Ges101

51)---------------------------------------------- yet about the principal?

A)Are there any news

B)Are there some news

C)Is there any news

D)Is there some news

52)I am ------------------------- to another week's holiday this year after such a tedious job

A)due

B)qualified

C)looking

D)entitled

53)I can quickly recite the National Anthem ------------------------- now

A)off head

B)off by heart

C)at hand

D)off hand

54)The committee was frustrated because the chief withheld his ---------------------------

A)accent

B)access

C)assent

D)ascent

55)Gone are the days when he --------------------------------- enjoy patronage

A)would

B)will

C)used to

D)could
56)He did not attend the final burial -----------------------------

A)rite

B)rights

C)rites

D)right

57)The officer was compelled to --------------------------- the suspect's car

A)seize

B)cease

C)sieze

D)sease

58)He missed the point because he took the statement -----------

A)literally

B)literarily

C)literary

D)uniliterally

59)Their high ----------------------- was an advantage

A)moral

B)morality

C)morale

D)morals

60)The brave officer -------------------------- the time bomb

A)diffused

B)devused

C)defused

D)difused

61)A number of suspects were paraded ----------------------------- the victim of the robbery
A)in front of

B)before

C)for

D)to

62)If you want peace, you ------------------------------ prepared for war

A)had better

B)have better

C)had better got

D)had better get

63)If only we -------------------------- we could have overcome the difficulty

A)had persevered

B)have persevered

C)had persevere

D)persevered

64)We are gradually ----------------------------- to the end of the programme this afternoon, remarked the
chairman of the wedding reception

A)arriving

B)getting

C)approaching

D)going

65)We saw him -------------------------- over a wall as the police approached

A)leaped

B)leap

C)leapt

D)leaping

66)A number of doctors are not so well disposed to -----------------

in government hospitals these days ----------------------- they?

A)working/do

B)work/are

C)working/are

D)work/aren't

67)The only set of loud speakers available ------------------------ to be connected according to the instruction

A)is

B)are

C)were

D)have

68)We later on discovered that some members ------------------------

another meeting before the one advertised

A)were looking

B)have held

C)have been holding

D)had held

69)He decided to wait for the bus because he had -------------------

A)too many luggage

B)many luggages

C)a lot of luggage

D)plenty luggages

70)Thank you for the party, we really ----------------------------

A)enjoyed ourselves

B)enjoyed

C)enjoyed very much

D)enjoyed too much

71)We were trying to study for the examinations last night when the lights ------------------------

A)were taken away

B)came off

C)quenched

D) went off

72)When he had arranged the furniture, he ------------------------- the picture on the wall

A)hanged

B)hung

C)hang

D)hunged

73)I forgot to bring a pen with me. Would you, please --------------

me yours?

A)borrow

B)loan

C)provide

D)lend

74)If you are going to the market, may I ------------------- please?

A)for follow you

B)come with you

C)come by you

D)come as your second

75)Bayo said that two of his chickens --------------------- eggs yesterday morning

A)layed

B)lied

C)laid
22)Look at the TELL-TALE signs of battering on her

A)confirming looks

B)suspicious marks

C)revealing marks

D)signifying marks

23)The armed robbers who raided passengers on the Expressway CAME TO GRIEF when they had a shootout
with the police today

A)came to a bad end

B)became grieved

C)encountered grief

D)came to dead end

24)Many of the workers hired for firing the furnace had THEMSELVES FIRED as a result of the unfortunate
accident

A)got themselves burned accidentally

B)jumped into the fire themselves

C)got themselves sacked from their jobs

D)were sacked from their jobs

25)The new educational system TOOK OFF this school year

A)went off

B)continued

C)began

D)resumed

26)We will surely BUY this idea of introducing an entirely new product

A)pay for

B)accept

C)trade in

D)barter
27)This year's harvest is SURPLUS

A)enough for our need

B)limitless

C)more than enough

D)plenty

28)Many candidates now apply to read Law because it is a LUCRATIVE profession

A)brings plenty of profit

B)brings high prestige

C)brings quick money

D)brings plenty of knowledge

29)The pressman said that his interview with the President was OFF THE RECORD

A)not written on government record books

B)not intended for publication

C)not taped

D)written elsewhere other than in government records

30)She realized that she was UP AGAINST stiff competition when a new large departmental store was opened
next to her small provision shop

A)next to

B)standing next to

C)opposed to

D)face with

31)Finally I assured him that I would not GO BACK ON MY WORD

A)return to a place

B)return to a certain word when reading

C)re use my word

D)fail to keep my promise

32)Everybody RESPECT the team leader

A)looks up for

B)looks up on

C)looks up to

D)looks up at

33)The driver, on seeing the traffic warden, was HESITANT to start at engine

A)slow

B)unable

C)anxious

D)reluctant

34)He likes to call attention to UNIMPORTANT matters

A)dubious

B)incidental

C)trivial

D)simple

35)The speaker TOOK HIS AUDIENCE DOWN MEMORY LANE before he went to the topic of his lecture

