English Language, 2006, JAMB Exam, Exam, Paper 1 | Objectives

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Year :

2006

Title :

English Language

Exam :

JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

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#	Question	Ans
	Choose the option that best option that best completes the gap(s).
1.	The police claim that a number of stolen cars ....... recovered? A. have been B. has been C. has being D. have being Show Content Detailed Solution When the phrase 'a number of' is used in a sentence, it is followed by a plural verb, hence 'have been' is the correct answer.	A
2.	....... been there to look several times without success? A. He' II B. He's C. Is he D. He is Show Content Detailed Solution The contracted word with a subject is 'He has'. Has is usually not contracted except it comes before 'been'	B
3.	The old man was rushed to hospital when his blood pressure dropped to a ....... level? A. dangerously lowly B. dangerous lowly C. dangerously low D. dangerous low Show Content Detailed Solution It is grammatically correct to say 'a dangerously low level'	C
4.	Until he lost the election, agbo ....... to be Student Union president? A. had been hoping B. has been hoping C. would have hoped D. has hoped Show Content Detailed Solution The past perfect tense 'had been hoping' complete the sentences appropriately.	A
5.	If he ....... for admission, I am sure he would succeed? A. will apply B. applied C. had applied D. has applied Show Content Detailed Solution Would is the past tense of 'will', therefore 'applied' is the correct answer as it is in its past tense.	B
6.	The ....... robber showed no mercy during the attack? A. loquacious B. senseless C. ruthless D. benevolent Show Content Detailed Solution Ruthless means being cruel and heartless.	C
7.	Did you have ....... when you went to visit the medical doctor? A. diarrhoea B. diarrehea C. diarhoea D. diarhea Show Content Detailed Solution Diarrhoea is a condition in which faeces are discharged from the bowels frequently and in a liquid form.	A
8.	Your performance will improve if you ..... hard? A. are practising B. practical C. would practice D. practise	D
9.	The brave hunter killed the ...... in the forest? A. big spitting cobra black B. black big spitting cobra C. big black spitting cobra D. big spitting black cobra Show Content Detailed Solution The option provides size, colour and purpose as the adjectives, and cobra as the noun. According to the order of adjectives, big, black, spitting cobra is the correct answer.	C
10.	He wrote to you, .......? A. hadn't he B. wouldn't he C. didn't he D. hasn't he Show Content Detailed Solution ''didn't he' is the appropriate question tag because the statement contains a lexical verb 'wrote' and there is an absence of 'not' in the statement.	C

	Choose the option that best option that best completes the gap(s).
1.	The police claim that a number of stolen cars ....... recovered? A. have been B. has been C. has being D. have being Show Content Detailed Solution When the phrase 'a number of' is used in a sentence, it is followed by a plural verb, hence 'have been' is the correct answer.	A
2.	....... been there to look several times without success? A. He' II B. He's C. Is he D. He is Show Content Detailed Solution The contracted word with a subject is 'He has'. Has is usually not contracted except it comes before 'been'	B
3.	The old man was rushed to hospital when his blood pressure dropped to a ....... level? A. dangerously lowly B. dangerous lowly C. dangerously low D. dangerous low Show Content Detailed Solution It is grammatically correct to say 'a dangerously low level'	C
4.	Until he lost the election, agbo ....... to be Student Union president? A. had been hoping B. has been hoping C. would have hoped D. has hoped Show Content Detailed Solution The past perfect tense 'had been hoping' complete the sentences appropriately.	A
5.	If he ....... for admission, I am sure he would succeed? A. will apply B. applied C. had applied D. has applied Show Content Detailed Solution Would is the past tense of 'will', therefore 'applied' is the correct answer as it is in its past tense.	B

6.	The ....... robber showed no mercy during the attack? A. loquacious B. senseless C. ruthless D. benevolent Show Content Detailed Solution Ruthless means being cruel and heartless.	C
7.	Did you have ....... when you went to visit the medical doctor? A. diarrhoea B. diarrehea C. diarhoea D. diarhea Show Content Detailed Solution Diarrhoea is a condition in which faeces are discharged from the bowels frequently and in a liquid form.	A
8.	Your performance will improve if you ..... hard? A. are practising B. practical C. would practice D. practise	D
9.	The brave hunter killed the ...... in the forest? A. big spitting cobra black B. black big spitting cobra C. big black spitting cobra D. big spitting black cobra Show Content Detailed Solution The option provides size, colour and purpose as the adjectives, and cobra as the noun. According to the order of adjectives, big, black, spitting cobra is the correct answer.	C
10.	He wrote to you, .......? A. hadn't he B. wouldn't he C. didn't he D. hasn't he Show Content Detailed Solution ''didn't he' is the appropriate question tag because the statement contains a lexical verb 'wrote' and there is an absence of 'not' in the statement.	C

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