Ordinary, figurative and idiomatic usage: JAMB English Language Past Questions and Answers

JAMB English Language questions on Ordinary, figurative and idiomatic usage

1. JAMB 2025“He brought his palms together like a supplicant” is an example of—
2. JAMB 2025For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. He got a job by paying hush money.
3. JAMB 2025"You could see a rock carrying three other rocks on its head." What literary technique is being used?
4. JAMB 2025“Tears trickled out of his eyes … More tears streamed from both eyes, competitively … ” is an example of—
5. JAMB 2025What figure of speech is used in "He would look at the ceiling and at the faces before him, as though he had just returned from a dreamy wonderland”?
6. JAMB 2025For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. My boss is such a slave driver, I had to work two weekends in…
7. JAMB 2025What figure of speech is used in “ … the microphone dropped on the floor, sending a vexatious clatter out of the twin sound boxes”?
8. JAMB 2025That Fulani man has a large … of sheep.
9. JAMB 2025What figure of speech is used in the expression " … wouldn't have to clean 'dishes', as folks uncharitably say about washing corpses."
10. JAMB 2025For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. The chairman of the association tells his members not to throw…
11. JAMB 2025For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. The boy accused his friend of putting a spoke in his wheel.
12. JAMB 2025For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. Tom's excuses don't hold water.
13. JAMB 2025This question is based on Kabir Alabi Garba's The Lekki Headmaster. "Red-tapism is found everywhere" means
14. JAMB 2025For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. Despite his wealth, Mr Oluboye is known for tightening his…
15. JAMB 2025What does the phrase "in cahoots" most likely mean in the context of Tai and the immigration staff?
16. JAMB 2025For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. Peter is a man of letters.
17. JAMB 2025When Mr. Audu says, "the MD is a witch and wizard rolled into one!", what figure of speech is this?
18. JAMB 2025The … of armed robbery has been on the increase.
19. JAMB 2025For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. The students felt the lecture was a load of crap.
20. JAMB 2024Choose the option that best completes the gap(s) Fierce dogs should be kept in the … during the day.
21. JAMB 2024Choose the option that explains the information conveyed in the sentence The teacher believed her students were equal to the task.
22. JAMB 2024The government has promised to pay our gratuity, we need to have our fingers crossed.
23. JAMB 2024The man is not as powerful as he once was, his influence has considerably …
24. JAMB 2024Tests reveal that the winning athlete had taken some performance-enhancing … .
25. JAMB 2024The … of armed robbery has been on the increase.
26. JAMB 2024I had to put up my house as … for the bank loan.
27. JAMB 2024The ripe orange was beyond his … .
28. JAMB 2024Adeola lives a stone's throw away from the church.
29. JAMB 2024Choose the option that best completes the gap(s) His car … of fuel so he arrived late for the meeting.
30. JAMB 2024Women always … themselves in beautiful apparel.
31. JAMB 2024When they started the fighting, the man who tried to … was knocked down.
32. JAMB 2024One of the prerequisites for success in examination is burning the midnight oil.
33. JAMB 2024My father loves bringing … old memories.
34. JAMB 2024Choose the option that best completes the gap(s) The new national security committee … retired military personnel.
35. JAMB 2024These properties were … sale before the fire gutted them.
36. JAMB 2024… the word in the Thesaurus!
37. JAMB 2024In the following question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. He was building a castle in the air.
38. JAMB 2024I decided to back up my friend's argument at the meeting.
39. JAMB 2024Moses won the contest hands down.
40. JAMB 2024Titi was the cynosure of all eyes at the party.
41. JAMB 2024Tayo had to separate himself neck and crop from his old friend.
42. JAMB 2024Everyone in class wanted the Literature teacher to … the point of view of the … .
43. JAMB 2024Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence The manager told his workers to call it a day.
44. JAMB 2024It was the … of brakes that drew our attention.
45. JAMB 2024Let this case stand over for the present, the lawyer pleaded.
46. JAMB 2024Learning in the four walls of a classroom implies
47. JAMB 2024Here he comes, speak of the devil.
48. JAMB 2024I can't lend him my books. I … know him.
49. JAMB 2024Mr Ezeh … with some solutions to the issue.
50. JAMB 2024He played his wife false by inviting his mistress to the house as his cousin.

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