Facts to know about JAMB Use of English Questions

Facts to know JAMB Use of English Questions

English is an important subject that everyone writing Jamb is expected to write. It is important to know facts about use of English questions because Statistics has also shown that it is also one of the subjects students fail most compared to other three. For this reason the use of english exams must be treated with care and intense preparation.

First, it is important to note that there are usually 40 English questions on every JAMB exam. However, not every question has the same mark.  Questions from comprehension passage are normally worth three points apiece. This makes them the most important question compared to other questions.

Knowing that all the questions in the Use of English exams don’t have the same grade gives you an advantage of preparing for comprehension questions. Read further to know other facts about Use of English questions.

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First, out of the 40 questions asked, about 25 will questions you will focus on  verbal (relating to phonetics) and written (relating to antonyms and synonyms).

In addition, it is important to note that most of the questions posed to students are usually meant to test their vocabulary, idea about intonation, knowledge on the parts of speech, ability to read and comprehend what they read, ability to detect correct and incorrect sentences as well as minor things like spelling ability. These questions come mainly fill in the blanks because the questions are all objectives. So you’ll will have to select the best choice to fill in the blank spots.

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Questions associated with phonetics and other aspects of oral English are one of the most the difficult parts of Use of English, especially when the questions are not properly understood. These questions are usually about eight questions about sounds, four or six questions about stress, three questions about emphatic stress, and four questions about rhyme. Without an idea about thede questions students are at s higher chance of failing these questions then failing them.

Unfortunately, statistics has shown that most students perform very poorly not just on oral comprehension passages mainly because they misunderstood it.

To pass these questions, students must first;

• Clearly study and understand these areas; stress, empathetic stress, intonation and rhyme.
• Most questions on rhyme are usually repeated questions making the intensive study of past questions an advantage.
• Calmly read the questions so as to understand it clearly.

In conclusion, use of english humbles even pupils pass the other subjects they’re combining well.  The questions on use of english whether Vocabulary or  Comprehension Passage are always designed to sponsor the widespread failure of students language. So it is very important that these questions are treated with serious preparation and determination.

Further clarification on JAMB use of English Question can be gotten from their official website 

You can also read about Tips to easily pass JAMB UTME examination 

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