Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 2014
Question 11
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
Prolonged strike action debilitated the industry.
- A. Stroyed.
- B. Invigorated.
- C. Isolated.
- D. Weakened.
Question 12
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
Many workers are not happy because they live a hand-to-mouth life.
- A. They work hard with their hands.
- B. They are voracious and avaricious.
- C. They are barely surviving.
- D. They have rejected the use of spoons.
Question 13
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The robber was hedged in by the people.
- A. The robber was surrounded by the people.
- B. The robber was killed by the people.
- C. The robber was exposed by the people.
- D. The robber was caught by the people.
Question 14
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
The dressmaker unpicked the seam of the shirt.
- A. Tore up.
- B. Threaded.
- C. Sewed up.
- D. Picked up.
Question 15
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
Some of my neighbours have an antipathy to dogs.
- A. Alarm for.
- B. Enmity towards.
- C. Affection for.
- D. Acronym for.
