Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1998

Question 11

Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.

The hospital was closed ...... because there were no beds to put patients ..... ?

jamb 1998

  • A. again / upon
  • B. off / on
  • C. down / at
  • D. up / in
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Question 12

Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.

Ali was honest and quite as a schoolboy, but too much drinking has now changed his ..... and ..... his tongue?

jamb 1998

  • A. temperature / injured
  • B. character / tightened
  • C. temperament / loosened
  • D. innocence / worsened
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Question 13

Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.

The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed ...... their ....?

jamb 1998

  • A. of / predicament
  • B. about / indulgence
  • C. on / rearmament
  • D. as for / advancement
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Question 14

Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.

Emeka is now a ..... student but it took him years to .......?

jamb 1998

  • A. matured / mature
  • B. mature / mature
  • C. mature / matured
  • D. matured / matured
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Question 15

Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.

Watching carefully, i could see the fish ...... along the bottom?

jamb 1998

  • A. dotting
  • B. crawling
  • C. diving
  • D. darting
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