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JAMB English Language questions: Tenses and verb forms

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  1. Question 1· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Water ___ at 100 °C at sea level.

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  2. Question 2· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The thief ______ before the police came.

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  3. Question 3· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: By next year, I ______ my degree.

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  4. Question 4· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: He ___ to school every day last term.

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  5. Question 5· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: If she had come early, she ______ the bus.

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  6. Question 6· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: She said that she ______ tired.

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  7. Question 7· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: This time tomorrow, we ______ the examination.

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  8. Question 8· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I wish I ______ the answer.

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  9. Question 9· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: By next December, I ___ in Abuja for ten years.

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  10. Question 10· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: It is high time we ______ home.

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  11. Question 11· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: If you heat ice, it ______.

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  12. Question 12· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: If I ______ rich, I would build a school in my village.

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  13. Question 13· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I ______ him since we left school.

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  14. Question 14· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: She ______ for two hours when the rain started.

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  15. Question 15· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: He ______ a new car last year.

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  16. Question 16· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I ______ in Lagos since 2019.

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  17. Question 17· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: By the time we arrived, the film ______.

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  18. Question 18· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Look! The bus ______.

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  19. Question 19· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The children ______ when their father came in.

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  20. Question 20· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Hardly ___ the hall when the lights went out.

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