Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 2002

Question 31

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

The university has been TEMPORARILY closed.

jamb 2002

  • A. Has the campus been permanantly closed?
  • B. Has the university been permanantly open?
  • C. Has the university been permanantly closed?
  • D. Has the college been temporarily closed?
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Question 32

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

The man BOUGHT the newspaper.

jamb 2002

  • A. Is this the newspaper which the man bought?
  • B. Did the man read the newspaper?
  • C. Who bought the newspaper?
  • D. What did the man buy?
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Question 33

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

The king RAN to the palace?

jamb 2002

  • A. Where did the king run to?
  • B. Did the king walk to the palace?
  • C. Did the queen run to the palace?
  • D. Who ran to the palace?
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Question 34

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

He travelled ONLY 20 kilometres before his car stopped?

jamb 2002

  • A. Did he travel only 20 kilometres after his car stopped?
  • B. Did he travel exactly 20 kilometres before his car stopped?
  • C. Did you walk only 20 kilometres before the vehicle stopped?
  • D. Did he travel more than 20 kilometres before his car stopped?
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Question 35

Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others?

jamb 2002

  • A. does
  • B. flood
  • C. world
  • D. son
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