A)took his audience on a journey through a street called Memory lane

B)recalled events from the past

C)told a tale about a place called Memory lane

D)gave an outline of his lecture

36)The new religious leader HANDS OUT AN OLIVES

A)sues for peace

B)gives out branches of the olive tree

C)challenges his opponents to a fight

D)blesses his congregation

37)Though a brilliant student, Mary LOST HER TONGUE when she was asked to give the vote of thanks at the
end of the Governor's visit to her school

A)became dumb

B)became deaf and dumb

C)said nothing because she was shy

D)forgot her native language

38)The accounts clerk was jailed because he COOKED the books

A)set fire to the account books

B)sold the books in his office to get money for food

C)falsified the account to his advantage

D)destroyed the accounts books by cooking them

39)The task was HERCULEAN

A)irregular

B)related to Hercules

C)stimulating

D)demanding

40)The story is rather HARD TO BELIEVE

A)incredulous

B)incredible

C)superstitious

D)untenable

41)It is advisable to ADMINISTER the test in the morning when students are fresh

A)perform

B)set

C)undertake
D)give

42)He broke his mallet OSTENSIBLY trying to maintain order although he was actually enjoying the commotion

A)apparently

B)carelessly

C)angrily

D)accidentally

LEXIS AND STRUCTURE

In questions 1 to 10 choose the option OPPOSITE in meaning to the words written in CAPITALIZE

1)Taiwo was most FLEXIBLE in her instructions

A)Rigid

B)Correct

C)Stiff

D)Upright

2)The University has offered TEMPORARY accommodation to its staff

A)Popular

B)Permanent

C)Recognised

D)Regular

3)Mary complain that she slept on the COARSE floor

A)Smooth

B)Rough

C)Bad

D)Give up

4)Taiwo was one of the SPECTATOR at the concert

A)Ushers

B)Judges
C)Guests

D)Performers

5)The governor DECLINED to give audience to the journalist

A)Ignored

B)Accepted

C)Forget

D)Rejected

6)The debtor's husband IS RELIABLE for his wife's debts

A)Unanswerable

B)Responsible

C)Unquestionable

D)Accountable

7)The lotion recommended by the doctor SOOTHED Mary's aching tooth

A)Calmed

B)Extracted

C)Excited

D)Worsened

8)The sun cast its SHADOW on the wall

A)Reflection

B)Rays

C)Resemblance

D)Substance

9)He was LOCKED UP for a fortnight

A)Released

B)Punished

C)Remanded
D)Locked out

10)The lady acted COURAGEOUS when thieves attacked her

A)Shyly

B)Fearlessly

C)Indiscreetly

D)Timidly

In questions 43 to 75 choose the word(s) or phrase which best fill the gaps

43)Joseph found that thieves had entered his house in his absence, he went to the police to report the
-------------------

A)break out

B)break up

C)break in

D)break into

44)After the accused was found guilty by the court, his counsel ---------------------- before sentence was passed

A)begged for mercy

B)made a plea for mitigation

C)made an ovation

D)made a plea for litigation

45)Four persons accused of currency ------------------------ are being held by the security agents

A) traficking

B) traviking

C) trafficking

D) traffiking

46)You had to stand in the corridor all the way? Poor you! I don't suppose you enjoyed the journey
---------------------- ?

A)don't you

B)did you
C)didn't you

D)don't I

47)I'm sorry I can't give you any of the oranges, I have ------------------------- left

A)few

B)little

C)only a little

D)a few

48)No wonder those plants are dying. They ----------------------- any water for ages!

A)didn't have

B)hadn't

C)haven't had

D)haven't

49)"Darling, do send the children to bed. I can't ------------------- their noise any longer" he said to his wife

A)make do with

B)make up

C)deal with

D)put up with ...

50)My wife and I met ----------------------- on a ship going to Liberia

A)ourselves

B)one another

C)each other

D)ourself

Use of English (GES 101) Test

1. State the grammatical names and functions of the underlined words/expressions in the

following sentences :
(a) The meeting will hold in the general office

(b) Whoever comes to UI must be ready to work hard_____________________

(c) Before he came , I had already read the address_____________________

(d) The most beautiful girl in the class danced with her mother _____________

(e) DrLamidi, the course supervisor of GES 101 , teaches English grammer.

2. Identify the underlined words (parts of speech) in the following sentences :

a. The boy who came here yesterday is dead.

b. Few people were taken for the trip

c. Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones.

d. His book is on the table.

e. Some boys who stole the car were arrested.

3. Choose the most appropriate among the following verbs IS/WAS/ARE/WERE to fill in the gap

in the following sentences:

(a) That girl with her friend _____is______quite happy.

(b) forty litres of petrol _____is____needed for journal.

(c) The boys, not the girls ___were______beaten by the police.

(d) Everyone ____is______qualified to do it.

(e) Both women _____are_____students of DLC.

4. Break each of the following words into its component morphemes:

(a) Class/room

(b) En/lighten/ment

(c) Use/ful/ness

(d) Intellect/ual/ism

(e) Occasion/al/ly

5. Identify the underlined pronouns in the following sentences :

(a) The house is mine.

(b) Taiwo and kehinde love each other.

(c) These are our friends.

(d) Who are you?

(e) shade injured herself while cutting "ewedu" leaves.

