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

How I wish they............the note before coming

• A. receive
• B. had received
• C. have received
• D. received

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s). The officer was given aninvidious task?

• A. vivid
• B. cruel
• C. pleasant
• D. difficult

………………… getting the highest result in the class, John still had problems with the teacher

• (a) Nonetheless
• (b) Despite
• (c) Even though
• (d) In spite of

From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to underlined word as it used in the sentence.

The Chume's house caught fire because their little girl had turned on the gasinadvertently.

• A. automatically
• B. hurriedly
• C. carelessly
• D. unintentionally

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

My brother's drunkenness often got on my nerves. This means that my brother's drunkenness

• A. disgraced him
• B. made him ill
• C. made me angry
• D. offended me

From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word

Pa Bakaryaugmented his income by selling firewood

• A. save
• B. preserved
• C. increased
• D. economized

Fausat, Bolanle, Amaka, and Osese are polyglots. Fausat and Bolanle speak French, whereas the others speak Russian. Bolanle and Osese speak Italian. Everyone except Fausat speak German. Who of them only speaks Russian and German?

• A. Fausat
• B. Bolanle
• C. Amaka
• D. Osese

Abayo, Tope, Femi and Seyi are friends. Only Abayo likes going to the theatre. Only Tope and Seyi like the cinema. Only Femi and Seyi like dancing. Which boy likes neither dancing nor cinema?

• A.Tope
• B.Seyi
• C.Abayo
• D.Femi.

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space; the frightening explosion in the factory .... whole wing

• A. washed out
• B. wiped out
• C. rooted out
• D. flushed out

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

The governor ordered that the work done by any contractor should be properly.......so as to know the correct amount to pay

• A. processed
• B. investigated
• C. accounted
• D. probed