Agreementconcord - Englishlanguage Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 1 :

• JAMB 1978

Choose the options which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions.

We visited the home of one boy. That's the boy i mean.

A. That's the boy whom we visited his home
B. That's the boy whose home we visited
C. That's the boy to whose home we visited
D. That's the boy the home of whom we visited

Question 2 :

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

When the beggar was tired he ..... down by the roadside

A. Lied
B. Laid
C. Layed
D. Lay
E. Lain

Question 3 :

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

He did not like .... leaving the class early

A. We
B. Us
C. Our
D. Ourselves
E. Our selves

Question 4 :

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

Before the operation, the dentist found that his patient's teeth....

A. Have long decayed
B. Have long been decayed
C. Have long being decayed
D. Had long decayed
E. Had been decayed

Question 5 :

• JAMB 1978

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

The employer, not the salesman and his representative .... responsible for the loss

A. Are
B. Are being
C. Are never
D. Have been
E. Is