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English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1984 English Language (Use of English) Questions

Question 56:
[i]From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most [b]appropriately[/b] completes the sentence[/i]: Paulina arrived late, she ..... the right route
  • A Cannot have taken
  • B Could not have taking
  • C Cannot take
  • D Could not had taken
  • E Could not have taken
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Question 57:
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence: .... the medicine, he asked his daughter to take it according to the doctor's prescription.
  • A Having to buy
  • B Having bought
  • C Having been bought
  • D Having being bought
  • E Having buy
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Question 58:
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence: By the end of this year i ..... twenty books
  • A Read
  • B Would have read
  • C Will read
  • D Have read
  • E Am reading
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Question 59:
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence: Leonard: We went to a hotel and had a very good dinner for N1.00. Geoffrey: You .... a very good dinner if you paid N1.00
  • A Must had had
  • B Needn't have had
  • C Couldn't have had
  • D Had to have
  • E Have had
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Question 60:
From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence: Evelyn: I've submitted eight copies. Joseph: You .... eight. Three would have been enough
  • A Can't have submitted
  • B Couldn't have submitted
  • C Didn't need to submit
  • D Needn't have submitted
  • E Must have submitted
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