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English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
Would you mind …. the door, please?
A
To shut
B
To be shutting
C
Shutting
D
To have been shutting
E
To have shut
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option C.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3002)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Idioms, Figurative Expressions & Sentence Interpretation
Solution
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
The angry woman shouted and cursed in language .... shocking for words
A
very
B
far
C
so
D
quite
E
too
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The phrase “so ... for words” is an idiomatic expression used to emphasise an extreme degree of something, meaning it is beyond description
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3003)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
The evidence of all the accused persons .... by the judge sitting at No 2 Assizes last week.
A
were disbelieved
B
was disbelieved
C
is disbelieved
D
are disbelieved
E
has been disbelieved
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The subject of the sentence is "The evidence," which is singular. Therefore, the verb must also be singular to agree with the subject. "Evidence" is always treated as a singular noun in English, even though it may refer to multiple pieces of information. The correct form of the verb to match the singular subject is "was" (the past tense of "is").
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3004)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
There are puddles in the road. It ....
A
rains
B
will be raining
C
had to rain
D
must rain
E
must have been raining
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option E
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option E.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3005)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
By next June he .... four novels
A
will write
B
is writing
C
will have written
D
had written
E
has written
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option C.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3006)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Solution
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
Do come tonight, but don't expect me to speak to you because i .... an interesting programme on television when you arrive
A
am watching
B
watch
C
watched
D
shall be watching
E
have watched
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The sentence refers to a future event where, by the time the person arrives, the speaker will be in the middle of watching an interesting program on television. The future continuous tense "shall be watching" indicates an ongoing action in the future.
So, the sentence should read:
"Do come tonight, but don't expect me to speak to you because I shall be watching an interesting programme on television when you arrive."
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3007)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
.... any good films lately?
A
You would like to see
B
Have you seen
C
Are you going to see
D
Would you see
E
You are seeing
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 #3008)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
His hair needs ....
A
to cut
B
to have cut
C
being cut
D
to be cutting
E
cutting
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option E
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option E.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3009)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
.... fewer strikes since the profit-sharing schemes were introduced.
A
There have been
B
There are
C
There were
D
There are going to be
E
There was
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option A.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3010)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Everybody hates .... kept waiting
A
be
B
being
C
to be
D
for being
E
in being
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 #3011)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
I am not used to .... on the left
A
drive
B
having driven
C
driving
D
have driven
E
being driving
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option C.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3012)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
What made you ... that?
A
have said
B
to say
C
saying
D
said
E
say
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option E
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option E.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3013)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
Radium .... Maria Sklodowska Curie.
A
discovered
B
is discovering
C
has discovered
D
was discovered by
E
had been discovered by
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 #3014)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Clauses, Phrases, Voice & Reported Speech
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
His English was so good that he .... for an Englishman
A
took
B
is taken
C
was taken
D
has taken
E
is taking
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option C.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3015)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1982
Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs & Collocations
Solution
Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
If you .... me that you had run out of petrol, i would have given you some.
A
were to tell
B
tell
C
have told
D
would tell
E
had told
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option E
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The sentence expresses a past unreal (third) conditional—a situation that did not happen in the past and its imagined result.
Structure of the third conditional:
If + past perfect,
would have + past participle
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #3016)