JAMB - English Language (2025 - No. 202)
In each of the following questions, choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Put Chioma's meat in _____ pack.
shiny lunch red new
new red lunch shiny
shiny new red lunch
red new shiny lunch
Explanation
The standard hierarchy for adjectives in English is often remembered by the acronym OSASCOMP:
| Order | Category | Examples from the Question |
| 1 | Opinion | Shiny |
| 2 | Size | (Not present) |
| 3 | Age | New |
| 4 | Shape | (Not present) |
| 5 | Color | Red |
| 6 | Origin | (Not present) |
| 7 | Material | (Not present) |
| 8 | Purpose | Lunch (describing the type of pack) |
Putting them together gives you: "shiny new red lunch pack."
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