Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1978
Question 21
Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Granted you are my senior by one year, you cannot .... me around as if i were your servant
- A. control
- B. dribble
- C. order
- D. ask
- E. compel
Question 22
Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Although he is in all respects a poor student, he has managed to buy a tape recorder to improve his .... of french
- A. mastery
- B. mastering
- C. speaking
- D. ideas
- E. thinking
Question 23
Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
The managing director did not pay his staff last month ....?
- A. didn't he
- B. had he not
- C. is not it
- D. did he
- E. has he
Question 24
Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
I would not have condescended to appease the traffic policeman but i happened .... traffic regulation
- A. to have broken
- B. to be breaking
- C. to break
- D. to break in
- E. to have evaded
Question 25
Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
My father cannot bear the .... of the concoction that emanates from my mothers soup pot
- A. sweet
- B. savouring
- C. aroma
- D. smell
- E. scent
