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.
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
Peter's _____ a cold upsets our plans
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 24 choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gap Options:Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.
The move to expel the chairman was sanctioned by members of the party?
Options:Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?
The noise across the road downed the sound of the keyboard in my room?
Options:In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The very moment she _____ her folly, she will come back to apologize
Options:This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.
How long has Mr Dabo been in the university?
Options:In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s).:
The austerity of the times has made people to be more _____ in their spending
Options:This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.
“Nene, this is my niece Efua Coker”. Who made this statement?
Options:Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.
When we visited him, he offered us a variety of _____ drinks such as whisky and brandy?
Options:In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
The police report was _____ to that of the eye witness
Options: