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English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1999 English Language (Use of English) Questions

Question 41:
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided? The group never felt strong enough to act in the open ....... hostility was the hallmark of their resistance?
  • A Covert
  • B Overt
  • C Vicious
  • D Erratic
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Question 42:
Some robbers are on the prowl, we must be ..... ?
  • A Alert
  • B At alert
  • C On the alert
  • D For alert
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Question 43:
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided? Although the officer wanted a ..... reported on the matter, he got ....... account?
  • A Truthful / an uninteresting
  • B Factual / an unpleasant
  • C Genuine / a ridiculous
  • D Painstaking / a half-hearted
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Question 44:
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided? My friend's car has ..... to a halt?
  • A Grinded
  • B Grounded
  • C Ground
  • D Grind
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Question 45:
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided? He boasts so much about his high scores and he ...... at the efforts of others?
  • A Scorns
  • B Sneers
  • C Grins
  • D Smilies
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