JAMB English Language · Lexis and Structure

Clause and sentence patterns: JAMB English Language Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Clause and sentence patterns

Our summary: The kinds of clauses and the patterns in which English sentences are built.

  • Clause and sentence patterns

Objectives

  • identify various grammatical patterns in use.

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JAMB English Language questions on Clause and sentence patterns

  1. JAMB 2025Put Chioma's meat in … pack.
  2. JAMB 2025No sooner had Tobi left the house … it began to rain.
  3. JAMB 2025Scarcely … she entered the room when the phone rang.
  4. JAMB 2024… of his lateness, Okupe gained from the coaching.
  5. JAMB 2024Sally assisted me in buying my … yesterday.
  6. JAMB 2024Choose the option that best completes the gap(s) … is expanding rapidly.
  7. JAMB 2024Put Chioma's meal in the … pack.
  8. JAMB 2024The phrase on that fateful day is
  9. JAMB 2024My uncle is not sure … the strange guests were.
  10. JAMB 2022I have always found that it is helpful to have a few wise and trusted people to … you can turn for information and advice.
  11. JAMB 2022We ought to stay away … the robbers come back
  12. JAMB 2019His many years of success in legal practice, … , didn't come out without challenges
  13. JAMB 2019He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better … a singer
  14. JAMB 2019Both questions are alternatives; you answer … one … the other
  15. JAMB 2018The shipping company advertised for … accountants
  16. JAMB 2018We look forward to … from you very soon.
  17. JAMB 2018If it had rained, we would have had to postpone the concert. It didn't rain, so …
  18. JAMB 2018For fear of being caught, the thief shouted and cursed the slow bank manager in a language … much for words.
  19. JAMB 2018We saw you earlier but we could not stop you because we did not know … .
  20. JAMB 2018Now, I am used … bread without butter
  21. JAMB 2017Choose the best option that best completes the gap(s) … a good boy, he was given a prize
  22. JAMB 2017Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence The letter was being written by the principal
  23. JAMB 2016… rich has its own problem
  24. JAMB 2013Choose the option that best complete the gap (s) There are lots of … in a park
  25. JAMB 2013I have never visted the dentist Aliyu: … ?
  26. JAMB 2013Choose the option that best complete the gap (s) Do you mind … another hour or two?
  27. JAMB 2013Choose the option that best complete the gap (s) All farmers were encouraged … carry out fumigation on their farms
  28. JAMB 2013Choose the option that best complete the gap (s) My father told me to take the money from … it
  29. JAMB 2013Choose the option that best complete the gap (s) Tinu likes apples … she does not like oranges
  30. JAMB 2012Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s) The woman would not part with her … pot
  31. JAMB 2012Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s) I wanted to know his political beliefs, so l asked him what …
  32. JAMB 2011Ife asked me … ? — Choose the option that best completes the gap(s)
  33. JAMB 2011… he switches on the light, the shadow disappears?
  34. JAMB 2011Instead of … , she lied? — Choose the option that best completes the gap(s)
  35. JAMB 2010The new trade agreement should facilitate … ?
  36. JAMB 2010Lemoti … as a painter, but also as a sculptor?

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