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.
In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:
Very few students have satisfactory _____ these days because the student population has increased tremedously
Options:Choose the option to which the given sentence relates:
Aderonke STATED she had a right to her privacy.
Options:The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks .
One of the most difficult and confusing aspect of English language is its spelling system. There is often ….16…. [A. discrepancy B. discord C. a similarity D. concord] between the punctuation of a word and its spelling. One cannot always tell how to spell a word ….17…. [A. throughout B. by C. as to D. as from] its pronunciation.
In order to understand the peculiarity of English spelling ….18….[A. difficulty B. confusion C. system D. code], it is good to know something about the history of the language. First, it is helpful to realize that English was originally spoken by people who could neither read nor write. While the ….19…. [A. middle-class B. educated C. less enlightened D. uneducated] people spoke English, the literate upper classes spoke French and wrote in Latin, later when English became a ….20…. [A. literary B. romantic C. written D. coded] language, there was no system for spelling its words. Moreover, the first writers of English were French speaking ….21… [A. newscasters B. scribes C. orators D. interpreters] who knew English only slightly: therefore, they carried many French spelling ….22…. [A. habits B. attitudes C. idiosyncrasies D. mannerisms] into English. In addition, these first writers of English, who were used to writing in Latin, often ….23…. [A. inserted B. interjected C. interpolated D. juxtaposed] letters into words even when they were not pronounced because the ….24…. [A. antecedent B. opposing C. corresponding D. synonymous] word in Latin was spelled that way. Finally, the confusion increased when the ….25…. [A. diction B.morphology C. orthography D. pronunciation] of certain words changed while the spelling remained the same.
In question number 17 choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gap Options:In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined.
The gallant solders met their waterloo unexpected
Options:In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
_____ all probability, the train will arrive today
Options:In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
In my opinion, neither the player nor the coach _____ praise for the result of the match.
Options:Choose the option that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).
Froze
Options:From the list of words or group of wordslettered A to D, choose the one that is mostnearest opposite in meaning to the underlined word or group of words and that will, at the same time correctly fill in the gap in the sentence.
My uncle is a prosperous businessman, my aunt, unfortunately, is quite ________
Options:Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in each of the following sentence;
At the site of the ghastly accident the poor woman's hair stood on end
Options: