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JAMB UTME English 2021 past questions and answers

This 2021 JAMB UTME English set has 60 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2021 set with instant marking.

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1. In the sentence The chairperson gave the proposal her blessing after a brief review, the expression gave the proposal her blessing means that she
  1. approved it
  2. rewrote it
  3. postponed it
  4. criticised it

Answer: A. approved it

To give a proposal one’s blessing is to approve or support it.

2. Choose the word opposite in meaning to frugal as used in She is frugal with household expenses.
  1. careful
  2. thrifty
  3. extravagant
  4. economical

Answer: C. extravagant

Frugal describes careful spending, whereas extravagant describes excessive spending.

3. Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: The witness took ______ to the suggestion that he had altered the figures.
  1. objection
  2. exceptional
  3. offence
  4. exception

Answer: D. exception

The standard collocation is take exception to something, meaning to object to it.

4. Choose the option that best completes the sentence: If the driver ______ the warning sign, he would have avoided the diversion.
  1. noticed
  2. had noticed
  3. would notice
  4. has noticed

Answer: B. had noticed

A past unreal condition takes the past perfect in the if-clause and would have plus a participle in the result clause.

5. Choose the correct option: Neither the supervisor nor her assistants ______ aware of the revised timetable.
  1. was
  2. is
  3. were
  4. has been

Answer: C. were

With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject, assistants, which is plural.

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