Home ยป Past Questions ยป English-language ยป Jamb ยป 1997
1

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.
The exercise presented us with a lot of problems but later it was all …… sailing?

  • A. plain
  • B. smooth
  • C. rough
  • D. tough
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2

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

I hope i have not …… too much on your time?

  • A. invaded
  • B. encroached
  • C. intruded
  • D. trespassed
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3

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

The ….. of what she was cooking filled the whole compound?

  • A. fragrance
  • B. scent
  • C. aroma
  • D. smell
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4

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

He saw the play and so ……. ?

  • A. was she
  • B. had she
  • C. should she
  • D. did she
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5

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

All the cattle on Lamidi’s farm …… ?

  • A. is tick-free
  • B. are tick-free
  • C. is ticks-free
  • D. are ticks-free
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6

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

Most of the missing jewelry were___________ by the police?

  • A. found
  • B. taken
  • C. kept
  • D. recovered
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7

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

Don’t …… said the leader ‘I want a decision now?

  • A. prevaricate
  • B. prediccate
  • C. precipitate
  • D. be pejorative
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8

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

The accused is optimistic of regaining his freedom because there is no witness to ….. his story?

  • A. correct
  • B. chanllenge
  • C. corroborate
  • D. contradict
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9

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

By January 1999, I ….. ten years in the service of this institution?

  • A. should have been
  • B. would be
  • C. can be
  • D. must be
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10

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

His looks portend that ……. would be unpleasant?

  • A. some news
  • B. a news
  • C. news
  • D. the news
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11

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

…… been no official reaction to your request yet?

  • A. There's
  • B. Theres'
  • C. Theirs
  • D. Their's
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12

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

The protesters, unable to pull down the statue,…. it form its fixtures?

  • A. wrenched
  • B. pushed
  • C. towed
  • D. burnt
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13

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

Kunle was annoyed for arriving late ….. put him out of temper?

  • A. also Kemi's insolent manner
  • B. also that Kemi's insolent manner
  • C. and Kemi's rather insolent manner also
  • D. and Kemi's is also insolent which
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14

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

A sterile range of mountains, broken at intervals by deep ravines …… almost the whole of this small state?

  • A. enclose
  • B. encloses
  • C. cover
  • D. covers
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15

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

My shoes are worn out; I must see my …… ?

  • A. grocer
  • B. tanner
  • C. cobbler
  • D. hosier
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16

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

I had hardly …… down to sleep when I heard the gunshot.

  • A. lay
  • B. lied
  • C. lain
  • D. laid
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17

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

Those men helped Duped and ……?

  • A. myself
  • B. I
  • C. me
  • D. we
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18

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

The principal warned the students not to take the……. hands?

  • A. law into their
  • B. laws into their
  • C. law into their own
  • D. laws into their own
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19

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

…… i would have helped you?

  • A. Has it been that you asked me
  • B. Had itbeen that you asked me
  • C. If you have asked me
  • D. If you had asked me
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20

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

The accident occurred when the driver of the car….. the lorry?

  • A. reversed towards
  • B. reversed into
  • C. reversed to
  • D. reversed back into
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21

Wale: Do you know where my chemistry book is?
Tom:

  • A. Toyin is with it
  • B. it is with Toyin
  • C. Toyin has it
  • D. Toyin lent it
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