English Language, 2018, JAMB Exam, Exam, Paper 1 | Objectives

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Year :

2018

Title :

English Language

Exam :

JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

61 - 70 of 80 Questions

#	Question	Ans
	Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.
61.	Thousands of students are candidates for the examination but only very few pass A. Come in B. Call for C. Go into D. Enter for Show Content Detailed Solution Enter for implies to partake, participate or take part in something There is an explanation video available below.	D
	Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
62.	We look forward to _______ from you very soon. A. Have heard B. Hear C. Hearing D. Heard Show Content Detailed Solution The expression ‘look forward to’ must be followed with a gerund. There is an explanation video available below.	C
	Choose the option nearest in meaning to the italicized words or expressions.
63.	The French classes were always funny because we considered French a strange tongue. A. Awkward B. Foreign C. Funny D. Uninteresting Show Content Detailed Solution Strange means unfamiliar. Foreign means originating from another country. There is an explanation video available below.	B
	Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) in italics.
64.	Everyone testifies to the unique taste of our flavor. A. Offensive B. Common C. Uncommon D. Sufficient Show Content Detailed Solution There is an explanation video available below.	B
	Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
65.	All God's prophets were given the great __________ to preach salvation to people A. Commision B. Commition C. Comission D. Commission Show Content Detailed Solution Commission means a task or mission to accomplish. Take note of the double ‘s’ and the double ‘m’. All other options are wrongly spelt There is an explanation video available below.	D
66.	The principal _________ our mobile phones. A. Seized B. Ceased C. Siezed D. Seased Show Content Detailed Solution Note the correct spelling of ‘seize’. To seize a thing means to deliberately take hold of it for a period of time There is an explanation video available below.	A
67.	For fear of being caught, the thief shouted and cursed the slow bank manager in a language ________much for words. A. Way B. Too C. Very D. So Show Content Detailed Solution Here is an adverb of degree. The correct item to use is ‘too’. There is an explanation video available below.	B
	Choose the option nearest in meaning to the italicized words or expressions.
68.	The coach invited me to his office having found me mettlesome A. Courageous B. Hardworking C. Hardhearted D. Weak Show Content Detailed Solution Mettlesome means to be courageous. The correct answer is A There is an explanation video available below.	A
	Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
69.	You may now ___________ with your presentation. A. Precede B. Preceed C. Procede D. Proceed Show Content Detailed Solution Note the spelling of each word. There is an explanation video available below.	D
	Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) in italics.
70.	Father Francis thanked God for the abundance of blessings his family received A. Nature B. Quantity C. Quality D. Paucity Show Content Detailed Solution Abundance means an excessive availability of something. Paucity means fewness in number There is an explanation video available below.	D

	Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.
61.	Thousands of students are candidates for the examination but only very few pass A. Come in B. Call for C. Go into D. Enter for Show Content Detailed Solution Enter for implies to partake, participate or take part in something There is an explanation video available below.	D
	Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
62.	We look forward to _______ from you very soon. A. Have heard B. Hear C. Hearing D. Heard Show Content Detailed Solution The expression ‘look forward to’ must be followed with a gerund. There is an explanation video available below.	C
	Choose the option nearest in meaning to the italicized words or expressions.
63.	The French classes were always funny because we considered French a strange tongue. A. Awkward B. Foreign C. Funny D. Uninteresting Show Content Detailed Solution Strange means unfamiliar. Foreign means originating from another country. There is an explanation video available below.	B
	Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) in italics.
64.	Everyone testifies to the unique taste of our flavor. A. Offensive B. Common C. Uncommon D. Sufficient Show Content Detailed Solution There is an explanation video available below.	B
	Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
65.	All God's prophets were given the great __________ to preach salvation to people A. Commision B. Commition C. Comission D. Commission Show Content Detailed Solution Commission means a task or mission to accomplish. Take note of the double ‘s’ and the double ‘m’. All other options are wrongly spelt There is an explanation video available below.	D

66.	The principal _________ our mobile phones. A. Seized B. Ceased C. Siezed D. Seased Show Content Detailed Solution Note the correct spelling of ‘seize’. To seize a thing means to deliberately take hold of it for a period of time There is an explanation video available below.	A
67.	For fear of being caught, the thief shouted and cursed the slow bank manager in a language ________much for words. A. Way B. Too C. Very D. So Show Content Detailed Solution Here is an adverb of degree. The correct item to use is ‘too’. There is an explanation video available below.	B
	Choose the option nearest in meaning to the italicized words or expressions.
68.	The coach invited me to his office having found me mettlesome A. Courageous B. Hardworking C. Hardhearted D. Weak Show Content Detailed Solution Mettlesome means to be courageous. The correct answer is A There is an explanation video available below.	A
	Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
69.	You may now ___________ with your presentation. A. Precede B. Preceed C. Procede D. Proceed Show Content Detailed Solution Note the spelling of each word. There is an explanation video available below.	D
	Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) in italics.
70.	Father Francis thanked God for the abundance of blessings his family received A. Nature B. Quantity C. Quality D. Paucity Show Content Detailed Solution Abundance means an excessive availability of something. Paucity means fewness in number There is an explanation video available below.	D

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