Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence
Several ……. attended the three-day summit.
- A. heads of state
- B. head of state
- C. heads of states
- D. head of states
- E. heads of the states
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that contains the sound segment represented by the given phonetic symbol
/g/
- A. biology
- B. foreign
- C. good
- D. sign
- E. sing
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that rhymes with the word given
tease
- A. cheese
- B. piece
- C. kiss
- D. prize
- E. rise
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence
Bisi is a girl who can be relied_________
- A. in
- B. onto
- C. out
- D. through
- E. upon
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence
The man could not simply bring himself ……… up all he had worked and lived for.
- A. giving
- B. to be giving
- C. to giving
- D. to have given
- E. to give
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has a different stress pattern from the others:
- A. Favour
- B. country
- C. Mother
- D. impartial
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence
__________ are not allowed into the premises.
- A. Passer’s by
- B. Passers’ by
- C. Passers by’s
- D. Passers by
- E. Passer by’s
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence
I am playing host to my …….. this weekend.
- A. parent in-law
- B. parents in-laws
- C. parent’s in-law
- D. parents-in-law
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence
Zainab is scared to be taken to a place she is not accustomed_____________
- A. about
- B. by
- C. in
- D. to
- E. with
Choose from the options lettered A – E the interpretation you consider most appropriate for each expression
Shehu decided to take the bull by the horns and go to the Principal. This means that Shehu___________
- A. decided not to fear the principal
- B. invited the principal to intervene
- C. put the matter boldly to the principal
- D. was afraid of the bull and sought help from the principal
- E. wrote a protest letter to the principal
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence
The patient’s condition has gone from bad to___________
- A. better
- B. good
- C. weak
- D. worse
- E. worst
Choose from the options lettered A – E the question that is best answered by the statement containing the stressed word which is written in CAPITAL letters
The speaker AND his deputy attended the ceremony.
- A. Did the governor and his deputy attend the ceremony?
- B. Did the speaker and his boss attend the ceremony?
- C. Did the speaker and his deputy attend the meeting?
- D. Did the speaker and my deputy attend the ceremony?
- E. Did the speaker or his deputy attend the ceremony?
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence
Ifeanyi, the captain, boasted that our team, though inexperienced, would thrash our opponents and truly______ we.
- A. did
- B. do
- C. has
- D. have
- E. should
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined Letter(s).
thin
- A. bathe
- B. day
- C. there
- D. they
- E. tooth
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence
Olu has returned the pencil he________him.
- A. handed
- B. borrowed
- C. dashed
- D. lent
- E. given
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same stress with the word given. In each word, only one syllable has the main/primary and the syllable is written in capital letters
desegregate
- A. DE-seg-re-gate
- B. de-SEG-re-gate
- C. de-seg-RE-gate
- D. de-seg-re-GATE
- E. DE-seg-re-GATE
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that is nearest in meaning to the word underlined.
My principal gives his candid opinion on every issue brought before him.
- A. complete
- B. fatherly
- C. frank
- D. honest
- E. vague
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s)
may
- A. car
- B. man
- C. mark
- D. mean
- E. shake
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined Letter(s).
gear
- A. badge
- B. bridge
- C. jeer
- D. large
- E. leg
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that contains the sound segment represented by the given phonetic symbol
/θ/
- A. tank
- B. teethe
- C. thank
- D. they
- E. this