JAMB Use Of English 2000
Questions & Answers

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Either the chief of the village or the leader of the farmers ___ to be held responsible for the revolt.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: We must observe that most of the support by other states ___ only marginal returns.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: She asked me whether I ___ the letter for her.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The effort made by the principal to get the students to be serious in their studies ___.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: How I wish I ___ my mother’s advice.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Only observers from the Ministry of Works ___ allowed into the conference room.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: A panel set up to probe the organization’s activities ___ yet to sit.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The school will ___ for Easter in another six weeks.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: His power supply was ___ from the mains because he did not pay his electricity bill.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: When you’ve finished using the telephone, please hang ___.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: I do not intend to stay long at the function, I only want to ___.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The mere fact that he rose to an important position as a result of ___ hard work.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Ebun Ojo ___ international fame as an actress.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The story on the lost jewel was quite ___.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The patient is suffering from ___.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The attitude of my students to ___ baffles me.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: When we got to the president’s house, we were told that he ___ two days earlier.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Atuk, without giving any hint as to what he intended to do, went and ___ himself.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Provided you ___ to the market very soon, we shall be able to eat enough.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: ___ he, by now, I can hear all the people shouting.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: By the time the plane reaches Harare, it ___ in the air for twelve hours.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: If only Adoyi ___ what was good for him he could easily have avoided the tragedy.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: She ___ an egg on the wall.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Many streets in the town ___ in need of lights at night.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: I did not enjoy the party; if you had invited Tarie, it ___ better organized.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: She ___ several novels since she came home.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Asabe is overdue for retirement as she ___ in this college since 1954.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The boy who stole the mango was given ___ by an eyewitness.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: After listening to the statement from two students, the headmaster realized that it was a trivial argument that ___ a serious quarrel between them.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Mr. and Mrs. Akoka were sad and disappointed ___ the performance of their son.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: When the transformer blew up, Saka threw himself down ___ his stomach.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: I ran ___ an old friend of mine on Broad Street and brought him home.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The spokesman confirmed that the government would not give ___ to the demands of trade union leaders.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Many students have joined the ___ movement.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: If they had not all jumped out of the car just in time, they ___.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: Little did Tunde realize that his frequent unwarranted reports about me were working ___ my advantage.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The board has been having ___ series of meetings lately.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: ___ nobody has seen leopards in this area.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: ___ you in the crowd, I would have told you at once.

Choose the word that best fills the gap in the sentence: The politician’s decision to ignore the economic data was regarded as utterly ___.