Year : 
2016
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

51 - 60 of 75 Questions

# Question Ans

For these questions, choose the option that have the same consonant sound as the ones represented by the letter(s) underlined.

51.

'yet'''

A. bury

B. way

C. vessel

D. europe

Detailed Solution

yet: /jɛt/
europe: /ˈjʊr.əp/
There is an explanation video available below.
52.

Tasked

A. bagged

B. floored

C. laughed

D. shouted

Detailed Solution

task; /tɑːskt/
laughed; /lɑːft/
There is an explanation video available below.

For these questions, choose the option that rhyme with the given words.

53.

Risen

A. prison

B. motion

C. portion

D. rising

Detailed Solution

risen: rɪzən
prison: /ˈprɪz(ə)n/

There is an explanation video available below.
54.

''terror''

A. tenor

B. warrior

C. error

D. furrow

Detailed Solution

terror: /ˈtɛrə/
error: /ˈɛrə/
There is an explanation video available below.
55.

Crowd

A. crow

B. bard

C. aloud

D. crawl

Detailed Solution

crowd: /kraʊd/
aloud: /əˈlaʊd/
There is an explanation video available below.

For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter(s)

56.

Inoffensive

A. inOFfensive

B. inoffenSIVE

C. inofFENsive

D. INoffensive

Detailed Solution

Pronounced as in/of/FEN/sive.
The third syllable is more pronounced.
There is an explanation video available below.
57.

Obligation

A. obliGAtion

B. OBligation

C. obligaTION

D. obLIgation

Detailed Solution

In nouns ending -isation or -ization, we stress the /eɪ/:
There is an explanation video available below.
58.

Disagreement

A. disAgreement

B. disaGREEment

C. DISagreement

D. disagreeMENT

Detailed Solution

Primary syllable stress: dis-a-gree-ment
There is an explanation video available below.

The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

59.

The car CRUSHED him.

A. Who did the car crush?

B. Did a car crush him?

C. What crushed him?

D. Did the car injure him?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress, Interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. This means that, the statement that does not have the emphasized word in it is the correct answer. Option D is the correct answer here because the word ''injure contradicts crushed''.
There is an explanation video available below.
60.

Lamide is VERY hostile?

A. Is Lamide so hostile?

B. Is Lamide friendly?

C. Was Lamide very hostile?

D. Who is hostile?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress, Interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. Option A is the correct answer here.
There is an explanation video available below.

For these questions, choose the option that have the same consonant sound as the ones represented by the letter(s) underlined.

51.

'yet'''

A. bury

B. way

C. vessel

D. europe

Detailed Solution

yet: /jɛt/
europe: /ˈjʊr.əp/
There is an explanation video available below.
52.

Tasked

A. bagged

B. floored

C. laughed

D. shouted

Detailed Solution

task; /tɑːskt/
laughed; /lɑːft/
There is an explanation video available below.

For these questions, choose the option that rhyme with the given words.

53.

Risen

A. prison

B. motion

C. portion

D. rising

Detailed Solution

risen: rɪzən
prison: /ˈprɪz(ə)n/

There is an explanation video available below.
54.

''terror''

A. tenor

B. warrior

C. error

D. furrow

Detailed Solution

terror: /ˈtɛrə/
error: /ˈɛrə/
There is an explanation video available below.
55.

Crowd

A. crow

B. bard

C. aloud

D. crawl

Detailed Solution

crowd: /kraʊd/
aloud: /əˈlaʊd/
There is an explanation video available below.

For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter(s)

56.

Inoffensive

A. inOFfensive

B. inoffenSIVE

C. inofFENsive

D. INoffensive

Detailed Solution

Pronounced as in/of/FEN/sive.
The third syllable is more pronounced.
There is an explanation video available below.
57.

Obligation

A. obliGAtion

B. OBligation

C. obligaTION

D. obLIgation

Detailed Solution

In nouns ending -isation or -ization, we stress the /eɪ/:
There is an explanation video available below.
58.

Disagreement

A. disAgreement

B. disaGREEment

C. DISagreement

D. disagreeMENT

Detailed Solution

Primary syllable stress: dis-a-gree-ment
There is an explanation video available below.

The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

59.

The car CRUSHED him.

A. Who did the car crush?

B. Did a car crush him?

C. What crushed him?

D. Did the car injure him?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress, Interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. This means that, the statement that does not have the emphasized word in it is the correct answer. Option D is the correct answer here because the word ''injure contradicts crushed''.
There is an explanation video available below.
60.

Lamide is VERY hostile?

A. Is Lamide so hostile?

B. Is Lamide friendly?

C. Was Lamide very hostile?

D. Who is hostile?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress, Interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. Option A is the correct answer here.
There is an explanation video available below.