6. Underline the appropriate word or group of words to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

(a) james __________shade(loves/lovin)

(b) Every woman ________to marry a good husband. (desired/desires/desire)

(c) My __________is to live a good life . (choose/chose,choice)

(d) Justice shade Ade chambers __________next to Bisi's. (are/is)

(e) Lamide might _________her money to the fraudsters tomorrow.(lose/lose/loose)

Distance Learning Center (DLC)

General studies programme

UNIVERSITY of Ibadan

GES 101 : Use of English

Instructions : Answer all questions.

GES101 Pre-Question by UIDLCFORUM and Converted to soft copy by @MATOLABIZ

SECTION B

1. _________are owned by government to cater for the needs of the community.

a. academic libraries b. public libraries c. special libraries d. school libraries

2. The center in the library system of university of ibadan is ____________

a. Postgraduate school library b. Faculty of law library c. kenneth Dike library d. Keneth Dike

library

3. ISDN means a. International study book numbers b. International standard book name

c.Interntional study books numbers

d. International standard book number.

4. The Moy classification scheme is basically for the classification of materials in

_________libraries

a. medical b. law c. social sciences d. Art

5. Chevron library is an example of _____________type of library

Indicate the tense of each of the following sentences:

6. They love to play on the beach every saturday.

a. Simple present b.future tense c. simple present tense. d. progressive tense aspect .

7. He gave the books to her teacher.

a. simple tense b. simple present tense c. future tense d. progressive tense aspect

8. The farmers had left

a. simple present b. simple past tense c. future tense d. past perfect sense

What, is the grammatical name of the group of underlined words in the following sentences?

9. John, my best friend , was happy with the report I brought from lagos.

a. relative clause b. appositive parase c. infinitive d. adjective clause.

10. The young articulate brilliant lawyer will be nominated for an award soon.

a. adverbial phrase b. adjectival phrase c. participial d. adverbial phrase

11. The woman standing on the bench is my sister.

a. adverbial complement b. adjectival phrase c. participial phrase d. infinitival phrase.

12. She spoke so rudely that everybody sneered at her.

a. adjectival complement b. adverbial phrase c. adverbial complement d. prepositional phrase

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

GENERAL STUDIES PROGRAMME

GES 101 : USE OF ENGLISH

SECTION B :

1. State the grammatical names and functions of the underlined expressions in the following
sentences:

a. He is a living witness.______________

b. The man is relatively young .______________

c. Rachel was always waiting for fidelis beside idiaHall .___________

2. Identify the structure/form of the following sentences :

a. We love ,but God loves you more than we do.

3. Identify the function each of the following sentences :

a. Resist the devil ___________

b. Love your neighbour as yourself _____________

4. Correct the errors, If any ,in the following expressions:

a. He loved the dog more than he likes his wife's cat.

_____________________________________________________

b. You loved change ,you grow a restless man.

____________________________________________

c. Our teacher told us that the sun rises from the east and set in the West.

_______________________________________________________________________

5. Change the following expressions in the passive voice :

a. The union reached an agreement with the federal government in Abuja .

b. The people have been praised by the leader for their courage.

6. Change the following expressions to the passive to active voice :

a. The Cars are being counted by the man.___________________

b. The game can be played by anyone. ____________________

c. The duty was performed by the new recruits. _________________

7. Break each of the following words to its component morphemes:

a. disqualification ____________ b. Score _____________ c. submission ________________

d. misrepresentation __________________
8. Change the following to reported speech :

a. "I will see you early next week ", said the man .

_________________________________________________

b. "I've completed my assignment", said the student.

9. Read the following excerpt from family secrets :

"[From the room upstairs] I'll soon be downstairs. It's this headtie....I'll join you shortly ".

a. Who said this ? ______________________

10. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words.

a. All that glitters _____(are/is) not gold.

b. Continental and African oil services_______(has/have) advertised vacant positions at the

managerial level.

Section B.

1. Change the following constructions to reported speech:

a. "Punctuality is the sole of business",Anuaruges

b. The man said,"I love Lamide, my wife."

2. State the grammatical names and functions of the underlined expressions in the following

sentences :

(a). We were afraid of telling lie.

(b). To eat is desirous.

3. Change the following sentences from the active to the passive or vice versa:

(a) The thug was arrested by the police.

(b) Ann would have been killing the snake.

4. Identify the following sentences based on structure:

(a) It was one of those cold mornings of harmattan when the dry sun scarcely seemed to shine

at all.

(b) The lady left an important message for me but john did ot deliver it when i returned.
5. Identify the underlined parts of speech in the following sentences :

(a). The mans seems to be a nice person.

(b). Tochi bought a beautiful teddy for her smart daughter.

6. Choose the most appropiate verb IS/WAS/WERE to fill the gap in the following sentences:

(a) The number of girls _________more than that of boys in English department .

(b) The minutes of the meetings ________read by the class captain.

7. Break each of the following words into its component morphemes.

a. levelheaded b. uncompromising c. meanings d. unpredictable

1 : Identify the grammatical name of the capital ITEMS : The student

submitted the assignment IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEADLINE.

