Complete this statement with the most appropriate of the options lettered A- E
The …….. meeting of the newly constituted Board of internal Revenue comes up next week.
- A. valedictory
- B. inaugural
- C. ceremonial
- D. pre-election
- E. proposed
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes the sentence
Last night robbers attempted a break_________ at the shop down the road.
- A. out
- B. down
- C. in
- D. through
- E. up
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s)
Despot
- A. debut
- B. depot
- C. fast
- D. insane
- E. theme
Complete this statement with the most appropriate of the options lettered A- E
Though Chike has been …….. his colleagues believe that he committed the crime.
- A. authenticated
- B. convicted
- C. exonerated
- D. pardoned
- E. sentenced
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes the sentence
“Don’t wear_________ yourself by trying to do too much too soon” the instructor warned,
- A. out
- B. off
- C. in
- D. up
- E. down
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that is nearest in meaning to the words in italics in the following questions
Africans treasure hospitality as a way of life
- A. despise
- B. depict
- C. remember
- D. uphold
- E. note
Choose from the options lettered A – E the question that is best answered by the statement containing the street word which is written in capital letters.
ALL the final year students passed the test.
- A. Did all the final year students fall the test?
- B. Did some final year students pass the test?
- C. Did all the first year students pass the test?
- D. Did all the final year students pass the exam?
- E. Do all the final year students pass the test
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that most appropriately completes the sentence
The activities marking the golden jubilee celebration of the club were rounded …….. with a party fit.
- A. off
- B. over
- C. through
- D. up
- E. in
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s)
Thing
- A. legion
- B. lounge
- C. obtain
- D. seen
- E. sing
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s)
recipe
- A. fate
- B. feather
- C. mill
- D. seed
- E. soul
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s)
seat
- A. fit
- B. great
- C. jeopardy
- D. people
- E. pleasant
From the options lettered A – E, choose the one that is the most appropriate interpretation of the expression in italics
The coach said that he would infuse new blood into the team in preparation for the next competition. This means that
- A. members of the team would undergo blood transfusion
- B. members of the team will be tested to determine their fitness
- C. new players would be recruited to strengthen the team
- D. old members of the team" would be served blood tonic to make them perform better
- E. the coach was not satisfied with the performance of the team
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s)
Refine
- A. phantom
- B. pipe
- C. plan
- D. review
- E. vote
Complete this statement with the most appropriate of the options lettered A- E
If you don’t have all that you need for your cookery lesson, you should____________
- A. assimilate
- B. constitute
- C. improvise
- D. invent
- E. renovate
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s)
alone
- A. doctor
- B. found
- C. hard
- D. more
- E. peer
Choose from the options lettered A- E the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word or expression in italics
The hitherto adequate fuel supplies were found to be_________ during the industrial action.
- A. enough
- B. inconvenient
- C. insufficient
- D. rationed
- E. restricted
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that contains the sound segment represented by the given phonetic symbol
/i:/
- A. kill
- B. live
- C. say
- D. suite
- E. will
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s)
bed
- A. paid
- B. people
- C. prayed
- D. quay
- E. said
From the options lettered A – E, choose the one that is the most appropriate interpretation of the expression in italics
After Uduak had killed his wife, he attempted to cover his tracks by making her death appear like suicide. This means that Uduak
- A. covered the face of his dead wife with a track-suit
- B. decided to raise an alarm
- C. insisted on killing himself too
- D. tried to hide what he had done
- E. was embittered about the act
Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has a different stress pattern from the other four.
A. Ahead
B. aloud
C. behold
D. decode
E. goalpost
- A. B
- B. E
- C. D
- D. C
- E. A