JAMB UTME - French - 2025

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The question asks for the meaning of the French verb chanter. Chanter means to sing, which is accurately defined as produire un son melodieux (to produce a melodious sound).

Singing involves using the voice to create musical or melodic sounds, which is precisely what produire un son melodieux describes.

The other options are different verbs with distinct meanings:

• danser means to dance - moving the body rhythmically to music
• lire means to read - interpreting written text
• marcher means to walk - moving on foot

Chanter is a regular first-group verb (ending in -er). Related vocabulary includes: une chanson (a song), un chanteur/une chanteuse (a singer), and le chant (singing/the song).

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The sentence Mon pere est plus age ___ ma mere means "My father is older ___ my mother." This question tests the comparative structure in French.

In French, comparisons of superiority use the structure: plus + adjective + que (more ... than). The word que is the conjunction that introduces the second element of the comparison.

Examples of this pattern:

• Il est plus grand que son frere - He is taller than his brother
• Elle est plus intelligente que moi - She is more intelligent than me

The other options do not fit the comparative structure:

• et (and) is a coordinating conjunction, not a comparative connector
• de (of/from) is a preposition that does not link comparative elements
• comme (like/as) is used for comparisons of equality (aussi ... que) or similes, not superiority

The three French comparative forms are: plus ... que (more than), moins ... que (less than), and aussi ... que (as ... as).

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The question asks how the market is described (Comment est le marché ?). The answer is found directly in the passage:

Le marché est coloré et bruyant. ("The market is colorful and noisy.")

The correct answer is Bruyant et coloré (noisy and colorful), which restates the two adjectives from the passage, albeit in reverse order. The slight typographical error in the option does not change its meaning.

The other options contradict the passage: Tranquille et vide (quiet and empty) is the opposite of what the passage describes; Petit et sale (small and dirty) is never mentioned; and Fermé le matin (closed in the morning) contradicts the fact that Fatou and her mother visit the market on Saturday morning, meaning it is open.

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To determine the number of syllables in ordinateur (computer), divide the word at each distinct vowel sound:

• or - first syllable
• di - second syllable
• na - third syllable
• teur - fourth syllable

The word ordinateur therefore has 4 syllables: or-di-na-teur.

Each syllable contains exactly one vowel sound: /o/ in or, /i/ in di, /a/ in na, and /œ/ in teur. The eu in the final syllable represents a single vowel sound /œ/, not two separate sounds, so teur is one syllable.

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The question asks why Fatou and her mother leave early for the market (Pourquoi Fatou et sa mère partent-elles tôt au marché ?). The answer is found directly in the second sentence of the passage:

Elles partent tôt pour éviter la foule. ("They leave early to avoid the crowd.")

The correct answer is therefore Pour éviter la foule (To avoid the crowd). This is a straightforward reading comprehension question where the answer is stated explicitly in the text.

The other options are not supported by the passage: the text does not mention going to school (pour aller à l'école); while clothes are among the items sold at the market, the passage does not say this is the reason they leave early (pour acheter des vêtements); and meeting friends (pour rencontrer des amis) is never mentioned.

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A monkey (le singe) is classified as a wild animal (un animal sauvage). Monkeys live naturally in forests, jungles, and savannas, and are not domesticated animals raised by humans for agricultural or companion purposes.

The other classifications do not apply:

• aquatique (aquatic) - Monkeys are not water-dwelling animals. Aquatic animals include fish, dolphins, and whales.
• volant (flying) - Monkeys cannot fly. Flying animals include birds, bats, and certain insects.
• domestique (domestic) - Domestic animals are those bred and kept by humans, such as dogs (chiens), cats (chats), cows (vaches), and chickens (poules). While some people keep monkeys as pets, monkeys are fundamentally wild animals by biological classification.

In French vocabulary, the distinction between sauvage (wild) and domestique (domestic) is commonly tested. Wild animals live freely in nature; domestic animals are raised and depend on humans.

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The sentence Le système bancaire est _ dans ce pays ("The banking system is _ in this country") requires a word that functions as a predicate adjective after est (is). The blank must therefore be filled with an adjective.

The correct answer is corrompu, the past participle of corrompre (to corrupt), used here as an adjective meaning "corrupt." The complete sentence reads: Le système bancaire est corrompu dans ce pays ("The banking system is corrupt in this country").

The other options are incorrect because they are not adjectives:

• corrompt is a conjugated verb form (third person singular present indicative of corrompre). You cannot place a conjugated verb after est in this construction.
• corruption is a noun. Saying est corruption would be ungrammatical without an article.
• corrompre is the infinitive form of the verb. An infinitive cannot serve as a predicate adjective after est in this context.

In French, past participles like corrompu, fatigué, surpris, and fini regularly function as adjectives after être.

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The question asks which of the listed animals is a wild animal (un animal sauvage). The answer is Le lion (the lion).

In French, animals are classified as either animaux domestiques (domestic animals) or animaux sauvages (wild animals):

• Le lion (the lion) is a wild animal that lives in the savanna and grasslands of Africa. It is not domesticated.
• Le coq (the rooster) is a domestic farm bird raised for eggs and meat.
• La chèvre (the goat) is a domestic farm animal raised for milk, meat, and skin.
• Le chat (the cat) is a domestic pet animal.

The lion is the only animal in this list that lives in the wild and is not kept as a farm animal or household pet. In French vocabulary exercises, being able to distinguish animaux domestiques from animaux sauvages is a common requirement.

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The question asks for the opposite (le contraire) of grand (big, tall, great). In French, the standard antonym of grand is petit (small, short, little). This is one of the most fundamental adjective pairs in French vocabulary.

The other options are not antonyms of grand:

• mauvais means "bad" - the opposite of bon (good).
• joli means "pretty" - the opposite would be laid (ugly).
• long means "long" - the opposite is court (short in length).

Note the distinction between petit (opposite of grand in size or height) and court (opposite of long in length or duration). These are not interchangeable.

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The passage states: "Sa mere achete des carottes, des tomates et du poisson pour preparer le dejeuner." This tells us directly what Claire's mother does at the market: she buys carrots, tomatoes, and fish to prepare lunch.

The correct answer is Elle achete des produits pour le dejeuner (She buys products for lunch), which accurately summarises what the passage describes.

The other options are not supported by the text:

• Elle lit un livre (She reads a book) - There is no mention of reading at the market.
• Elle vend des fruits (She sells fruits) - Claire's mother is a buyer, not a seller. The passage says she achete (buys), not vend (sells).
• Elle rend visite a sa soeur (She visits her sister) - There is no mention of a sister or any family visit at the market.

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Benin shares a border with Togo. Togo is a narrow country on the coast of West Africa, bordered by Ghana to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Benin to the east. The Gulf of Guinea lies to the south.

The other options are incorrect:

• Niger does not border Togo. Niger is a landlocked Sahelian country that borders Burkina Faso, Mali, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Nigeria, and Benin - but not Togo directly.
• Algerie (Algeria) is in North Africa, far from Togo, separated by the Sahara and several countries.
• Liberia is in West Africa but is separated from Togo by Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.

Knowledge of West African geography, particularly the borders of francophone countries, is frequently tested in JAMB French.

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The sentence "Il parle _ affaire impossible" requires the correct preposition + article combination after the verb parler. In French, parler de means "to talk about," so the construction is parler de + article + noun.

The noun affaire is feminine singular. Since affaire begins with a vowel, the preposition de combined with the indefinite article une contracts to d'une through elision.

The sentence therefore reads: "Il parle d'une affaire impossible" - "He is talking about an impossible matter."

The indefinite article une is correct here because the sentence refers to a non-specific, unidentified matter. If a specific, previously identified matter were intended, the definite form de l'affaire would be used instead. D'un is masculine and does not agree with the feminine noun affaire. De la would not appear before a vowel-initial noun (it would become de l'). D'en is not a valid article construction in this context.

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The sentence Le lion est fort mais ___ est encore plus fort means "The lion is strong but ___ is even stronger." The blank requires a pronom tonique (stressed/disjunctive pronoun) that functions as the subject of the second clause for emphasis and contrast.

The correct answer is lui. In French, lui is the masculine singular stressed pronoun used for emphasis, contrast, or after prepositions. Here, it creates a contrastive structure: the lion is strong, but he (another entity) is even stronger.