A. Adjectival phrase

B. Adverbial phrase

C. Prepositional phrase

D. Adjectival clause

2 : Indicate the tense in the sentence: I am eating rice

A. Simple present

B. Present progressive

C. Future progressive

D. Simple past

3: Indicate the tense in the sentence: The goat had been killed before I

got there.

A. Present perfect

B. Simple perfect

C. Past perfect

D. Simple past

4: Identify the grammatical function of the CAPITALISED ITEMS :

Manchester united WERE BEATEN by Chelsea last night

A. Linking the verb to last night

B. Linking the subject to the complement

C. Linking the subject to the object

D. Shows action
5 : Indicate the tense in the sentence: The thieves had been operating

for 45 minutes before the policemen arrived.

A. Future progressive

B. Past progressive

C. Past perfect progressive tense

D. Past tense

6: Indicate the tense in the sentence: The man killed his wife

A. Past progressive

B. Simple past

C. Present progressive

D. Simple present

7: Indicate the tense in the sentence: we were sleeping when the

thieves broke in

A. Past progressive

B. Simple past

C. Simple progressive

D. Present progressive

8: Indicate the tense in the sentence : I shall have been writing the

story for two hours by noon

A. Simple progressive

B. Future progressive

C. Future perfect progressive

D. Present perfect progressive

9: Indicate the tense in the sentence: she will be studying French in

the university

A. Future perfect
B. Present progressive

C. Future progressive

D. Future tense

10: Identify the grammatical function of the CAPITALISED ITEMS : I

ate WHEN I WAS HUNGRY

A. Modifies the pronoun

B. Object of the verb ate

C. Modifies the verb ate

D. Complement of the pronoun

11: Identify the grammatical function of the CAPITALISED ITEMS : He

left BECAUSE HE WAS ANGRY

A. Object of the verb left

B. Complement of the verb left

C. Complement of the pronoun he

D. Modifies the verb left

12: Indicate the tense in the sentence : I have been singing since I was

a baby

A. Past progressive

B. Progressive perfect

C. Present perfect progressive

D. Present perfect

13: Identify the grammatical function of the CAPITALISED ITEMS : The

time TO MARRY is now

A. Object of the verb

B. Modifies the noun ‘time’

C. Subject of the verb ‘is’

D. Complement of the noun ‘time’

14: Indicate the tense in the sentence : I have started DLC examination

A. Present progressive

B. Perfect tense

C. Present perfect

D. Present past

15: Identify the grammatical name of the part of the CAPITALISED

ITEMS : SHE is our friend

A. Adjective

B. Subject

C. Pronoun

D. Noun

16: Identify the grammatical function of the CAPITALISED ITEMS :

DANCING is not her hobby

A. Complement of the subject

B. Gerundive phrase

C. Subject of the verb

D. Noun phrase

17: Indicate the voice of the sentence : They collected the book when

they returned from the classNnn

A. Past perfect voice

B. Active Voice

C. Passive voice

D. Past voice

18: Identify the Grammatical function in the CAPITALISED ITEMS :

Folakemi is my friend
A. Complement of the verb

B. Subject of the sentence

C. Complement of the subject

D. Subject of the verb

19: Change the sentence to Passive voice . The pastor gave me a

Bible

A. The pastor gave a Bible to me

B. The Pastor gave me a Bible

C. I was given a Bible by the pastor.

D. A Bible was given to me

20: Identify the grammatical function of the CAPITALISED ITEMS : I

love TO SWIM on Saturdays

A. Complement of the pronoun

B. Modifies the verb

C. Complement of the verb

D. Object of the verb

21: Identify the grammatical name of the CAPITALISED ITEMS : They

ARE GOING home

A. Adjectival clause

B. Adjectival phrase

C. Verb phrase

D. Verb clause

22: Identify the Grammatical function of the CAPITALISED ITEMS :

THAT HER MOTHER DID NOT ATTEND HER WEDDING was strange.

A. Complement of the sentence

B. Complement of disappointing
C. Subject of the verb was

D. Object of the verb was

23: Identify the grammatical name of the CAPITALISED ITEMS : TO

SLEEP IN THE OFFICE is very good

A. Infinitival phrase

B. Adverbial phrase

C. Noun Phrase

D. Adjectival perfect

24: Indicate the type of sentence to which the structure below belongs

: He sees us in the dilapidated building

A. Compound

B. Simple

C. Complex

D. Compound –complex

25: Identify the grammatical function of the CAPITALSED ITEMS : The

woman WHO CAME YESTERDAY is my aunt

A. Complement the noun phrase ‘my aunt’

B. Complement of the noun ‘woman’

C. Modifies the noun ‘woman’

D. Object of the noun ‘woman’

26: Identify the grammatical name of the CAPITALISED ITEMS

DISAPPOINTED BY THE PRESENTATION the professor left for his

office.

