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UTME / JAMB 2006
Spelling, Punctuation & Word Formation
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Did you have ....... when you went to visit the medical doctor?
A
diarrhoea
B
diarrehea
C
diarhoea
D
diarhea
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Diarrhoea is a condition in which faeces are discharged from the bowels frequently and in a liquid form.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12059)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
your performance will improve if you ..... hard?
A
are practising
B
practical
C
would practice
D
practise
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option D.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12060)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
The brave hunter killed the ...... in the forest?
A
big spitting cobra black
B
black big spitting cobra
C
big black spitting cobra
D
big spitting black cobra
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The option provides size, colour and purpose as the adjectives, and cobra as the noun. According to the order of adjectives, big, black, spitting cobra is the correct answer.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12061)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Question Tags, Modals & Pronouns
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
He wrote to you, .......?
A
hadn't he
B
wouldn't he
C
didn't he
D
hasn't he
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
''didn't he' is the appropriate question tag because the statement contains a lexical verb 'wrote' and there is an absence of 'not' in the statement.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12062)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
The clubs were not ...... on a solid ethical base?
A
funded
B
found
C
created
D
founded
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The sentence requires a past tense to fill the gap because 'were' is the past tense of 'was'.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12063)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
I watched him as he ....... the hole?
A
dug
B
digs
C
is digging
D
dugged
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Dug is the past tense of dig.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12064)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
His father hardly misses the news because he goes about with his ....... radio?
A
pointable
B
pottable
C
potable
D
portable
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Portable is the correct spelling. This means being able to be easily carried or moved, especially because it is of a lighter and smaller version than usual.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12065)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
The investigation Commission has treated all the ......submitted to it by the warning factions?
A
protests
B
petitions
C
applications
D
enquires
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12066)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Olu brought his clothes and those of his ...... ?
A
senior brother's
B
elder brothers
C
elder brother's
D
senior brother
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
'Those of his' already indicate possession. Therefore 'those of his elder brothers' imply 'the clothes of his elder brothers''.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12067)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Our neighbour was attracted by the ....... from my mother's cooking?
A
flavour
B
stench
C
scent
D
aroma
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Aroma is most appropriate because it is a distinctive, usually pleasant smell, esp of spices, cooking, wines, and plants.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12068)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Everybody is allowed to ....... his view on state matters?
A
air
B
hear
C
show
D
share
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
To air your opinion is to make your idea, opinion or argument known.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12069)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).
Despite all preparations, the wedding did not ...... ?
A
come along
B
come by
C
come on
D
come off
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Come off means to happened as planned or to succeed
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12070)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
For beating...... his coursemate, Agbo was ..... from the university?
A
up / rusticated
B
on / expelled
C
at / removed
D
away / sent out
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Beat up means assault while rusticated is to spend a student from a university as a punishment.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12071)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Spelling, Punctuation & Word Formation
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
We have been living peacefully here but ....... hear rumours of war?
A
again
B
slowly
C
occasionally
D
eventually
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The word “but” introduces a contrast. The first clause says they are living peacefully. The second clause must show that from time to time, something disturbing happens. “Occasionally” means sometimes, not regularly, at intervals.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12072)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2006
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the option. The syllables are written in capital letters.
genealogy?
A
geneaLOGY
B
geneAlogy
C
geNEalogy
D
GEnealogy
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option B.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12073)