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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
There was a lot of tension in the area and it was felt that a dispute might flare … anytime.

  • A. up
  • B. down
  • C. in
  • D. to
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23

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
They went …. talking after midnight despite the fact that they all had to get up early.

  • A. by
  • B. for
  • C. on
  • D. with
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24

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
I want everybody to learn the last ten lines of the poem …. heart

  • A. with
  • B. in
  • C. for
  • D. by
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25

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
I want everybody to learn the last ten lines of the poem …. heart.

  • A. with
  • B. in
  • C. for
  • D. by
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26

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
The car couldn’t keep pace … the motor cycle especially in congested areas.

  • A. along
  • B. with
  • C. down
  • D. on
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27

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
My….to you, students, is to be good.

  • A. advice
  • B. advise
  • C. adverse
  • D. advance
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28

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
I started writing at 9.am. It is now 10am, by 11a.m. I … writing for 2 hours

  • A. will be
  • B. am
  • C. will have been
  • D. have been
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29

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
The man … missed death during the collision

  • A. extensively
  • B. always
  • C. narrowly
  • D. amply
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30

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
If the two boys … been bit by the snake, they should be taken to the hospital.

  • A. has
  • B. have
  • C. had
  • D. is
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31

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Mrs. Nwokolo had … her breakfast before her friend came in

  • A. has
  • B. have
  • C. had
  • D. been had
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32

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
The National Essay Competition came … on the 23rd of July 1986.

  • A. out
  • B. in
  • C. by
  • D. up
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33

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
He acts as if he … a general manager

  • A. is been
  • B. were
  • C. has been
  • D. is being
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34

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
The woman ….daughter he married, is his mother-in-law

  • A. whose
  • B. which
  • C. her
  • D. whom
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35

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Stella wanted to show … with her necklace.

  • A. off
  • B. on
  • C. over
  • D. back
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36

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Any parent would be pleased … such impressive performance

  • A. at
  • B. from
  • C. with
  • D. for
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37

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Neither John nor Mary felt happy … the incident

  • A. for
  • B. in
  • C. about
  • D. by
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38

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Salary cuts could be the … of the worker’s protest.

  • A. course
  • B. curse
  • C. cause
  • D. coarse
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39

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
If she had known, she wouldn’t have come ….

  • A. would she?
  • B. did he?
  • C. can he?
  • D. wasn't it?
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40

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Wale couldn’t have said a thing like that …

  • A. could he?
  • B. wasn't it?
  • C. wouldn't it?
  • D. couldn't she?
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41

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
I don’t know what to do with these children. They are always fighting ..

  • A. themselves
  • B. myself
  • C. one another
  • D. each of them
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42

From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Tutu liked to read detective novels to take his mind … his worries

  • A. off
  • B. away
  • C. out of
  • D. from
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