A. Adjectival phrase

B. Infinitival phrase

C. Participial phrase
D. Noun phrase

27: Change the sentence to passive voice He taught us English

A. We were being taught English by him

B. He taught us English

C. Teaching us English was done by him

D. We were taught English by him

28: Identify the grammatical name of the CAPITALISED ITEMS: They

got their money THROUGH FARMING

A. Noun phrase

B. Adverbial clause

C. Prepositional phrase

D. Adverbial phrase

29: Indicate the sense in the sentence : I shall go to London next week

A. Simple present future

B. Simple past

C. Simple future

D. Simple present

30: Identify the grammatical function of the CAPITALISED ITEMS : I

bought the book from THE BOOKSTORE

A. Object of the sentence

B. Noun phrase

C. Complement of the book

D. Object of the prepostion

1. …………….. is an activity that you undertake in order to gain knowledge which you can use in solving a
problem.

A. Reading

B. Studying B

2. The best place to make a note is…?

A. Library A

B. School

3. The two skills required in note-taking are _________ and ________.

A. listening and writing A

B. Listening and Reading

4. Skimming involves searching for definite answers to questions when reading

A. True

B. False B

5. The two types of memory are _______ and ________.

A. short-term and long-term memory A

B. Short and Long memory

6. The ability to decipher clear relationships among ideas, important points from illustrations, examples
and digressions is _________.

A. quick thinking A

B. quick skimming

7. One of physiological problem affecting comprehension is…?

A. Auditory A

B. Fatique

8. …..relate to your ability to understand any spoken or written material because you are able to use the
language communication effectively

A. Psychological factor

B. Linguistic factor B
9. One of the things that you must make provision for in your personal timetable includes

the following except __________.

A. charting A

B. Library

10. A personal timetable will be only useful when you use it _________. ?

A. judiciously A

B. every other day

11. Listening process involves receiving, constructing meaning from, and __________ to spoken and/or
non-verbal messages.

A. Adjusting

B. Responding B

12. ___________ is a natural and passive process which requires little or no conscious effort.

A. Hearing A

B. Reading

13. The three basic steps in listening include hearing, understanding and _________. ?

A judging A

B. acquitting

C. arresting

D. playing

14. All of these tools can be used for retaining information during li stening process except?

A .paraphrasing

B. repetition

C. adaptation C

D visualization

15. Listening with a purpose involves ________.?

A. passive listening
B active listening B

16. ________ is a bad listening habit.

A. Criticising the speaker’s delivery A

B. Taking notes

17. A good speech presentation should include an introduction, a body and a __________.

A. Purpose

B. Conclusion B

18.. …… is the act of getting meaning from printed or written words.

A. Reading A

B. Speaking

19. In extensive reading, you read mainly for ………….?

A. Examination

B. Pleasure B

20. ……… and…….are methods of reading.

A. Average reading speed/study reading speed/recreational speed

B. Average reading speed/scanning/ skimming B

21. Regression causes readers to………….?

A. whisper the words to himself while reading

B. go back always to reading what has been read before B

22. The basic regulations for writing are:

A. paragraph development, unit y, mechanical accuracy

B. coherence, unity, originality of ideas and mechanical accuracy B

23. The type of writing that aims at securing reading ‘s acceptance of your opinion on a topic is called…?

A. Narrative

B. Argumentative B
24. To have a good summary, you must satisfy three basic conditions, namely:

A. Brevity, clarity and originality A

B Clarity, good spelling and Brevity

25. The type of summary writing that restricts you to specifi c instructions based on words sentences or
paragraphs is ________.

A. guarded summary

B guided summary B

26. The smallest meaningful unit of expression is--------.

A. morpheme A

B. Morphene

27. Plural makers and tense markers are sub-groups in--------.

A. derivational morphemes

B. inflectional morphemes B

28. An example of content word is ---------.

A. kind A

B. Several

29. The classes of words that belong to grammatical words include articles, determiners, pronouns
and---------.

A. Noun

B. Conjunction B

30. The type of morphemes that can change t he classification of words is called------.

A. Root

B. Derivational B

31. Another name for simple word is…..?

A. free morpheme A

B. bound morpheme

32. ----is an example of compound word.

A. Landlord A

B. Occasional

33. The sentence has been described in the following ways except one:

A. as beginning with capital letters and ending with full stop

B. as a complete thought

C. as a group of words that can’t stand alone

Identify the structure of the following sentences:

If you pay to have this pre-question then you just a fool.@Matolabiz

34. Pray while you are alive so that you can live long.

A. Complex sentence A

B. Compound sentence

35. The farmer toiled for so many months but could not realize sufficient harvests

A. Complex sentence

B. Compound sentence B

36. In spite of Modise’s innumerable effort s to secure visa to study nursing in the US last year, he was
denied his wish continuously.

A. Simple sentence A

B. Compound sentence

37. interrogative sentence is one that asks a direct question

A. False

B. True B

38. An imperative sentence is one that makes a command or an entreaty

A. False

B. True B

39. This is a sentence that makes a statement of fact. The statement may be true or false. It may also be in
the affirmative or in the negative.

A. True A
B. False

40. ………….is a sentence that is used to express sudden feelings or emotions.

A. Exclamatory sentence A

B. Imperative sentence

41. Words are generally categorized into ……………. and ……………… classes.

A. countable/uncountable

B. open/closed B

42. …..is an example of closed class.

A. preposition A

B. noun

Identify the articles i n the questions below.

