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How many eggs were _____ by the hen?
- A. lain
- B. layed
- C. laid
- D. laying
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Tests reveal that the winning athlete had taken some performance-enhancing ______.
- A. drugs
- B. tablets
- C. caplets
- D. capsules
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Mr Ezeh _______ with some solutions to the issue.
- A. come up
- B. came up
- C. flew up
- D. brought up
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Why do children _____ adults’ conversations?
- A. break up
- B. break down
- C. break into
- D. break off
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When they started the fighting, the man who tried to ____ was knocked down.
- A. intrude
- B. interpose
- C. intervene
- D. obstruct
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If her brother ____ here, he would call the police.
- A. have been
- B. will be
- C. am
- D. were
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My uncle is not sure ____ the strange guests were.
- A. which
- B. whom
- C. who
- D. what
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A vulture was hovering over the dead goat.
- A. feeding
- B. flying around
- C. jumping around
- D. standing on
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What a grotesque attire.
- A. beautiful
- B. splendid
- C. horrid
- D. fine
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Most celebrities usually have a tinge of dishonour in their life.
- A. tint
- B. tray
- C. tract
- D. mold
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Everyone thinks Ojo’s decision to be a demagogue is ill-advised.
- A. pastor
- B. teacher
- C. manipulator
- D. demographer
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She is anxious about her son who has been ill.
- A. perturbed
- B. sure
- C. confident
- D. certain
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Ayo does regular exercise to stretch his mind.
- A. enrich
- B. expand
- C. restrict
- D. conscript
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My grandpa’s stories are usually phony in nature.
- A. factual
- B. misleading
- C. fake
- D. unreal
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Jemila’s austere reaction kept everyone on their toes.
- A. harsh
- B. ambituous
- C. disgusting
- D. benign
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Everyone thought the politician was invincible.
- A. invisible
- B. unconquerable
- C. vindictive
- D. surmountable
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All men in public life should be altruistic.
- A. antagonistic
- B. selfish
- C. selfless
- D. unkind
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I decided to back up my friend’s argument at the meeting.
- A. I denied my friend
- B. I endorsed my friend
- C. I saw my friend
- D. I heard my friend
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Moses won the contest hands down.
- A. He won surprisingly
- B. He won very easily
- C. He won narrowly
- D. He won with difficulty
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Here he comes, speak of the devil.
- A. He is scared of seeing the devil
- B. He is the representation of the devil
- C. He is the devil himself
- D. He appears as he is being discussed
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Adeola lives a stone’s throw away from the church.
- A. He lives where stones are thrown to the church
- B. He lives a long distance from the church
- C. He lives not too close to the church
- D. He lives very close to the church