JAMB French 2010 past questions
Ten questions from the 2010 JAMB French paper, with answers and explanations. We hold 50 questions from this paper, and the Skolra app has all of them.
JAMB French 2010 questions and answers
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1.Question sur la grammaire et la structure. Je veux seulement ces chaises - là; ... sont trop chères.
- Aceux-là
- Bcelui-ci
- Ccelle-là
- Dcelles-ciCorrect
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Answer: D
Referring back to the feminine plural 'chaises', the contrasting demonstrative pronoun is celles-ci ('these here'). - A
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2.Question sur la Littérature. "Enfermer la femme, ça ne sert à rien"! Qui dit ceci dans Chaque chose en son temps?
- ALe juge
- BLe frère
- CLa mère
- DLe pèreCorrect
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Answer: D
The line is spoken by le père, who argues against secluding women as the play's progressive voice on the theme. - A
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3.Question sur la Littérature. Un genre littéraire qui s'écrit sous forme de dialogue s'appelle
- Al'essai
- Ble roman
- Cle théâtreCorrect
- Dla poésie
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Answer: C
Le théâtre is the literary genre written in dialogue form, meant to be performed by characters speaking directly. - A
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4.Question sur la Littérature. Dans Sans famille, on trouve que Monsieur et Madame Driscoll sont des
- Ades commerçants riches
- Bdes mineursCorrect
- Cdes jardiniers généreux
- Ddes musiciens ambulants
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Answer: B
The Driscoll couple are depicted as mineurs (coal miners) in England, the household Rémi briefly lives with during the mine-flood episode of the novel. - A
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5.Question sur la grammaire et la structure. ... robe portez- vous?
- AQuelles
- BQuel
- CQuels
- DQuelleCorrect
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Answer: D
'Robe' is feminine singular, requiring the interrogative adjective quelle ('Quelle robe portez-vous?'). - A
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6.Question sur l'Oral. "Les trois oiseaux sont sur l'arbre"; il y a une liaison entre
- Ales et trois
- Btrois et oiseauxCorrect
- Csont et sur
- Dsur et l'arbre
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Answer: B
Liaison occurs between trois and oiseaux because 'oiseaux' begins with a vowel sound, producing /trwazwazo/; the other pairings involve a consonant-initial second word or an already-elided form. - A
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7.Question sur l'Oral. Le son// se trouve à la fin du mot
- Amanger
- Bpain
- CmaisonCorrect
- Djardin
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Answer: C
The nasal sound [ɔ̃] occurs at the end of 'maison' (-son), unlike the other words which end in different sounds or have the nasal elsewhere. - A
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8.Question sur la grammaire et la structure. Bientôt Tunde et Dotun changeront ... adresse.
- Ales
- Bune
- Cd'Correct
- Dde la
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Answer: C
The fixed idiom is 'changer d'adresse' (to change address), using the contracted preposition 'd'' before a vowel. - A
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9.Question sur la grammaire et la structure. Qu'ils ... d'accord ou pas, nous quittons aujourd'hui.
- AsoientCorrect
- Bétaient
- Csont
- Dseront
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Answer: A
The concessive construction 'Qu'ils ... d'accord ou pas' requires the subjunctive soient. - A
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10.Question sur la grammaire et la structure. Les ouvriers ...la plantation avant le coucher du soleil.
- AquitterontCorrect
- Bquittent
- Cont quitté
- Dquittaient
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Answer: A
The future tense quitteront fits the planned action 'before sunset', indicating the workers will leave at a future point. - A
The questions come from past JAMB, WAEC and NECO papers. We use software to help write the answer options and explanations, and every answer is checked twice before it goes on the site. How we check
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