43. The woman has eaten some food today

A. The A

B. woman

44. Titi said she has a book to read

A. Titi

B. A B

Identify the possessive pronouns in the sentences below.

45. This is your book

A. Your A

B. Book

46. They have given us the two results

A. Us A

B. Results

Identify t he quantifiers in the sentences below

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47. All the students can read

A. Student

B. All B

48. The woman has eaten some food today.

A. Some A

B. Food

identify the demonstratives in the sentences below

49. That pen belongs to Peter

A. That A

B. Pen

50. Tunde owns those houses.

A. Those A

B. Own

Identify the numerals in the following sentences.

51. Two years ago, my uncle bought me a piano

A. Two A

B. Year

52. Lola is the fourth child in her family.

A. Lola

B. Fourth B

Identify the proper nouns in the following sentences

53. John is an intelligent man

A. Man

B. John B

54. Five new pages have been added to The Punch newspaper
A. Punch A

B. Five

Identify the types of nouns underlined below

55. These days people no longer travel by air.

A. common/concrete noun. A

B. Abstract noun

56. Frustration is the cause of many deaths today.

A. common/concrete noun.

B. Abstract noun B

Identify the types of pronoun used in the sentences below

57. The boys in that family love themselves.

A. Themselves A

B. Boys

58. These are their toys.

A. Their A

B. These

59. Interrogative pronouns are pronouns you use to ask questions

A. True A

B. False

60. Emphatic pronouns are also called intensive pronouns

A. False

B. True B

name the types of pronouns in the sentences below

61. Bimpe has injured herself.

A. Reflexive pronouns A

B. emphatic pronouns
62. Lawal himself was present at the meeting.

A. Reflexive pronouns

B. emphatic pronouns B

identify the type of pronouns in the following sentences.

63. Those oranges are sour

A. Those A

B. orange

64. The man who bought the kettle has travelled.

A. who A

B. Man

identify the types of numerical pronoun used in the sentences below.

65. Bola is the fourth child in her family.

A. Fourth A

B. Family

66. My mother bought five chairs for the family.

A. Mother

B. Five B

67. Identify the correct sentence, using the simple present tense from the foll owing list of sentences:

A I had read before the examination started.

B. He was reading when you looked.

C. Who reads next? C

D. She will be reading the news tonight

68. Tick the correct sentence using the simple past tense from the following list of sentence

A. They read all day. A

B. He played football.

C. . She needs t he money

69. Tick the correct sentence using the future tense from the following li st of sentence

A. You will be reading the news tonight.

B. He will have been reading the news by 9:15 p.m B

C. She has read all day today.

70. The police claim that a number of stolen vehicles ------------ recovered

A. have been

B. has being

C. has been C

D being

.71. Indian summer is a period of mild weather --------------- during the autumn.

A. Occur

B. Occurring B

C. Occurred

72. Many of the herbs-----------------today originate from plants native to tropical regions.

A. being used A

B. been used

C. using

73. Twenty years ---------- too long to be away from home.

A. were

B. Are

C. is C

D. have been

74.Tastes in Nigerian dressing…………

A. differ A

B. differs
C. Different

D. Deferring

75. The driver, al ong with the car owner, ----------badly burnt in the accident

A. was

B. were

C. must not C

D. done

76. As a writer, you need to consider your audience, your topic, your purpose and your …………………
when writing.

A. language A

B. grammar

C. linguistic

D. etiquette

77. The qualities of good writing include clarity, economy and ……………….

A. difficulty

B. accuracy

C. simplicity C

D. verbosity

78. You can read up on a topic for writing from…...

A. dreams

B. heavens

C. spirits
D. Journals D

79. A ------- is a specialized, professional and academic writing, structured and prepared to aid the
decision making process.

A. review

B. research paper

C. report C

D. correspondence

80. A good review draws a distinction between-------and------

A. facts/opinions A

B. facts/guesses

C. opinions/reports

D. opinions/guesses

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81. The three major steps you follow in review include the preview, ---------and review proper

A. skimming

B. scanning

C. reading C

D. writing

82. Memos are--------forms of communication while letters are---------forms of communication

A. external/internal

B. internal/external B
C. informal/internal

D. external/informal

83. One of the disadvantage ages of e-mails is it-------.

A. is costly

B. is too sophisticated

C. is close

D. lacks confidentiality D

84. One of these things is an important element of a research paper.

A. executive summary

B. bibliography B

C. prologue

D. epilogue

85. The English essay is the main means of---------- learners in writing

A. failing

B. assessing B

C. keeping

D. choosing

86. One characteristic of the English essay is----------.

A. logical development A

B. opinions

C. guesses

D. assumptions
87. ……………..choice testing is a form assessing students in examination question

A. Multiple A

B. Single

C. Theory

D. Double

88. All these key words are used for examination questions except

A. compare

B. analysis

C. define

D. summon D

In questions11 to 41 choose the option NEAREST in meaning to the word(s) or phrase written in CAPITALIZE

11)You are FREE to leave the hall

A)at an advantage

B)Opportuned

C)at liberty ...

D)right

12)The Culprits will SURRENDER their loot to the customs officials

A)give way

B)give out

C)give in ...