The other pronouns are incorrect for grammatical reasons:

• elle is the feminine stressed pronoun. Since the adjective fort (not forte) is masculine, the pronoun must also be masculine
• nous would require the plural verb form sommes, not the third-person singular est
• moi would require the first-person verb form suis (as in moi, je suis), not est

Only lui is a third-person singular masculine pronoun that agrees with the verb est and the masculine adjective fort.

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This question asks which city is in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The correct answer is Yamoussoukro, which has been the official political and administrative capital of Cote d'Ivoire since 1983.

The other cities are capitals of different West African countries:

• Cotonou is the economic capital of Benin (the official capital is Porto-Novo)
• Lome is the capital of Togo
• Dakar is the capital of Senegal

Knowing the capitals and major cities of Francophone African countries is essential for JAMB French. Cote d'Ivoire is a major Francophone West African nation, and Abidjan (its largest city and economic hub) is also important to know, though Yamoussoukro is the official capital.

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A bibliotheque in French is a library - a place where books and other materials are kept for people to read, study, and borrow. Among the options, une salle de lecture (a reading room) is the closest description of what a bibliotheque is.

This question tests an important false-friend distinction between French and English:

• bibliotheque = library (a place for reading and borrowing books)
• librairie = bookshop/bookstore (a place for buying books)

Many students confuse librairie with the English word "library" because they look similar, but they have different meanings. A librairie is a commercial shop where books are sold, not a public reading space.

The other options are clearly unrelated: un hopital is a hospital, and une ecole is a school. Neither describes what a bibliotheque is.

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The question asks for the place where one can buy medicines (des médicaments). In French, the word for the establishment that sells medicines is la pharmacie (the pharmacy).

The other options refer to different types of places: l'hôpital is a hospital, where patients receive medical treatment but do not purchase medicines over the counter; la banque is a bank, a financial institution; and l'école is a school, an educational institution. None of these is a place specifically designated for the sale of medicines.

In French vocabulary related to places and services, it is important to associate each establishment with its primary function: la pharmacie sells medicines, la boulangerie sells bread, la boucherie sells meat, and so on.

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The question asks which word contains the sound /é/, the closed e sound (pronounced like the vowel in the English word "day" but without the glide).

In French, the infinitive ending -er is always pronounced /e/ (the /é/ sound). The word marcher (to walk) ends in -er, so it contains the /é/ sound: /maʁʃe/.

The other options contain different vowel sounds:

• frère (brother) contains /ɛ/ (the open e sound, written with a grave accent è), not /e/.
• mère (mother) also contains /ɛ/ for the same reason.
• peu (little) contains /ø/ (the closed eu sound), which is a rounded front vowel entirely distinct from /e/.

A useful rule: in French, é (accent aigu) and the endings -er, -ez always produce the closed /e/ sound, whereas è (accent grave) and ê (accent circonflexe) produce the open /ɛ/ sound.

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The passage states: "Apres les achats, elles prennent un jus d'orange frais avant de rentrer a la maison." This sentence directly answers the question "Qu'est-ce que Claire et sa mere font apres leurs achats ?" (What do Claire and her mother do after their shopping?).

The correct answer is Elles prennent un jus d'orange (They have an orange juice). The verb prendre here means "to have" (a drink or food), which is a common usage in French: prendre un cafe (to have a coffee), prendre un jus (to have a juice).

The other options are fabricated and have no basis in the passage:

• Elles achetent une voiture (They buy a car) - entirely unrelated to the text.
• Elles vont au cinema (They go to the cinema) - not mentioned.
• Elles visitent leur tante (They visit their aunt) - not mentioned.

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The French preposition "pour" means "for" someone or something.

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The sentence Ils sont partis ___ la maison means "They left ___ the house." This question tests the correct preposition to use with the verb partir (to leave).

The correct answer is de. The verb partir takes the preposition de to indicate the place one is leaving from. Partir de means "to leave from" or "to depart from." The sentence Ils sont partis de la maison means "They left (from) the house."

The other prepositions change the meaning or are not standard with partir in this context:

• vers (toward) would indicate direction, not departure: vers la maison means "toward the house"
• a (to/at) is not the standard preposition for indicating departure from a place
• pour (for) could indicate a destination (partir pour Paris = to leave for Paris), but partir pour la maison is not the natural construction here

The verb-preposition combination partir de (to leave from a place) is essential to know, alongside venir de (to come from) and sortir de (to go out of).

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Le passage mentionne que "Fatou aide sa mère à porter les paniers."

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In French, forming the feminine of nouns that denote people (particularly professions and roles) follows specific patterns depending on the masculine ending. For masculine nouns ending in -teur, the feminine is typically formed by changing the ending to -trice when the masculine form derives from a Latin root ending in -tor.

The word acteur (actor) follows this pattern. Its Latin root is actor, so the feminine is formed by replacing -teur with -trice, giving actrice (actress).

The other proposed forms do not follow any standard French feminine formation rule:

• acteuse would follow the -eur to -euse pattern (as in danseur/danseuse), but this pattern applies to nouns derived from French verbs, not Latin roots in -tor.
• acteurre and actere do not correspond to any French morphological rule.

Other common examples of the -teur/-trice pattern include directeur/directrice, instituteur/institutrice, and spectateur/spectatrice.

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The sentence On utilise une regle pour ___ means "A ruler is used for ___." This question tests knowledge of school supplies and their functions.

A regle (ruler) is a flat, straight tool marked with units of measurement. Its primary function is to mesurer (measure) - to determine lengths, draw straight lines, and mark distances.

The other options describe actions associated with different tools:

• effacer (to erase) is the function of une gomme (an eraser)
• peindre (to paint) is done with un pinceau (a paintbrush)
• couper (to cut) is done with des ciseaux (scissors) or un couteau (a knife)

The complete sentence is: On utilise une regle pour mesurer - A ruler is used for measuring.

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The question asks which product is not mentioned (ne sont pas mentionnes) in the passage. To answer this, we need to check which items the passage explicitly names.

The passage mentions the following products: fruits, legumes, viande, poisson (from the market vendors), mangues, bananes, fraises (fruits Claire likes), carottes, tomates (vegetables her mother buys), and jus d'orange (the drink they have afterwards).

Checking each option against this list:

• Les fraises (strawberries) - mentioned as one of the fruits Claire adores.
• Le poisson (fish) - mentioned both as a market product and as something the mother buys.
• Les carottes (carrots) - mentioned as something the mother buys.
• Le fromage (cheese) - never mentioned anywhere in the passage.

The correct answer is Le fromage. For "not mentioned" questions, systematically verify each option against the text rather than relying on memory.

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The question asks for the opposite (le contraire) of facile (easy). The standard antonym of facile in French is difficile (difficult). Since difficile is not among the options, the closest synonym is dur.

The adjective dur has two main meanings in French: "hard" in the physical sense (a hard surface) and "hard/difficult" in the abstract sense (a hard task). In its second meaning, dur functions as a synonym of difficile and therefore serves as an antonym of facile. For example: "Cet exercice est dur" = "This exercise is hard/difficult."

The other options are not antonyms of facile:

• petit means "small" - the opposite of grand.
• lourd means "heavy" - the opposite of leger (light).
• mechant means "mean/nasty" - the opposite of gentil (kind).

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The sentence ___ est le president actuel du Cameroun ? means "___ is the current president of Cameroon?" This question tests knowledge of French interrogative words (mots interrogatifs).

The correct answer is Qui (Who). The question asks about a person - specifically, the identity of the current president. Qui is the interrogative pronoun used to ask about people.

The other interrogative words ask about different things:

• Ou' (a rendering of Ou, where) asks about place or location: Ou est la gare ? (Where is the station?)
• Quand (when) asks about time: Quand est-ce qu'il arrive ? (When does he arrive?)
• Que (what) asks about things or actions: Que fais-tu ? (What are you doing?)

The complete sentence is: Qui est le president actuel du Cameroun ? - Who is the current president of Cameroon?

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The question asks for the normal reading (pronunciation) of the expression un à un, which means "one by one."

In spoken French, the preposition à (with a grave accent) is simply pronounced /a/. The grave accent distinguishes the preposition à from the verb form a (third person singular of avoir) in writing, but both are pronounced identically: /a/. Therefore, when reading un à un aloud, it sounds exactly like Un/a un - three distinct sounds with no liaison or added consonant between the words.

The other options are incorrect: Un/á/lun inserts a spurious /l/ sound that does not exist in the expression; Un à l'un adds the article l', changing the expression entirely; and Un ã un places a tilde (~) over the a, which is a Portuguese diacritical mark and does not exist in standard French orthography.

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The sentence Il dort depuis ___ heures means "He has been sleeping for ___ hours." The blank requires a word that can precede the plural noun heures (hours) and make grammatical and semantic sense with depuis (since/for).

The correct answer is deux (two). Deux is a cardinal number that specifies a definite duration: "He has been sleeping for two hours." It agrees with the plural noun heures.

The other options present problems:

• des (some/several) could form the expression depuis des heures (for hours), but deux is the more precise and standard completion being tested here as a numerical determiner
• le is a masculine singular definite article and cannot precede the feminine plural heures
• une is a feminine singular indefinite article. It would require the singular heure (not heures), so it does not agree with the plural form given

The complete sentence is: Il dort depuis deux heures - He has been sleeping for two hours.

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The question asks in which word the letter c produces the /k/ sound. In French, the pronunciation of c follows a clear rule:

• c is pronounced /k/ before a, o, u, and before consonants.
• c is pronounced /s/ before e, i, and y.

Applying this rule to each option:

• coup - c is followed by o, so it is pronounced /k/: /ku/. This is the correct answer.
• chef - the combination ch is pronounced /ʃ/ (like English "sh"), not /k/.
• ceux - c is followed by e, so it is pronounced /s/: /sø/.
• ciel - c is followed by i, so it is pronounced /s/: /sjɛl/.

The word coup (a blow or strike) is the only option where c produces the /k/ sound.

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The question asks what the word lundi is. Lundi means Monday, and Monday is a jour de la semaine (day of the week).

The seven days of the week in French are: lundi (Monday), mardi (Tuesday), mercredi (Wednesday), jeudi (Thursday), vendredi (Friday), samedi (Saturday), and dimanche (Sunday).

The other options represent different categories of time or geography:

• pays means country (e.g., la France, le Nigeria)
• mois means month (e.g., janvier, fevrier)
• saison means season (e.g., l'ete, l'hiver)

Note that in French, days of the week are not capitalised unless they begin a sentence.

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The sentence La dame est venue avec ___ enfants means "The lady came with ___ children." The blank requires a possessive adjective that agrees with the plural noun enfants and refers to the lady (third-person singular feminine possessor).

The correct answer is ses. In French, ses is the possessive adjective for a singular possessor (he/she) with a plural noun. It means "his/her" before plural nouns, regardless of the possessor's gender.

The other options are incorrect:

• son is the possessive adjective for a singular possessor with a masculine singular noun (or a feminine singular noun beginning with a vowel, e.g., son amie). Enfants is plural, so son does not agree
• de is a preposition, not a possessive adjective
• leur means "their" and would indicate multiple possessors. Since la dame is a single person, leur is incorrect

The French possessive adjectives for a singular possessor are: mon/ma/mes (my), ton/ta/tes (your), son/sa/ses (his/her). The form depends on the gender and number of the possessed noun, not the possessor.

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Ouagadougou is the capital city of Burkina Faso. This is a standard geographical knowledge question about francophone West Africa.

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, and Ouagadougou (sometimes informally called "Ouaga") has been its capital since independence in 1960 (when the country was still known as Upper Volta, renamed Burkina Faso in 1984).

The other options are cities in West Africa but not the capital of Burkina Faso:

• Kolkoro - not a national capital (Kolokoro/Koulikoro is a town in Mali).
• Abidjan - the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire (its political capital is Yamoussoukro).
• Bouake - the second-largest city in Cote d'Ivoire, not a national capital.

For JAMB French, it is important to know the capitals of major francophone African countries, particularly those in West Africa.

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The sentence Mon pere travaille dans une ___ means "My father works in a ___." This question tests vocabulary related to workplaces.

An usine (factory) is the standard workplace associated with the verb travailler (to work) in this sentence structure. A factory is primarily and exclusively a place of work, making it the most natural completion.

While a ferme (farm) is also a valid workplace, the other options are less suited:

• mosquee (mosque) is primarily a place of worship, not a workplace
• gare (train station) is primarily a transport hub; while people do work there, it is not the standard association with travailler dans une

The complete sentence is: Mon pere travaille dans une usine - My father works in a factory.

