English Past Questions And Answers
From the word lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The boy's parents.....a sigh of relief when he was found.
- A. raised
- B. uttered
- C. breathed
- D. heaved
The detergent is made ____ palm oil
- A. of
- B. for
- C. from
- D. on
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.
Our club encouragesbenevolence
- A. affluence
- B. sincerity
- C. charity
- D. association
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined? I visited Aminaumpteen times in her college, but she never came to me?
- A. often
- B. seldom
- C. twice
- D. occasionally
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
The principal wants us to....the motion, so don't oppose it.
- A. sustain
- B. support
- C. defame
- D. applaud
In the question below choose the optionnearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase: He lost his voicemomentarily
- A. in moment
- B. in a split seconds
- C. for a brief period of time
- D. without delay
The manager promised to promote Godwin and____
- (A)myself
- (B) I
- (C) himself
- (D) me
The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
PASSAGE IV
With the most profound respect to the members of the Senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that ...1... body to pass a motion to ...2... the executive action of the President. The Senate is ...3... of the National Assembly. But it is not by itself alone the National Assembly. One can imagine the confusion, which would be created if the ...4... were to take a view diametrically opposed to that reflected in the Senate resolution. The strongest objection to the action of the Senate in passing the resolution is the fact that it constituted itself the ...5... as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the President. The function of the Senate is to ...6... laws. But the Senate has no authority or ...7... to control the President in the exercise of his ...8... powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any directive to the President regarding the exercise of his powers nor can it undo what the President has done in the exercise of those powers. The only way in which the exercise of the powers of the President can be ...9... is by ...10... of the National Assembly.
Adapted from The Guardian of July 8, 1999, p. 8.
...5...- A. plaintiff
- B. attorney
- C. defendant
- D. litigant
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
Those who had invitation cards wereadmitted to the party while those who had none were....
- A. barred
- B. repelled
- C. expelled
- D. compelled
Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?
We found it difficult to identify him as the crowd was ......... around him?
- A. head to head
- B. head above head
- C. shoulder from shoulder
- D. shoulder to shoulder