Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
I think she takes her guardian’s support for granted?
- A. Her guardian has been helping her for a long time, and she is very grateful to him
- B. She wants her guardian to grant her more support
- C. She thinks her guardian will no longer support her as he has been doing
- D. Her guardian has been helping her for a long time, but she does not show enough gratitude
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
He had hardly spoken when the bell rang?
- A. He found it difficult to speak, and then the bell rang
- B. When the bell rang, he was still speaking
- C. The bell rang very soon after he spoke
- D. He spoke in a harsh manner and the bell rang
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The dispute over land acquisition has come to a head?
- A. The problem has reached crisis proportions
- B. The problem has been referred to the headquarters
- C. Because of the dispute, land acquisition has now been halted
- D. The problem has now been solved
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
I owe you far less than you owe me?
- A. My debt to you is greater than yours to me
- B. Your debt is not much greater than mine
- C. What we owe each other is approximately the same
- D. I owe you something, but you owe me much more
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The prefect reeled off the names of all the students who broke the library?
- A. The prefect gave a disjointed list of the students in the law library
- B. The prefect omitted the names of the students who broke into the law library
- C. The prefect submitted a complete list of the students who stole library books
- D. The prefect gave an accurate list of the students who disobeyed library regulations
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
After the war, the victors became increasingly vindictive?
- A. Vengeful attacks were incessantly carried out on those who lost war
- B. Friendly measures were taken to heal the wounds
- C. Repressive measures were taken against those who lost the war
- D. Those who won the war became treacherous
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
You are to write a report and give it to the security office?
- A. After writing your report, give it to the security office
- B. You are writing a report, as the security office directed
- C. The report you are writing should be given to the security office
- D. You have been ordered to write a report, which you will give to the security office
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
Ogiri takes after his father, he fawns upon anyone with influence.
- A. Like his father, Ogiri likes to flatter people with influence in society
- B. Like his father, Ogiri hates influential people
- C. Ogiri, who always follows his father, tries to act an influential man
- D. Ogiri, who looks like his father, follows rich and influential people about
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
In our college, the regulations concerning resits are grey area?
- A. The regulation have just been revised
- B. The regulations have been often ignored
- C. The regulations are perfectly clear
- D. The regulations are not very clear
Choose the option that has the same stress on the first syllable.
- A. frequent (verb)
- B. mature
- C. madam
- D. convict (verb)
Choose the option that has the same stress on the first syllable.
- A. insult (noun)
- B. prepare
- C. provoke
- D. pronounce
Choose the option that has the same stress as the given word.
dovetail?
- A. proviso
- B. simplicity
- C. jargon
- D. psychiatry
Choose the option that has the same stress as the given word.
apparent?
- A. arrested
- B. telephone
- C. paragraph
- D. appetite
Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.
- A. competent
- B. represent
- C. syllables
- D. quality
Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.
- A. ability
- B. quadruplicate
- C. registration
- D. revivalist
Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the option. The syllables are written in capital letters.
catholicism?
- A. caTHOlicism
- B. catholiCIsm
- C. CAtholicism
- D. cathoLIcism
Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the option. The syllables are written in capital letters.
genealogy?
- A. geneaLOGY
- B. geneAlogy
- C. geNEalogy
- D. GEnealogy
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
We have been living peacefully here but ……. hear rumours of war?
- A. again
- B. slowly
- C. occasionally
- D. eventually
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
For beating…… his coursemate, Agbo was ….. from the university?
- A. up / rusticated
- B. on / expelled
- C. at / removed
- D. away / sent out
Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).
Despite all preparations, the wedding did not …… ?
- A. come along
- B. come by
- C. come on
- D. come off
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Everybody is allowed to ……. his view on state matters?
- A. air
- B. hear
- C. show
- D. share