fill in the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
The students in my junior class seem to have performed .... they did last year
- A. as brilliant as
- B. more brilliant than
- C. as brilliantly
- D. brilliantly than
- E. same brilliantly as
Question 7
Fill in the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
The old shoemaker at the corner of our street is .... so i hope you will patronize him
- A. mine shoemaker
- B. a tight friend
- C. a good customer
- D. my customer
- E. a close friend
Question 8
Fill in the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
Monisola is sure to pass in September. She .... hard since the beginning of this term.
- A. had been working
- B. was working
- C. is working
- D. would work
- E. has been working
Question 9
Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
Politicians and holders of political appointments are generally assumed to be cunning:
- A. kind
- B. straightforward
- C. generous
- D. even handed
- E. sly
Question 10
Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
My brother's primary school foundation was solid and this affected his secondary education
- A. sound
- B. sorded
- C. shaky
- D. weak
- E. unevenful