D)give up

13)The discussion became ANIMATED

A)specialised
B)lively ...

C)intellectual

D)unruly

14)Rich citizens are often NIGGARDLY in their ways

A)beggarly

B)sordid

C)miserly ...

D)pompous

15)The musician's popularity is beginning to DECLINE

A)change

B)wane ...

C)slide

D)disappear

16)Taiwo promise to LOOK OUT for her next time in the city

A)watch for ...

B)visit

C)greet

D)take care of

17)Thomas was a PROSECUTION witness at the court hearing

A)false

B)reliable

C)government ...

D)trial

19)The beggar's takings SNOW-BELLED every hour

A)grew ...

B)turned white
C)grew into a ball

D)turned into snow

20)His attempt were NIPPED IN THE BUD

A)unsuccessful

B)cut short

C)frustrated ...

D)disqualified

21)The preacher has MADE GOOD his promise to visit some of his converts today

A)fulfilled ...

B)abide by

C)seen to

D)accepted

22)WATCH IT! You could be followed said the robber

A)look around

B)be sober

C)be vigilant ...

D)look out

22)Look at the TELL-TALE signs of battering on her

A)confirming looks

B)suspicious marks

C)revealing marks...

D)signifying marks

23)The armed robbers who raided passengers on the Expressway CAME TO GRIEF when they had a shootout
with the police today

A)came to a bad end ...

B)became grieved
C)encountered grief

D)came to dead end

24)Many of the workers hired for firing the furnace had THEMSELVES FIRED as a result of the unfortunate
accident

A)got themselves burned accidentally

B)jumped into the fire themselves

C)got themselves sacked from their jobs ...

D)were sacked from their jobs

25)The new educational system TOOK OFF this school year

A)went off

B)continued

C)began ...

D)resumed

26)We will surely BUY this idea of introducing an entirely new product

A)pay for

B)accept ...

C)trade in

D)barter

27)This year's harvest is SURPLUS

A)enough for our need

B)limitless

C)more than enough ...

D)plenty

28)Many candidates now apply to read Law because it is a LUCRATIVE profession

A)brings plenty of profit ...

B)brings high prestige

C)brings quick money

D)brings plenty of knowledge

29)The pressman said that his interview with the President was OFF THE RECORD

A)not written on government record books

B)not intended for publication ...

C)not taped

D)written elsewhere other than in government records

30)She realized that she was UP AGAINST stiff competition when a new large departmental store was opened
next to her small provision shop

A)next to

B)standing next to

C)opposed to

D)face with ...

31)Finally I assured him that I would not GO BACK ON MY WORD

A)return to a place

B)return to a certain word when reading

C)re use my word

D)fail to keep my promise ...

32)Everybody RESPECT the team leader

A)looks up for

B)looks up on

C)looks up to ...

D)looks up at

33)The driver, on seeing the traffic warden, was HESITANT to start at engine

A)slow

B)unable
C)anxious

D)reluctant ...

34)He likes to call attention to UNIMPORTANT matters

A)dubious

B)incidental

C)trivial ...

D)simple

35)The speaker TOOK HIS AUDIENCE DOWN MEMORY LANE before he went to the topic of his lecture

A)took his audience on a journey through a street called Memory lane

B)recalled events from the past ...

C)told a tale about a place called Memory lane

D)gave an outline of his lecture

36)The new religious leader HANDS OUT AN OLIVES

A)sues for peace ...

B)gives out branches of the olive tree

C)challenges his opponents to a fight

D)blesses his congregation

37)Through a brilliant student, Mary LOST HER TONGUE when she was asked to give the vote of thanks at the
end of the Governor's visit to her school

A)became dumb

B)became deaf and dumb

C)said nothing because she was shy ...

D)forgot her native language

38)The accounts clerk was jailed because he COOKED the books

A)set fire to the account books

B)sold the books in his office to get money for food

C)falsified the account to his advantage ...

D)destroyed the accounts books by cooking them

39)The task was HERCULEAN

A)irregular

B)related to Hercules

C)stimulating

D)demanding

40)The story is rather HARD TO BELIEVE

A)incredulous

B)incredible ...

C)superstitious

D)untenable

41)It is advisable to ADMINISTER the test in the morning when students are fresh

A)perform

B)set

C)undertake

D)give ...

42)He broke his mallet OSTENSIBLY trying to maintain order although he was actually enjoying the commotion

A)apparently ...

B)carelessly

C)angrily

D)accidentally

LEXIS AND STRUCTURE

In questions 1 to 10 choose the option OPPOSITE in meaning to the words written in CAPITALIZE

1)Taiwo was most FLEXIBLE in her instructions

A)Rigid
B)Correct

C)Stiff

D)Upright

2)The University has offered TEMPORARY accommodation to its staff

A)Popular

B)Permanent ...

C)Recognised

D)Regular

3)Mary complain that she slept on the COARSE floor

A)Smooth ...

B)Rough

C)Bad

D)Give up

4)Taiwo was one of the SPECTATOR at the concert

A)Ushers

B)Judges

C)Guests

D)Performers ...

