Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1981
Question 31
fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
I wish I …. to swim when I was younger.
- A. Had learnt
- B. Learn
- C. Learnt
- D. Was learning
- E. Have learnt.
Question 32
fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
These six employees ........ absent from work since new year’s day.
- A. Are
- B. Have been
- C. Were
- D. Had been
- E. Are being
Question 33
fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
We talked quietly …. waked the baby.
- A. So that not
- B. In order to
- C. So as to
- D. So as not to
- E. So not.
Question 34
fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
Although the problem was simple …. Students were able to solve it.
- A. Little
- B. Small
- C. Few
- D. A few
- E. A lot of.
Question 35
fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
He devoted himself …. homeless children.
- A. To helping
- B. To help
- C. By helping
- D. With helping
- E. Helping.
