Jamb English Language Past Questions For Year 1978
Question 1
Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:
For all he cared, his parent might have been dead for years
- A. although concern about his parent,he had been unable to find out if they were alive
- B. He cared for no one except his parents, and it was possible that they had died long before
- C. he did not care whether his parents were alive or had died long before
- D. He was concerned about everyone not just his parents, who might have died long before
- E. He cared very much for his parents even though they were dead
Question 2
Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:
I can walk that distance and have done so many times
- A. I am used to walk that distance
- B. I used to walk that distance
- C. I used to walking that distance
- D. I am used to walking that distance
- E. I will walk that distance
Question 3
Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:
The dog was limping. It appeared that one of its legs might have been injured
- A. The dog was limping as if it had an injured leg
- B. The dog was limping as it had an injured leg
- C. The dog was limping so it had an injured leg
- D. The dog was limping so as it had an injured leg
- E. The dog was limping for it had an injured leg
Question 4
Substitute for the underlined word in the following sentence the word that most closely expresses the opposite meaning:
The plaintiff made very cogent submissions to the trail judge
- A. bailiff
- B. prosecutor
- C. lawyer
- D. defendant
- E. accused
Question 5
Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
We got to the hall after the play ....
- A. is started
- B. was starting
- C. had started
- D. has started
- E. would start
