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From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
I didn’t know his illness was………..serious

  • A. that much
  • B. much that
  • C. so that
  • D. that so
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44

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
I prefer drinking……….

  • A. than eating
  • B. from eating
  • C. to eat
  • D. to eating
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45

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The……….of the NATO countries have been alerted about the possibility of an attack

  • A. commanders in -chiefs
  • B. commander-in-chiefs
  • C. commanders-in-chief
  • D. commander -in-cheif
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46

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Please put ………the fire before sleep

  • A. back
  • B. out
  • C. up
  • D. away
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47

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Some people find it difficult to hold ………a job for a long while

  • A. off
  • B. down
  • C. out
  • D. up
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48

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The workers………payment of their leave allowance

  • A. demanded for
  • B. demanded over
  • C. demanded
  • D. demanding
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49

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
As I hurried to dress up for school, one of my buttons came………………

  • A. off
  • B. out
  • C. up
  • D. apart
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50

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The money given to………players is inadequate

  • A. we
  • B. they
  • C. that
  • D. us
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51

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
He has not gotten……the shock of his wife’s death.

  • A. through
  • B. over
  • C. off
  • D. after
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52

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
He has promised to pay me…………later

  • A. sometimes
  • B. some times
  • C. some time
  • D. any times
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53

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
My own house is just a ………… from here

  • A. stone thrown
  • B. stonethow
  • C. stone's throw
  • D. stone-throw
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54

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
If I were you I …… to the police

  • A. would report
  • B. am reporing
  • C. have reported
  • D. shall report
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55

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
His visit has become an ……….affair

  • A. everyday's
  • B. every day
  • C. every day's
  • D. everyday
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56

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
………..of the players is to receive a gift of N 1m

  • A. each
  • B. all
  • C. every
  • D. some
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57

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
……..travelled together for holidays

  • A. themselves and their friends
  • B. they and their friends
  • C. their friends and them
  • D. their friends and themselves
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58

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Meet Ibrahim a special friend of ………

  • A. me
  • B. I
  • C. my
  • D. mine
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59

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
He breathed a sign of relief when the examination came to………….

  • A. end
  • B. the end
  • C. an end
  • D. ended
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60

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
As things are now, I have to look for…………..tyre

  • A. a cheap, second-hand, rubber
  • B. a cheap, rubber, second-hand
  • C. a rubber, cheap, second -hand
  • D. a second-hand, rubber, cheap
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61

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Hi, lady don’t you ever get tired of dancing? …………..

  • A. I don't ever
  • B. Yes, I don't
  • C. No, I do
  • D. No I dont
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62

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The Principal is really a kind person…………heart

  • A. in
  • B. at
  • C. by
  • D. off
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63

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
These days……..wealth appears to be easy

  • A. acquiring
  • B. to be acquiring
  • C. having acquired
  • D. to have acquired
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