Choose the option that has the same stress pattern as the given word.
Student
- A. Refuse(N)
- B. Propose
- C. Rebel(V)
- D. Superb
Choose the word that has the same rhyme
Watch
- A. none of the above
- B. botch
- C. catch
- D. match
Pick out the option with a different rhyme
- A. Roar
- B. Four
- C. Growl
- D. Bore
Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
mother
- A. think
- B. teacher
- C. breathe
- D. watched
From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
Now that the company is insolvent , it will shut down.
- A. overworked
- B. unstable
- C. bankrupt
- D. affluent
From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
It is wise not to depend on mundane things.
- A. imported
- B. material
- C. attractive
- D. expensive
From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
Bankole is upset as his wife does not understand his predicament .
- A. sadness
- B. dilemma
- C. deadlock
- D. happiness
Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.
It was _____ who killed the goat.
- A. his
- B. him
- C. he
- D. us
Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.
We ought to stay away ______ the robbers come back
- A. provided
- B. should in case
- C. although
- D. in case
Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.
I have always found that it is helpful to have a few wise and trusted people to ________ you can turn for information and advice.
- A. whom
- B. who
- C. whose
- D. that
Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.
If James fails his examination, his teachers, his parents, his friends, or I ______ to be blame.
- A. are
- B. is
- C. am
- D. not
Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.
The secretary and treasurer did not do ____ job.
- A. their
- B. all of the above
- C. none of the above
- D. his
Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.
Between you and _____, he is a liar.
- A. all of the above
- B. me
- C. i
- D. none of the above
My account with the bank is in the red. This means that my account is
- A. heavy
- B. in danger
- C. overdrawn
- D. written in red ink
How long was Christopher Marlowe’s literary life?
- A. 6 years
- B. 60 years
- C. 10 years
- D. 5 years
Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
Christopher Marlowe, the son of Marlowe who is described as the clerk of St Mary’s in the city of Canterbury, was born in 1564. He received his early education at The King’s School in that city. He took the degrees of B.A. and M.A. in 1583 and 1587 respectively from Cambridge University. He started writing poems and became a renowned dramatist in the Admiral’s Company.
Marlowe is known as one of the university wits, a group of dramatists along with Robert Greene, Thomas Nash, and George Peele. Marlowe is considered the greatest precursor to Shakespeare. When Marlowe came upon the English stage, the nature of drama was undeveloped. The verses in the dramas were lifeless. But Marlowe gave English drama an appropriate meter, diction, and method. It is really a matter of speculation what kind of greatness he would have achieved if his life had not been terminated (C++) in a duel after a brawl in a tavern (inn).
The literary life of Marlowe had a short span, from 1587 to 1593. During this period, he wrote five plays which were all tragedies as he had no comic vein. His tragedies like Dr Faustus, The Jew of Malta, and Edward Il are rated as some of the best works of the Elizabethan age. He also wrote an unfinished poem Hero and Leander and translated some parts of Ovid’s (a Roman Poet) elegies.
Marlowe’s subjects are mostly heroic which appeals to the imagination of the play-goers. His heroes epitomize the spirit of the Renaissance. Each of them embodies a passion and tries to achieve lies in his development of the blank verse. He put it at any cost. But Marlowe’s chief contribution aside from the old rhyming lines then employed in the plays and used blank verse. Thus, the language of drama was brought closer to real life and drama was made ready for Shakespeare (1564-1616) to improve upon it. It is rightly said, “No Marlowe, no Shakespeare”.
When did Christopher Marlowe get his first degree?
- A. 1587
- B. 1583
- C. 1593
- D. 1564
Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others
- A. beach
- B. ski
- C. be
- D. been
Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others
- A. here
- B. beer
- C. idea
- D. head
Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
foot
- A. live
- B. vegetable
- C. traffic
- D. of
Choose the word that has a different stress pattern
- A. Project(V)
- B. Basic
- C. Suspect(V)
- D. Neglect
From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
Last Easter was an austere period.
- A. harsh
- B. severe
- C. prosperous
- D. sour