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The sentence Là, c'est _ oncle, un professeur au lycée ("There, that's _ uncle, a teacher at the high school") requires a possessive adjective before the masculine noun oncle.

The correct answer is mon (my, masculine). The sentence reads: Là, c'est mon oncle, un professeur au lycée ("There, that's my uncle, a teacher at the high school"). The speaker is introducing their own uncle.

The other options are incorrect:

• ma is the feminine form of "my" - it cannot be used before the masculine noun oncle. (Note: even before feminine nouns beginning with a vowel, French uses mon instead of ma for phonetic ease, e.g., mon amie.)
• moi is a stressed pronoun ("me"), not a possessive adjective. It cannot modify a noun directly.
• son means "his" or "her" and is grammatically valid, but in the context of introducing someone at a specific location (Là, c'est...), the first-person possessive mon is the natural and expected choice.

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To count syllables in French, each distinct vowel sound forms one syllable. The word animal breaks down as follows:

• a - first syllable
• ni - second syllable
• mal - third syllable

This gives 3 syllables: a-ni-mal.

Note that in French syllabification, each vowel sound anchors a syllable, and consonants attach to the vowel that follows them when possible. The word does not have 4 syllables because the final -al forms a single syllable (the a is the vowel and l is a closing consonant). It does not have 2 syllables because the initial a- stands alone as its own syllable, separate from ni.

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"Tola et Tolu" is plural, so we correctly use "leurs".

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In French, dates are always preceded by the masculine singular definite article le. The standard pattern is:

le + day (number) + month + year

For example: le 25 aout 1940, le 14 juillet 1789, le 1er janvier 2000.

This rule applies regardless of the month or context. The article does not change to la, les, or l' before a date because the implicit noun being modified is jour (day), which is masculine singular. The numeral "25" begins with a consonant sound, so there is no elision - it remains le, not l'.

The complete sentence reads: "Madame Nana est nee le 25 aout 1940."

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The question asks for the opposite (le contraire) of finir, which means "to finish" or "to end." The opposite of finishing something is beginning or starting it, which in French is commencer.

This is a standard antonym pair in French: finir (to finish) <-> commencer (to begin/start).

The other options are not antonyms of finir:

• arrêter means "to stop." While related to the idea of ending, stopping is not the opposite of finishing - it means to halt an action in progress, not to begin one.
• manger means "to eat," which is semantically unrelated.
• démolir means "to demolish" or "to tear down," which is also unrelated to the concept of finishing.

Common antonym pairs to know for French examinations: commencer/finir, ouvrir/fermer, monter/descendre, arriver/partir, entrer/sortir.

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The sentence J'espère que mon ami, Bodo Wendra... means "I hope that my friend, Bodo Wendra..." The phrase c'est-à-dire ("that is to say") signals that we need a verb whose meaning is closest to espérer (to hope).

Among the options, pense (from penser, to think or believe) is the closest synonym. Both espérer que and penser que express a positive expectation about something. "Je pense que Bodo Wendra..." conveys the same forward-looking, optimistic attitude as "J'espère que Bodo Wendra..."

The other choices do not carry this meaning: constate (from constater) means to observe or note a fact, which is neutral rather than hopeful; regrette (from regretter) means to regret, which expresses the opposite sentiment; and demande (from demander) means to ask or request, which involves soliciting information rather than expressing an expectation.

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The sentence Elle prend __ café tous les jours ("She has __ coffee every day") requires a partitive article before café. In French, the partitive article is used to express an unspecified quantity of an uncountable noun ("some").

Since café is masculine singular, the correct partitive article is du (contraction of de + le). The complete sentence is: Elle prend du café tous les jours ("She has [some] coffee every day").

The partitive articles in French are:

• du - before masculine singular nouns (du pain, du café)
• de la - before feminine singular nouns (de la confiture)
• de l' - before singular nouns starting with a vowel (de l'eau)
• des - before plural nouns (des fruits)

The other options are incorrect: de alone is used in negative sentences (elle ne prend pas de café) or after expressions of quantity; d'un means "of a" and is not a partitive form; d'en is not a valid article combination in this context.