Year : 
2010
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

61 - 70 of 93 Questions

# Question Ans
61.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Boys?

A. stays

B. moist

C. noise

D. elbows

Detailed Solution

boy; /bɔɪz/
noise; /nɔɪz/
There is an explanation video available below.
62.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Shine?

A. clean

B. fine

C. machine

D. lain

Detailed Solution

shine; /ʃʌɪn/
fine; /fʌɪn/
There is an explanation video available below.
63.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Seer?

A. snare

B. spare

C. spear

D. square

Detailed Solution

seer; /ˈsiə,/
spear; /spɪə/
There is an explanation video available below.

Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllable are written in capital letters(s).

64.

Political

A. politiCAL

B. POlitical

C. poliTIcal

D. poLITical

Detailed Solution

For words ending with ''ical'' the primary stress is placed on the syllable immediately before “-ic-.
po-LIT-i-cal
There is an explanation video available below.
65.

Satisfactory?

A. satisfacTORY

B. saTISfactory

C. SATisfactory

D. satisFACtory

Detailed Solution

In pronouncing the word satisfactory, the third syllable is more pronounced than the rest. Hence we have
sa-tis-FAC-to-ry
There is an explanation video available below.
66.

Captivity?

A. captiviTY

B. captiVIty

C. capTIvity

D. CAPtivity

Detailed Solution

This is stressed as cap-TI-vi-ty
There is an explanation video available below.

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

67.

EMEKA finished his home work yesterday.

A. Was Emeka helped to do his home work?

B. Did Emeka do his home work yesterday?

C. When did Emeka finish his home work?

D. Who finished his home work yesterday?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress, Interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. This means that, the statement that does not have the emphasized word in it is the correct answer.
There is an explanation video available below.
68.

Taiwo SAILED to London.

A. Did Taiwo fly to London?

B. Did Taiwo sail to Brazil?

C. Did Taiwo sail to London

D. Where did Taiwo sail to?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress in examinations, interrogative sentences will be provided as options. The interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. ''sailed'' is the emphasized word here. ''fly'' in option A contradicts the emphasized word
There is an explanation video available below.
69.

My bag is made of LEATHER?

A. Whose bag is made of leather?

B. Is my bag made of polythene?

C. Abu's bag made of leather?

D. Is my bag made of leather?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress in examinations, interrogative sentences will be provided as options. The interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. LEATHER is the emphasized word here. ''polythene'' in option B contradicts the emphasized word
There is an explanation video available below.

One of the interesting things to me about our spaceship is that it is a mechanical vehicle, just as is an automobile. If you own a car, you realize that you must put oil and gas into it and must put water in the radiator and take care of the car as a whole. You begin to develop quite a little thermodynamic sense. You know that you are either going to have to keep the machine in a good order or it is going to be in trouble and fail to function. We have not been seeing our spaceship earth as an integrally-designed machine which to be persistently successful, must be comprehended and serviced in total.

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding Spaceship Earth and that is that no instrument book came with it. I think it is very significant that there is no instrument book for successfully operating our ship, in view of the infinite attention to all other details displayed by our ship. It must be taken as deliberate and purposeful that an instruction book was omitted. Lack of instruction has forced us to find out that there are two kinds of mangoes-unripe mangoes that will kill us and ripped mangoes which will nourish us. And we had to find out ways of telling which were-which mangoes before we ate it or otherwise we would die. So we were forced because of this to devise scientific experimental procedures and to interpret effectively the significance of the experimental findings. Thus, because the instruction manual was missing, we are learning how we can safely survive on the planet.

Quite clearly, all living beings are utterly helpless at the moment of birth. The human child stays helpless longer than the young of any species. Apparently, it is part of the “invention” that man is meant to be utterly helpless through certain anthropological phases. When he begins to be able to get on a little better, he is meant to discover some of the physical principals inherent in the universe as well as the many resources around him which will further multiply his knowledge. Designed into this Spaceship Earth’s total wealth was a big safety factor. This allowed man to be very ignorant for a long time until he had amassed enough experience from which to extract progressively the system of generalized principals governing increase of energy. The designed omission of the instruction book forced man to discover retrospectively just what his most important capabilities are. He learned to generalize fundamental principles of universe.

70.

According to the writer, the exciting thing about spaceship Earth is that it

A. has no instrument manual

B. is not difficult to maintain

C. is peculiar to other automobiles

D. is relatively easy to operate

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.
61.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Boys?

