JAMB French 2024 past questions

Checked by the Skolra question team · Last updated 15 October 2026

Ten questions from the 2024 JAMB French paper, with answers and explanations. We hold 78 questions from this paper, and the Skolra app has all of them.

JAMB French 2024 questions and answers

1. 1.From the lettered A - E, choose the odd one of the options. Les boissons:
   1. A
      lait
   2. B
      eau
   3. C
      pain
      Correct
   4. D
      jus
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   Answer: C

   Pain (bread) is a food, not a drink, making it the odd one out among "eau", "jus", and "lait".
2. 2.Choisissez l'option juste. Dans la chambre, on se couche sur l'/la/le.
   1. A
      table
   2. B
      tapis
   3. C
      chaise
   4. D
      lit
      Correct
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   Answer: D

   One lies down on the lit (bed) in the bedroom.
3. 3.Où sont mes lunettes? Tu posées sur la table.
   1. A
      en
   2. B
      lui
   3. C
      les
      Correct
   4. D
      y
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   Answer: C

   Les replaces the feminine plural noun 'mes lunettes', agreeing with 'posées' in 'tu les as posées sur la table'.
4. 4.Au Nigéria, la plupart des pècheurs (vivre) au bord des fleuves.
   1. A
      vivez
   2. B
      vivent
      Correct
   3. C
      vivons
   4. D
      vit
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   Answer: B

   "Les pêcheurs" is plural, so "vivre" takes the ils/elles form vivent.
5. 5.L'endroit où 'on peut acheter des médicaments est un/u................
   1. A
      pharmacie
      Correct
   2. B
      hôpital
   3. C
      boulangerie
   4. D
      épicerie
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   Answer: A

   Medicines are bought at a pharmacie (pharmacy).
6. 6.For each question, choose from the options lettered A- E, the one that most appropriately completes the sentence. Maman revient de la ville? Qu..... en revient.
   1. A
      il
   2. B
      elle
      Correct
   3. C
      on
   4. D
      ils
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   Answer: B

   Elle refers back to 'Maman' (feminine singular) in the reply 'elle en revient' (she's coming back from it).
7. 7.Choisissez l'option juste. Le contraire de finir, c'est.
   1. A
      arrêter
   2. B
      commencer
      Correct
   3. C
      partir
   4. D
      continuer
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   Answer: B

   Commencer (to begin) is the antonym of 'finir' (to finish).
8. 8.For each question, choose from the options lettered A-E, the most appropriate one to complete the sentence: De toutes ces jupes, c'est je préfère
   1. A
      celles que
   2. B
      celui que
   3. C
      ceux que
   4. D
      celle que
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   Answer: D

   Referring to one "jupe" (feminine singular) among the skirts, the correct demonstrative pronoun is celle que.
9. 9.Elles achètent un cadeau_leur père.
   1. A
      à
      Correct
   2. B
      chez
   3. C
      de
   4. D
      pour
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   Answer: A

   The standard construction "acheter un cadeau à quelqu'un" marks the recipient of the gift.
10. 10.Voilà le journal...je vous ai parlé.
    1. A
       où
    2. B
       qui
    3. C
       dont
       Correct
    4. D
       que
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    Answer: C

    Dont is used because 'parler de' takes 'de', so the relative pronoun replacing 'de + journal' is 'dont'.

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