English is the study of the English language. The goal is to improve communication skills by practicing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and understanding language rules like pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
''I want to know you intimately...''
This statement was made to whom _____
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
My son, who is in the U.S.A. is studying Engineering?
Options:Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:
You look very tired, a cup of tea will _____ you some good!
Options:Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?
'Is it necessary for us to go? she asked in her shrill voice?
Options:In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:
Stephen was blamed for leaving his door ajar during the heavy rainfall.
Options:In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:
Thousands of students are candidates for the examination but only very few pass
Options:Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
The panel's _____ was stretched to the limit by what they heard?
Options:Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
During the examination, a student _____ more answer sheets?
Options:In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
You had better _____ what the doctor recommended this morning
Options:When I set out for London, little did I suspect that I was not on a journey to God’s own city where harmony reigned supreme. So used to the frenzied life of Lagos was I that I had come to associate that city with everything that was chaotic, and there was no doubt in my mind that Lagos was one giant symbol of our backwardness. As the plane taxied its way out of the tarmac of our national airport, of our national airport, I heaved a sigh of relief, not so much because I was leaving my own country as that I was being relieved of the tension that had possessed me during those tense hours in the untidy lounge. I had felt so uneasy, my thoughts racing from one uncertainty to another. But at least I was air-borne, moving away from the whole uncertainty, from the whole load of fear towards a place which I supposed would be El Dorado.
Everything that happened in the plane passed through my eyes like pictures on the screen. The white air hostess who instructed me on how to use the safety belt was an angel, what with her beauty, her pretty blue dress, and her ever-smiling face. The same lady of the air served me snacks and supper. Another angel, whose queenly voice through an invisible public address system, dished out occasional information on the progress of our journey. I had never felt so relaxed, and my jolted heartbeats each time the plane took what appeared like a sudden brief descent, did not matter. When eventually we were set for landing, the anxiety that came over me was almost thrilling. What was the wonderland going to be like? So overwhelmed was I that I almost lost consciousness of what happened thereafter.
But I would never forget the shock that greeted me when we arrived in the tube station and boarded a train to behold the sea of white faces and furtive glances from apparently indifferent co-passengers. I believe that the nostalgic feeling for Lagos which later became part of my life all my days in London began at a point.
The writer, on getting into the train, was shocked because Options: