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

If the jury's verdict is not guilty, the defendant will be.............

• A. acquitted
• B. indicted
• C. pardoned
• D. forgiven

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

The accident occurred when the driver of the car..... the lorry?

• A. reversed towards
• B. reversed into
• C. reversed to
• D. reversed back into

In the question below choose theoption nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase: One hindrance to an orderly economic development of the country is large scale fraud and corruption

• A. difficult
• B. disturbance
• C. reason
• D. obstacle

Computing results requires great energy

• A. Noun phrase
• B. Prepositional phrase
• C. Infinitive phrase
• D. Gerund phrase

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined? The astute businessman neatlyfended off questions about his private life?

• A. asked
• B. explained
• C. welcomed
• D. sidestepped

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

Mountaineering is really anarduous exercise

• A. a troublesome
• B. a strenuous
• C. a severe
• D. a heavy

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

_____ were classmates in the university.

• A. his sister and I
• B. me and his sister
• C. I and his sister
• D. His sister and me

In the sentence below, there is one underlined word and one gap.From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will at the same time correctly fill the gap in the sentence.

Rather than heed advice, the children .......it

• A. defied
• B. countered
• C. ignored
• D. spurned

Choose the most appropriate optionopposite in meaning of the underlined word.

The engineers have been urged to make a prototype of the long-awaited Nigerian car.

• A. specimen
• B. original
• C. copy
• D. drawing

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

We are worried by the............that exists between the two factions of the party

• A. distraction
• B. commotion
• C. confusion
• D. rivalry