5)The governor DECLINED to give audience to the journalist

A)Ignored

B)Accepted ...

C)Forget

D)Rejected

6)The debtor's husband IS RELIABLE for his wife's debts

A)Unanswerable ...

B)Responsible
C)Unquestionable

D)Accountable

7)The lotion recommended by the doctor SOOTHED Mary's aching tooth

A)Calmed

B)Extracted

C)Excited

D)Worsened ...

8)The sun cast its SHADOW on the wall

A)Reflection

B)Rays ...

C)Resemblance

D)Substance

9)He was LOCKED UP for a fortnight

A)Released ...

B)Punished

C)Remanded

D)Locked out

10)The lady acted COURAGEOUS when thieves attacked her

A)Shyly

B)Fearlessly

C)Indiscreetly

D)Timidly ...

In questions 43 to 75 choose the word(s) or phrase which best fill the gaps

43)Joseph found that thieves had entered his house in his absence, he went to the police to report the
-------------------

A)break out
B)break up

C)break in ...

D)break into

44)After the accused was found guilty by the court, his counsel ---------------------- before sentence was passed

A)begged for mercy

B)made a plea for mitigation ...

C)made an ovation

D)made a plea for litigation

45)Four persons accused of currency ------------------------ are being held by the security agents

A)traficking

B)traviking

C)trafficking ...

D)traffiking

46)You had to stand in the corridor all the way? Poor you! I don't suppose you enjoyed the journey
---------------------- ?

A)don't you

B)did you ...

C)didn't you

D)don't I

47)I'm sorry I can't give you any of the oranges, I have ------------------------- left

A)few ...

B)little

C)only a little

D)a few

48)No wonder those plants are dying. They ----------------------- any water for ages!

A)didn't have
B)hadn't

C)haven't had ...

D)haven't

49)"Darling, do send the children to bed. I can't ------------------- their noise any longer" he said to his wife

A)make do with

B)make up

C)deal with

D)put up with ...

50)My wife and I met ----------------------- on a ship going to Liberia

A)ourselves

B)one another

C)each other ...

D)ourself

51)---------------------------------------------- yet about the principal?

A)Are there any news

B)Are there some news

C)Is there any news...

D)Is there some news

52)I am ------------------------- to another week's holiday this year after such a tedious job

A)due

B)qualified

C)looking

D)entitled...

53)I can quickly recite the National Anthem ------------------------- now

A)off head
B)off by heart

C)at hand

D)off hand...

54)The committee was frustrated because the chief withheld his ---------------------------

A)accent

B)access

C)assent....

D)ascent

55)Gone are the days when he --------------------------------- enjoy patronage

A)would

B)will

C)used to....

D)could

56)He did not attend the final burial -----------------------------

A)rite

B)rights

C)rites ...

D)right

57)The officer was compelled to --------------------------- the suspect's car

A)seize ...

B)cease

C)sieze

D)sease

58)He missed the point because he took the statement -----------

A)literally ...

B)literarily
C)literary

D)uniliterally

59)Their high ----------------------- was an advantage

A)moral

B)morality

C)morale ...

D)morals

60)The brave officer -------------------------- the time bomb

A)diffused

B)devused

C)defused ...

D)difused

61)A number of suspects were paraded ----------------------------- the victim of the robbery

A)in front of

B)before ...

C)for

D)to

62)If you want peace, you ------------------------------ prepared for war

A)had better

B)have better

C)had better got

D)had better get ...

63)If only we -------------------------- we could have overcome the difficulty

A)had persevered ...

B)have persevered

C)had persevere
D)persevered

64)We are gradually ----------------------------- to the end of the programme this afternoon, remarked the
chairman of the wedding reception

A)arriving

B)getting ...

C)approaching

D)going

65)We saw him -------------------------- over a wall as the police approached

A)leaped

B)leap ...

C)leapt

D)leaping

66)A number of doctors are not so well disposed to -----------------

in government hospitals these days ----------------------- they?

A)working/do

B)work/are

C)working/are ...

D)work/aren't

67)The only set of loud speakers available ------------------------ to be connected according to the instruction

A)is ...

B)are

C)were

D)have

68)We later on discovered that some members ------------------------

another meeting before the one advertised

A)were looking
B)have held

C)have been holding

D)had held ...

69)He decided to wait for the bus because he had ------------------- A)too many luggage

B)manyluggages

C)a lot of luggage ...

D)plentyluggages

70)Thank you for the party, we really ----------------------------

A)enjoyed ourselves ...

B)enjoyed

C)enjoyed very much

D)enjoyed too much

71)We were trying to study for the examinations last night when the lights ------------------------

A)were taken away

B)came off

C)quenched

D) went off ...

72)When he had arranged the furniture, he ------------------------- the picture on the wall

A)hanged

B)hung ...

C)hang

D)hunged

73)I forgot to bring a pen with me. Would you, please --------------

me yours?

A)borrow

B)loan
C)provide

D)lend ...

74)If you are going to the market, may I ------------------- please?

A)for follow you

B)come with you ...

C)come by you

D)come as your second

75)Bayo said that two of his chickens --------------------- eggs yesterday morning

A)layed

B)lied

C)laid ...