Correct Answer: D. There have been

Correct Answer: C. Emeka regretted not starting school early

Correct Answer: D. an expensive red Japanese car

Explanation

The correct answer is 'an expensive red Japanese car'. This is an example of the correct order of adjectives in English. The general order is: quantity, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose. In this case, 'expensive' (opinion), 'red' (color), and 'Japanese' (origin) are in the correct order.

Explanation

St. Gregory Grammar School

P. M. B. 2026

Yaba

Lagos.

18th May, 1998

The Principal

St. Gregory Grammar School

P.M.B. 2026

Yaba, Lagos.

Dear sir,

LETTER OF APOLOGY.

The recent disturbance in the school started immediately after school hours on 5th May, 1998. The disturbance, no doubt is the culmination of students' expression of dislike of the excesses of the teachers.

The demonstration started from the SS3 block. The students were totally frustrated by the excesses of the teachers and your failure to take actions at the proper time. The students often complained to me and it will be necessary for me to enumerate the factors that led to the disturbance. First, some members of staff took it upon themselves to terrorize the students. For instance, the case of Mrs. Nwandu, the house mistress of the Red House going about every i morning, about 5:30am, to beat the students claiming that they are supposed to wake up early is still fresh in our memory.

Secondly, the students were unable to get water to bath in the morning last week. As a result of this, they got to the dining hall late. The students were flogged severely for this. The matrons who are expected to be motherly too were very tyrannical. They screamed and yelled at us at every simple mistake made. We are children and, are expected to be taught through other more appropriate methods than flogging and yelling.

There is no doubt that I was involved in the planning and execution of the disturbance. As the President of the Press Club, students often come to me to complain about the oppressive nature of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the school. Various measures have been taken by the club to plead with the school authorities on behalf of the students, all to no avail. In a bid to join the recent disturbance, four officials of the club and I resigned from the club. We moved into action to plan the protest. Indeed, I was the master planner. Some books in the library were of great help. These books include: Standing on the rights of a school child by Edward Blyton and Don't oppress them by David Anderson. These two books enlightened me about the various rights of a school child which the school authority had been infringing upon.

I, therefore, spoke to other students on how and when we should execute our plans which resulted in the violent i demonstration and my eventual suspension from the school. I sincerely feel remorse for my involvement in the demonstration. I did not know that the simple protest march around the school which I planned to drive home our grievances could lead to a violent demonstration during which many school properties were destroyed.

I am very sorry sir, for my involvement in the demonstration. I did not envisage that it could lead to such mass destruction of the school property. I have learnt my lessons.

I would be grateful if you could accept my apology and recall me from suspension.

Yours faithfully.

(Signature)

Gbolahan Adeoye.

Explanation

CUT YOUR COAT ACCORDING TO YOUR CLOTH.

Ngozi Okongwu was the only child born to her poor parents. Mr. and Mrs. Okongwu. The family was so poor that it hardly provided food and clothing for Ngozi. The family was wallowing s wallowin in abject poverty and therefore could not afford to h send Ngozi to school early in her life. The family was later helped by Mr. Okongwu's childhood friend who volunteered to sponsor Ngozi to school.

Ngozi was registered in a nursery school very near her parents' house. Her father's friend, Mr. Collins sponsored her education right from nursery school through secondary school. Unfortunately, while in secondary school, Ngozi joined a group of friends who came from rich families. She was keeping the company of these spoilt children from rich homes while forgetting her poor background. In a short time, Ngozi realised that her parents could not afford to get her the kind short of things her friends had. In her quest to live up to the standard of her rich friends, she decided to steal. Initially, she began to steal money from her classmates' bags. Before too long, she began to steal from her teachers handbags and later she became a 'professional' thief who can pilfer out of daylight.

After a while, Ngozi began wearing clothes made b e y the latest designers and, in most cases, this entered her head and she started disrespecting her teachers and elders. All this while, her parents were too busy trying to earn a living by farming. However, they started noticing all the make-up their daughter was applying and how snobbish and disrespectful she had become. They knew that something was wrong. Her mother searched her room and found all sorts of expensive clothes. Ngozi's parents decided to question her to find out where she had got all the things found in her room. She got angry with her mother and left the house. She wondered why she should be questioned that way and out of annoyance, she decided to leave her parents' home for her friends'.

One fateful day, Ngozi was in need of a beautiful and expensive dress to wear to a party which she had agreed to attend with her boyfriend...She had no money, and so, she decided to steal one expensive and colourful dress she had seen at a shop on Adeniyi Jones Street in Lagos. She got ready on this day and off she went. On getting into the shop, she looked around for the dress. She stealthily walked to where the dress was hung, picked it up and put it in her bag hurriedly. After doing this, she thought nobody had seen her and she made for the exit door.

At the door, a security man was always there to check people leaving the shop. He had seen Ngozi picking up the dress but he was not sure whether she had paid for it. As Ngozi was about to go out of the shop, the security man accosted her and demanded to search her bag. Ngozi was found out and after she was beaten mercilessly and the stolen dress collected from her, she was taken to a juvenile home where teenage offenders are kept.

Ngozi's friends were nowhere to be seen. Her parents had to go to the juvenile home to see her when the news of her arrest and detention reached them. As Ngozi saw her parents, poorly clad in their wretchedness, she burst into tears. Her mother said to her Ngozi, if only you had cut your coat according to your cloth, you wouldn't be here now.

Correct Answer: A. impeding

Explanation

Hindering; make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.

impeding; delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.

Correct Answer: A. Who finished his home work yesterday?

Explanation

In the sentence, the word 'Emeka' is stressed. This means the emphasis is on 'who' did the action. Therefore, the question that relates to the sentence is 'Who finished his home work yesterday?'.

Correct Answer: C. from

Correct Answer: C. neither have l

Correct Answer: C. stand up to