Use Of English 2007 Jamb Examination

The past perfect tense (‘had + past participle’) is used to describe an action that happened before another past event.
‘Mislaid’ is the correct past participle of ‘mislay’.
‘Had forgot’ is wrong because ‘forgot’ should be ‘forgotten’.
‘He has misplaced’ is present perfect and does not fit with ‘Yesterday’.
Therefore, the correct option is ‘he had mislaid’.

The word ‘training’ here is a collective noun referring to the training belonging to teachers as a group.
The plural possessive form ‘teachers'’ (apostrophe after the ‘s’) is used to show that the training belongs to many teachers.
Therefore, the correct answer is ‘teachers'’.

The common collocation in English is ‘a wealth of experience’, meaning a large amount of valuable experience.
‘Minefield of experience’ and ‘world of experience’ are incorrect idiomatic combinations.
‘Reservoir of experience’ could be grammatically correct but less common and not idiomatic in this context.
Therefore, the correct option is ‘wealth’.

The phrase ‘hardly any’ means almost none, which correctly expresses minimal traffic.
‘There was hardly any traffic’ is idiomatic and grammatically correct.
‘There was no any traffic’ would be incorrect.
Therefore, the correct option is ‘hardly’.

After the phrase ‘look forward to’, the -ing form of the verb (gerund) must follow.
Thus, ‘seeing’ is the correct grammatical form.
‘Seen’, ‘see’, and ‘be seeing’ are incorrect in this structure.
Therefore, the correct answer is ‘seeing’.

‘Stuttering’ means speaking with repeated or prolonged sounds, often due to a speech impediment.
This fits the description of not speaking clearly.
‘Blabbing’ means talking too much carelessly, ‘vociferating’ (misspelt as ‘voiciferating’) means shouting loudly, and ‘gesticulating’ means using gestures.
Therefore, the correct option is ‘stuttering’.

The correct expression is ‘commiserate with someone’, not ‘commiserate someone’.
‘Condole’ must be followed by ‘with’ as well (‘condole with’), but the idiomatic expression for offering sympathy is ‘commiserate with’.
Therefore, the correct answer is ‘commiserated with’.

The correct phrasal verb is ‘zero in on’, which means to focus closely or direct all attention toward a target.
‘Zero at’, ‘unto’, and ‘on it’ are incorrect.
Therefore, the correct answer is ‘in on’.

The present tense ‘says’ requires present tense in the subordinate clause to maintain sequence of tenses.
‘She says she expects he will arrive this Friday’ is grammatically correct and logical.
Therefore, the correct answer is ‘expects / will arrive’.

The correct expression is 'the rest of the'.
The phrase ‘the rest of the’ means the remaining people or items from a group previously mentioned. In this sentence, it refers to 'the other thieves'.
Other options are grammatically incomplete or incorrect without the definite article and full structure.