A. stays

B. moist

C. noise

D. elbows

Detailed Solution

boy; /bɔɪz/
noise; /nɔɪz/
There is an explanation video available below.
62.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Shine?

A. clean

B. fine

C. machine

D. lain

Detailed Solution

shine; /ʃʌɪn/
fine; /fʌɪn/
There is an explanation video available below.
63.

Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

Seer?

A. snare

B. spare

C. spear

D. square

Detailed Solution

seer; /ˈsiə,/
spear; /spɪə/
There is an explanation video available below.

Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllable are written in capital letters(s).

64.

Political

A. politiCAL

B. POlitical

C. poliTIcal

D. poLITical

Detailed Solution

For words ending with ''ical'' the primary stress is placed on the syllable immediately before “-ic-.
po-LIT-i-cal
There is an explanation video available below.
65.

Satisfactory?

A. satisfacTORY

B. saTISfactory

C. SATisfactory

D. satisFACtory

Detailed Solution

In pronouncing the word satisfactory, the third syllable is more pronounced than the rest. Hence we have
sa-tis-FAC-to-ry
There is an explanation video available below.
66.

Captivity?

A. captiviTY

B. captiVIty

C. capTIvity

D. CAPtivity

Detailed Solution

This is stressed as cap-TI-vi-ty
There is an explanation video available below.

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

67.

EMEKA finished his home work yesterday.

A. Was Emeka helped to do his home work?

B. Did Emeka do his home work yesterday?

C. When did Emeka finish his home work?

D. Who finished his home work yesterday?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress, Interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. This means that, the statement that does not have the emphasized word in it is the correct answer.
There is an explanation video available below.
68.

Taiwo SAILED to London.

A. Did Taiwo fly to London?

B. Did Taiwo sail to Brazil?

C. Did Taiwo sail to London

D. Where did Taiwo sail to?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress in examinations, interrogative sentences will be provided as options. The interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. ''sailed'' is the emphasized word here. ''fly'' in option A contradicts the emphasized word
There is an explanation video available below.
69.

My bag is made of LEATHER?

A. Whose bag is made of leather?

B. Is my bag made of polythene?

C. Abu's bag made of leather?

D. Is my bag made of leather?

Detailed Solution

In responding to questions on emphatic stress in examinations, interrogative sentences will be provided as options. The interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. LEATHER is the emphasized word here. ''polythene'' in option B contradicts the emphasized word
There is an explanation video available below.

One of the interesting things to me about our spaceship is that it is a mechanical vehicle, just as is an automobile. If you own a car, you realize that you must put oil and gas into it and must put water in the radiator and take care of the car as a whole. You begin to develop quite a little thermodynamic sense. You know that you are either going to have to keep the machine in a good order or it is going to be in trouble and fail to function. We have not been seeing our spaceship earth as an integrally-designed machine which to be persistently successful, must be comprehended and serviced in total.

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding Spaceship Earth and that is that no instrument book came with it. I think it is very significant that there is no instrument book for successfully operating our ship, in view of the infinite attention to all other details displayed by our ship. It must be taken as deliberate and purposeful that an instruction book was omitted. Lack of instruction has forced us to find out that there are two kinds of mangoes-unripe mangoes that will kill us and ripped mangoes which will nourish us. And we had to find out ways of telling which were-which mangoes before we ate it or otherwise we would die. So we were forced because of this to devise scientific experimental procedures and to interpret effectively the significance of the experimental findings. Thus, because the instruction manual was missing, we are learning how we can safely survive on the planet.

Quite clearly, all living beings are utterly helpless at the moment of birth. The human child stays helpless longer than the young of any species. Apparently, it is part of the “invention” that man is meant to be utterly helpless through certain anthropological phases. When he begins to be able to get on a little better, he is meant to discover some of the physical principals inherent in the universe as well as the many resources around him which will further multiply his knowledge. Designed into this Spaceship Earth’s total wealth was a big safety factor. This allowed man to be very ignorant for a long time until he had amassed enough experience from which to extract progressively the system of generalized principals governing increase of energy. The designed omission of the instruction book forced man to discover retrospectively just what his most important capabilities are. He learned to generalize fundamental principles of universe.

70.

According to the writer, the exciting thing about spaceship Earth is that it

A. has no instrument manual

B. is not difficult to maintain

C. is peculiar to other automobiles

D. is relatively easy to operate

Detailed Solution

There is an explanation video available below.