Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
Oxygen is necessary to life. Nothing can live without it. It was …. a century ago
- A. invented
- B. found out
- C. discovered
- D. learnt
- E. extracted
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The method …. does not give the expected results.
- A. you recommended
- B. you visited
- C. you told
- D. you sent me
- E. you wanted
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The prices …. are too high for us
- A. you lent me
- B. you quoted
- C. you attended
- D. you gave me
- E. you want to buy
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
Colossal means
- A. a greek column
- B. gigantic
- C. something which has lost too much fluid
- D. a calamity
- E. the sale of colos
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
Don’t eat just any innocuous looking mushroom you see around
- A. harmful
- B. harmless
- C. innocent
- D. immunized
- E. conspicuous
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
The bible’s prodigal son became quite wealth eventually
- A. prestigious
- B. phlegmatic
- C. errant
- D. pecuniary
- E. extravagant
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
His penury gave him a lifetime of hunger
- A. avariciousness
- B. affluence
- C. poverty
- D. penny pinching
- E. greed
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The old car …. several times this year
- A. was repaired
- B. has been repaired
- C. had been repaired
- D. has repaired
- E. was being repaired
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You should show some consideration …. the feelings of others
- A. with
- B. about
- C. by
- D. to
- E. for
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If he had entered the room, i …. him
- A. saw
- B. had seen
- C. would have seen
- D. may see
- E. will see
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The horse is a winner, ….
- A. you can take that from me
- B. you can say i say so
- C. you can take my word for it
- D. it is my word against theirs
- E. you may or may not believe it
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If we went to any European country …. Britain, we should need a substantial amount of money to pay our way
- A. like
- B. let us say
- C. as an example
- D. like say
- E. if we say
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…., it might not look such a rosy proposition.
- A. From his viewing proposal
- B. when he views the proposal
- C. Having viewed the proposal
- D. From his point of view
- E. From his seesing it
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Olukayode …. as a mechanic when he was young, but now he is a driver
- A. had been working
- B. used to work
- C. would work
- D. would have worked
- E. had worked
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The students …. so much noise while the lecturer had to walk out of the class
- A. made
- B. had been making
- C. were making
- D. had made
- E. would have been making
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In the past his father used to walk but nowadays he …. to work by bicycles
- A. was going
- B. is going
- C. seldomly goes
- D. goes
- E. has gone
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
By the end of the next semester he …. his University education
- A. would have completed
- B. will be completing
- C. shall have completed
- D. was completing
- E. must complete
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The telephone …. in the nineteenth century and is now used in most countries in the world
- A. had been invented
- B. was invented
- C. would have been invented
- D. has been invented
- E. was being invented
Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :
The Land Decree does not concern itself with achieving …. in landed property ownership, since those who already own large estates can keep them for good
- A. equality
- B. balance
- C. fifty-fifty
- D. sanity
- E. efficiency
Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :
Biliaminu sent the expensive present to one Miss Sanda of the United African Organization and not to …. of the Central Bank of Nigeria
- A. the Miss Sanda
- B. Miss Sanda
- C. a Miss Sanda
- D. one Miss Sanda
- E. some Miss Sanda
Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :
A society …. individuals each of whom has his attributes and distinct characteristics
- A. is constituted of
- B. comprises of
- C. consists of
- D. contains of
- E. is made from