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From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

Since we were not given all the things we requested, we should…….with what we have.

  • A. make up
  • B. make out
  • C. make do
  • D. make over
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From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

The manager is leaving the company to ……a new appointment elsewhere.

  • A. take over
  • B. take on
  • C. take up
  • D. take off
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45

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

………….is not good for children.

  • A. To have skipped breakfast
  • B. Skip breakfast
  • C. To have been skipping breafast
  • D. Skipping breakfast
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46

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

You are……for having that painful experience.

  • A. none the best
  • B. none the worst
  • C. none the worse
  • D. none the less
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47

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

I expect everybody to respect……….

  • A. itself
  • B. ourselves
  • C. himself
  • D. oneself
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48

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

……….we waited, Ayo read the letter over again.

  • A. while
  • B. when
  • C. where
  • D. why
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49

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

The teacher told the pupils to commit the poem………memory.

  • A. to
  • B. in
  • C. onto
  • D. inside
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50

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

It is………..this background that we can understand the issues clearly.

  • A. for
  • B. against
  • C. with
  • D. on
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51

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

Could I borrow………..cash please?

  • A. a little
  • B. a few
  • C. few
  • D. much
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52

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

The new student made a good impression………….. the rest of the class

  • A. with
  • B. at
  • C. on
  • D. for
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53

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

Janet could not attend the party because she……with the flu over the weekend.

  • A. came up
  • B. came down
  • C. came away
  • D. came in
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54

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

This engine is………that one.

  • A. superior than
  • B. more superior than
  • C. superior to
  • D. more superior to
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55

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

By the time they arrive, we …………the work.

  • A. shall have finished
  • B. could have finished
  • C. will finish
  • D. have finished
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56

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

The cloth is …..bright for my liking.

  • A. very
  • B. so
  • C. quite
  • D. too
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57

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

The proposer’s argument was…..convincing than that of his opponent.

  • A. much more
  • B. most
  • C. much
  • D. more much
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58

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

He……….the scene before the accident occurred.

  • A. leaves
  • B. had left
  • C. has left
  • D. left
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59

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

I have never…………….humiliated in my life.

  • A. being so
  • B. so being
  • C. been so
  • D. so been
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60

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

Moji says she is better at Maths……….

  • A. as me
  • B. than I am
  • C. as I am
  • D. with me
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61

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

Adaku and Udoka were curious……..who was coming to see their father.

  • A. at
  • B. about
  • C. in
  • D. of
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From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

Although he was not born in Yorubaland,……..

  • A. he can't speak the language
  • B. he can't write the language
  • C. he can speak the language
  • D. but he can speak the language
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From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
 

I brought my ……..today.

  • A. ver green first party dress
  • B. green very party first dress
  • C. first green very party dress
  • D. very first green party dress
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