Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1980

Question 21

complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

I .... to gain admission to the college for the past three years

jamb 1980

  • A. have been trying
  • B. tried
  • C. am trying
  • D. was trying
  • E. try
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Question 22

complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

Don't study on the examination day? What did he tell you? He told me .... on the examination day

jamb 1980

  • A. no studying
  • B. don't study
  • C. not study
  • D. not to study
  • E. to not study
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Question 23

complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

Could i ring him up? I'd rather you ....

jamb 1980

  • A. visit him
  • B. visited him
  • C. would visit him
  • D. visiting him
  • E. will visit him
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Question 24

complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

He acts .... he were a general manager

jamb 1980

  • A. as
  • B. if
  • C. as if
  • D. so as
  • E. that
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Question 25

complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

Many goods .... tape recorders and cameras find a ready market in every country

jamb 1980

  • A. like
  • B. such a
  • C. such as
  • D. such
  • E. as
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