JAMB English Language 2000 Past Questions

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

boat?

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Air?

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Pleasure?

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Thunder?

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Tear?

Choose from the options the word that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined?

Thought?

Choose from the options the word that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined?

Caliph?

Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as given word.

ENORMOUS?

Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as given word.

HONOUR?

Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as given word.

QUALITY?

Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as given word.

EDUCATION?

Identify the word that has the stress on the second syllable.

Identify the word that has the a different stress pattern from the others.

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Without our relentless campaigns we might ....... sure of victory in the race for the National Assembly?

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To check desertification in the arid zones ...... tress should be planted?

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I like the character that played the role of a political ....... at the last convention of our party?

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The man declared his intention from the?

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The team Manger told us that the race could only be won by the .......?

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The new school is not provided with .......for science practicals?

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llesa witness the largest ..... of writers at any convention in recent times?

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The politicians were ....... by the press?

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There are several ........ in the farmyard?

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There are several ........ in the farmyard?

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Audu fought with his ........ brother?

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The Dark Continent was an ...... for Africa?

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He arrived ....... to see his family leave for the countryside?

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You can travel on your own ......?

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Our culture does not allow one to ........ when an elderly person is speaking?

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Raffle draws like gambling often end in a ....... for me?

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If he were here it could be more fun?

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Though he is our elected representative he often takes a rather jaundiced view of our problems?

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When I visited James I only gave him a congratulatory card on account of his promotion?

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The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the principal and the Vic-Principal?

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The politician's inflammatory remarks were heavily criticized?

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The Governor told the chief that he was only on a routine tour?

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The boy was told that he would need several more pints of blood if he was to survive.

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The principal told the teacher to stop browbeating the children?

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Some actions of the Nigerian youth have alienated them from those who were sympathetic to their cause?

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The essay topic is nebulous?

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The man was able to persuade his willful and obstinate daughter to follow the career he chose for her?

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Mr. Okon has been described as an eagle-eyed editor?

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Inspite of her grim situation, the young widow smiled dutifully at the visitor's pleasantries?

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I have always believed that my mother is a very impassioned woman?

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The party gathering was thrown into a state of euphoria after the election result was announced?

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The family discussed the crime committed and resolved to nail the lie to the counter?

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My father was at the apogee of his career when he was retired?

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Though David's condition is serious, his life is not in immediate danger?

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That punch by the young boxer prove to be fatal?

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The presence of the security men in the area will provide a moment of respite for the residents?

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It is time for all concerned to first pick to pieces the strike action before proffering solutions?