JAMB English: topics to study
28 topics in 4 sections. In JAMB UTME, each subject is a multiple-choice paper written on a computer: 60 questions for Use of English and 40 for each other subject, all in one sitting.
How to study English for JAMB
English rewards steady practice more than cramming. Read a short passage every day, learn words in context, and drill oral English (vowels, consonants and stress), which many students leave until too late.
JAMB English topics
1.Comprehension and Summary
- Reading comprehension passages
- Main ideas and supporting details
- Inference and author's purpose
- Summary writing
- The cloze test
2.Lexis and Structure
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Sentence completion
- Idioms and idiomatic expressions
- Figures of speech
- Concord (subject-verb agreement)
- Tenses and sequence of tenses
- Pronouns and their uses
- Prepositions
- Question tags
- Direct and reported speech
- Active and passive voice
- Clauses and phrases
- Punctuation and spelling
3.Oral Forms (Phonology)
- Vowels: monophthongs
- Vowels: diphthongs and triphthongs
- Consonants and consonant clusters
- Rhymes
- Word stress
- Emphatic stress and intonation
4.Literature in the Prescribed Text
- Plot and themes of the prescribed text
- Characters and characterisation
- Setting and narrative technique
This outline follows the structure of the official syllabus. Check the current English syllabus on the JAMB website for this year's exact list and any set texts.