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English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
The method .... does not give the expected results.
A
you recommended
B
you visited
C
you told
D
you sent me
E
you wanted
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 #1954)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
Oxygen is necessary to life. Nothing can live without it. It was .... a century ago
A
invented
B
found out
C
discovered
D
learnt
E
extracted
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 #1955)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
Why does a flamingo stand on one leg? Because if it lifted the other one, it would ....
A
go down
B
let down
C
fall down
D
come down
E
get down
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 #1956)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
I am travelling by the 6:30 train tomorrow morning. Will you .... me ....?
A
see/off
B
look/up
C
take/down
D
see/to
E
put/up
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 #1957)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Spelling, Punctuation & Word Formation
Solution
Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
I am a student and .... Musa. I left for the university, and .... Musa
A
was, does
B
so is, so did
C
so was, so does
D
he is , he did
E
so he is, so he went
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The sentence is:
I am a student and ____ Musa. I left for the university, and ____ Musa.
This tests the structure of “so + auxiliary + subject”, which is used to show that the same thing is true for another person.
First gap:
I am a student and ____ Musa.
The auxiliary verb in the first clause is “am” (from “be”). So we use “is” for Musa:
Second gap:
I left for the university, and ____ Musa.
The verb is in the past tense (“left”), so we use the auxiliary “did”:
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #1958)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
You have been absent from classes for four months. How can you .... for the lost time
A
make in
B
make up
C
make off
D
make out
E
make over
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 #1959)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
I am afraid you cannot use this telephone; it is ....
A
out of order
B
in order
C
for order
D
at order
E
with order
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 #1960)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
You should make an ..... to improve the situation
A
effect
B
efficiency
C
effectiveness
D
effort
E
effectualness
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 #1961)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Question Tags, Modals & Pronouns
Solution
From the options lettered A-D, select the option that best fills the gap(s) in the sentence below:
Must you always .... lies? Why don't you .... the truth for once
A
speak
B
say
C
talk
D
tell
E
utter
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
"Must you always tell lies? Why don't you tell the truth for once?
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #1962)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
.... listening to the news when i came in
A
There were
B
There was
C
It was
D
There are going to be
E
They were
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option E
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The correct sentence is:
“They were listening to the news when I came in.”
Here, “They were listening” is in the past continuous tense, which describes an action that was already in progress when another action (“when I came in”) occurred.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #1963)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
They said that ....about 20 candidates for the job of a shorthand typist
A
they were
B
it will be
C
there were
D
it was
E
there are
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 #1964)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
He told me to go on .... till seven
A
to work
B
worked
C
works
D
working
E
work
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 #1965)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Question Tags, Modals & Pronouns
complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
Many goods .... tape recorders and cameras find a ready market in every country
A
like
B
such a
C
such as
D
such
E
as
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 #1966)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Clauses, Phrases, Voice & Reported Speech
complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
He acts .... he were a general manager
A
as
B
if
C
as if
D
so as
E
that
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 #1967)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1980
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:
Could i ring him up? I'd rather you ....
A
visit him
B
visited him
C
would visit him
D
visiting him
E
will visit him
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 #1968)