English Past Questions And Answers
After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
From the way Ngozi behaves, it is obvious she is a greenhorn. This means that the students should
- A. arrogant
- B. cautious
- C. inexperienced
- D. uncivilized
Mazi Uche _____ the warehouse at about 8am
- (A) entered into
- (B) entered
- (C) entered inside
- (D) entered on
After so many trials, the experiment __________
- A. paid up
- B. paid for
- C. paid out
- D. paid off
Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)\ The driver was short of petrol, so he..........down the hills with the engine switched off
- A. glided
- B. coasted
- C. wheeled
- D. taxied
Choose the most appropriate optionopposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).
Adamu was so vociferous during the meeting of the congregation that he succeeded in incurring thewrath of the charming?
- A. anger
- B. admiration
- C. displeasure
- D. sympathy
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The company failed to pay up the loan because it had become ..........
- A. corrupt
- B. bankrupt
- C. inefficient
- D. unreliable
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The press will no longer be free when the new government starts to ............the newspapers
- A. censure
- B. edit
- C. publish
- D. censor
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences. It took him ages to get......his father's death.
- A. through
- B. past
- C. over
- D. by
As he was still owing me two naira, i was careful not to .... him any more money
- A. lend
- B. loan
- C. borrow
- D. extend
Choose the most appropriate optionopposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).
Those were the days of thefallacy that some languages are primitive while others are not?
- A. argument
- B. excuse
- C. misconception
- D. truth