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English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1980 English Language (Use of English) Questions

Question 11:
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options

The old car .... several times this year
  • A Was repaired
  • B Has been repaired
  • C Had been repaired
  • D Has repaired
  • E Was being repaired
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Question 12:
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:

His penury gave him a lifetime of hunger
  • A Avariciousness
  • B Affluence
  • C Poverty
  • D Penny pinching
  • E Greed
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Question 13:
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:

The bible's prodigal son became quite wealth eventually
  • A Prestigious
  • B Phlegmatic
  • C Errant
  • D Pecuniary
  • E Extravagant
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Question 14:
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:

Don't eat just any innocuous looking mushroom you see around
  • A Harmful
  • B Harmless
  • C Innocent
  • D Immunized
  • E Conspicuous
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Question 15:
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:

Colossal means
  • A A greek column
  • B Gigantic
  • C Something which has lost too much fluid
  • D A calamity
  • E The sale of colos
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