JAMB - English Language (2015)

  • 1
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    ‘Sorry does anyone know you’re here? does daddy know?… who said this and to who?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    Jimi to Wole
  • 2
    Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

    He did not attend the final burial............
    Trả lời
    (C)
    rites
  • 3
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    Who were the two people Seyi lawal and Jimi met coming out of the principal office?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Efua and her Mother
  • 4
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    What did Wole pick up from Jimi’s Table beside Jimi’s music CD’s, chemisty and Mathematics Textbooks?
    Trả lời
    (B)
    a watch
  • 5
    Select the wrongly spelt words
    Trả lời
    (D)
    posses
  • 6
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    Who was the teacher to whom the students called “cane”?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Mr Bade
  • 7
    I have the ---------- of meeting him
    Trả lời
    (B)
    privilege
  • 8
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    What is the name of Efua’s Aunt?
    Trả lời
    (B)
    Moni
  • 9
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    Seat
    Trả lời
    (D)
    people
  • 10
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    The choice to go is -------------
    Trả lời
    (C)
    yours
  • 11
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    Pass
    Trả lời
    (B)
    clerk
  • 12
    From the options, choose the word(s) that best filll the gap.

    Mrs Godwin ---------------- in this school since 2001
    Trả lời
    (D)
    has been teaching.
  • 13
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    “Nene, this is my niece Efua Coker”. Who made this statement?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Moni
  • 14
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    Power
    Trả lời
    (A)
    flour
  • 15
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

    Fret
    Trả lời
    (C)
    threat
  • 16
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    Who laugh in such a way that showed only his upper teeth?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    Wole
  • 17
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    Done
    Trả lời
    (B)
    sun
  • 18
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    Who was Efua related to?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    Mrs. Alli
  • 19
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    In three words, describe the principal ( Mr. Mallum) as described in the novel.
    Trả lời
    (A)
    small, wiry and spoke through his nose
  • 20
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    It has been confirmed that the election ------------- held in July next year
    Trả lời
    (A)
    will be
  • 21
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    What was the early morning surprise Jimi get while he was still half-asleep?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    Wole’s return
  • 22
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

    Breeze
    Trả lời
    (D)
    trees
  • 23
    Select the wrongly spelt words
    Trả lời
    (B)
    beleive
  • 24
    From the options, choose the word(s) that best filll the gap.

    If the armed robbers ------------------------ caught, they would have been lynched
    Trả lời
    (D)
    had been
  • 25
    Shakespearian ------------------- are generally the victims of circumstance.
    Trả lời
    (D)
    heroes
  • 26
    The brave officer ---------- the time bomb
    Trả lời
    (C)
    defused
  • 27
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    Who was the best student in chemistry?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    Jimi
  • 28
    Select the wrongly spelt words
    Trả lời
    (B)
    embarassed
  • 29
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.

    Hang
    Trả lời
    (C)
    song
  • 30
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    The trader complained that he ------------------ robbed
    Trả lời
    (A)
    had been
  • 31
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    Purse
    Trả lời
    (A)
    journey
  • 32
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    “come here, you pretty child; I hear you will be going to the same school as my daughter.’ Who made this statement and to whom?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    Mrs. Ekpo said this to Efua
  • 33
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    Shoe
    Trả lời
    (B)
    food
  • 34
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    ‘No more chains in trousers or dangling earrings for the girls. There will be an inspection of fingernails and socks during assembly. Principal’s orders’ who said this?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    headboy
  • 35
    In each of the following questions, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable in which it occurs in capital letters. From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress.

    EDUCATION
    Trả lời
    (C)
    e-du-CA-tion
  • 36
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    __________ had been expelled from two different schools and kicked out of the university.
    Trả lời
    (D)
    wole
  • 37
    What, according to the passage is the most lethal form of malnutrition?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    protein-energy malnutrition
  • 38
    Why is malnutrition described as a tragedy of great magnitude?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    it is an accomplice of at least half of the 10.4 million child death each year
  • 39
    Four persons accused with currency ------------------ are being held by the securing agents
    Trả lời
    (C)
    trafficking
  • 40
    From the options, choose the word(s) that best filll the gap.

    Each of the contestants --------------- a chance now
    Trả lời
    (A)
    has
  • 41
    From the options, choose the word(s) that best filll the gap.

    Toyosi arrived late, --------------- the right route
    Trả lời
    (D)
    could not have taken
  • 42
    From the options, choose the word(s) that best filll the gap.

    It was a funny episode, I ----------------
    Trả lời
    (C)
    couldn’t help laughing
  • 43
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

    Pale
    Trả lời
    (A)
    pail
  • 44
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    Forcado is a nice school. They always have excellent results. I told a few people you were coming
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Aunty moni said this to Efua
  • 45
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    They ------------------- our donation with thanks
    Trả lời
    (C)
    received
  • 46
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

    Tenderly
    Trả lời
    (B)
    slenderly
  • 47
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    ‘What is this good-for-nothing doing in my house’. Whose words were these?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    Mr solade
  • 48
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    Brought
    Trả lời
    (A)
    roar
  • 49
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.

    Gritty
    Trả lời
    (A)
    asked
  • 50
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    Whilst the thief was -------------- the passengers kept apologizing for the inconveniences he was causing them.
    Trả lời
    (C)
    robbing
  • 51
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    ‘I could hear his voice from a distance, rowdy and full of fun as usual,’to whom were these words said to and who said it?
    Trả lời
    (B)
    Nene ekpo to Ansa
  • 52
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.

    Zoo
    Trả lời
    (D)
    please
  • 53
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.

    Chalet
    Trả lời
    (C)
    champagne
  • 54
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    What was the name of Jimi’s elder brother who stays abroad?
    Trả lời
    (B)
    Femi
  • 55
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.

    dice
    Trả lời
    (D)
    loss
  • 56
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    My --------------------- is for you to refuse the -------------- of the wicked
    Trả lời
    (B)
    advice/advice
  • 57
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    That single ---------------- was enough to spoil a whole lifetime of good living
    Trả lời
    (A)
    occurrence
  • 58
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    Mother
    Trả lời
    (A)
    labour
  • 59
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    The officer was compelled to ------------------- the suspect’s car.
    Trả lời
    (A)
    seize
  • 60
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    For taking part in the unsuccessful ------------------, the mutineers were court-martialed
    Trả lời
    (C)
    coup
  • 61
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    He missed the point because he took the statement ------------
    Trả lời
    (A)
    literally
  • 62
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

    Worst
    Trả lời
    (A)
    burst
  • 63
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    Owl
    Trả lời
    (C)
    howl
  • 64
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    What did papa Solade do after knowing that Wole and jimi still saw secretly?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    sent jimi away to Ibadan
  • 65
    This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

    ‘Jims, we have a prefect meeting with Mr Mallum now’ who made this statement?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Seyi Lawal
  • 66
    From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

    granite
    Trả lời
    (B)
    sit
  • 67
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    In chapter two, after the national anthem and assembly prayers, who gave a brief talk welcoming everyone?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    The principal
  • 68
    Choose the option that best fills the gap.

    Most of his personal ---------------stolen
    Trả lời
    (A)
    effects were
  • 69
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    What prefect was Jimi?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    health prefect
  • 70
    This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school.

    Someone called Jimi after he left his food and got outside the gate of his house, Who is it?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    Ansa