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Contents & notes: what this topic covers
Under Grammar (Ụtọasụsụ), the JAMB Igbo syllabus expects you to study:
- 8. Grammar (Ụtọasụsụ)
- (a) Parts of speech (Nkejiasụsụ): Nominals (Mkpọaha), verbs (ngwaa), adjectives (nkọwa), adverbs (nkwuwa), affixes (mgbakwunye), enclitics (nsokwunye), dgz.
- (b) The structure, types and characteristics of morpheme (Ndokọ, ụdị na njirimara mọfịm) Free & bound (nnọọrọonwe na ndabe)
- (i) the word (mkpụrụokwu)
- (ii) the phrase (nkebiokwu)
- (iii) the clause (nkebiahịrị) nominal, adverbial and adjectival clause (kemkpọaha, kenkwuwa na kenkọwa)
- (iv) the sentence (ahịrịokwu) simple (mfe), compound (ukwu), complex (mgbagwọ, dgz)
Study notes & guidance
Study Grammar (Ụtọasụsụ) using a recommended Igbo textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Igbo, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Objectives — candidates should be able to
After studying Grammar (Ụtọasụsụ), you should be able to:
- (i) differentiate between grammatical categories; (ii) identify parts of speech and their functions; (iii) differentiate between types of affixes and their functions; (iv) determine types and characteristics of morphemes; (v) identify words, phrases, clauses, sentences, their types and characteristics.
These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Source: official JAMB UTME Igbo syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.