Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1990

Question 26

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:

I have the .... of meeting him

jamb 1990

  • A. previlege
  • B. privilege
  • C. previledge
  • D. priviledge
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Question 27

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:

We are not surprised he was not elected; every one of his constituents .... that he is unreliable

jamb 1990

  • A. know
  • B. knows
  • C. will know
  • D. do know
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Question 28

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:

Ladies and gentlemen, our guest speaker, Dr. Oni .... also a resident doctor at the teaching hospital.

jamb 1990

  • A. who is
  • B. which is
  • C. who was
  • D. is
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Question 29

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:

He .... during the whole of last month

jamb 1990

  • A. was sick
  • B. has been sick
  • C. had been sick
  • D. had sicken
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Question 30

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:

The chemistry teacher seized the girl's comic .... during the laboratory work

jamb 1990

  • A. which she had been reading
  • B. which she has been reading
  • C. which she had read
  • D. which she is reading
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