2001 English Language WAEC SSCE (School Candidates) May/June

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English Language 1 - Objective Questions

Section A - Essay Writing

All questions carry equal marks. Your answer should not be less than 450 words. You are advised to spend about 50 minutes on this section.

1. Write a letter to your father, who has been on a long course abroad, telling him how the family has been fairing in his absence.
2. Write an article suitable for publication in a cultural magazine on the advantages and disadvantages or the extended family system.
3. The last nation-wide strike by secondary school teachers affected your school adversely. Write a letter to the Minister of Education suggesting at least three ways of preventing future strike actions.
4. You are a speaker in a debate on the topic."Civilian rule is better than military rule." Write your contribution for or against the motion.
5. Write a story, real or imagined, which illustrates the saving: "Make hay while the sun shines”.

Section B - Comprehension

You are advised to spend about 30 minutes on this section.

Bitrus, a middle-aged man, was speeding along the hot tarmac one afternoon, oblivious of the countryside. By his side, reading a magazine, was his first born, a twenty-year old university computer science student. On the man’s mind was the contract he was pursuing in the capital city. It was worth several million dollars. Although he had handled bigger contracts before, Bitrus was preoccupied with this new challenge, his mind far away from the road before him. His son too was buried in the magaine he was reading. So, neither saw the goat crossing the road early enough. Like an automation, Bitrus jammed the brakes. In a flash, there was a skid and a somersault. The villagers worked for almost an hour on the wreckage of the huge Mercedes before rescuing the two.

There, in the casualty ward, the duo lay on the stretchers. Bitrus was soon in a fairly stable condition, but anybody would know that the son needed prompt specialist medical attention. The doctor was sent for, a surgeon who regularly handled such cases. Soon enough, the doctor came. The nurses heaved a sigh of relief. But then⋯ ”Oh no, I can't handle this case. He's my son!” Everyone was shocked. One of the nurses pleaded. "But doctor, you must do something, otherwise,⋯” “No, he's my son. I'll have to transfer this case." And so tearfully more agitated than anybody around, the doctor hurried away to call a colleague.

Here was Bitrus, with multiple injuries, but not in danger. In the adjourning room was his son, still comatose. How then could a doctor come in and say "This is my son"? Wasn't Bitrus the father after all? Most people would reason that the doctor was truly the secret biological father. Others, reasoning hard, would conclude that the doctor was Bitrus's father and thus was right in describing his grandson as his son. But for how long would people continue to think that all doctors must be male? Couldn't the doctor have simply been Mrs Bitrus?

1. Question 6
   2. What was the remote cause of the accident?
   3. What was the immediate cause?
   4. What does the passage suggest about the doctors’ attitude to the cases they handle?
   5. Describe the conditions of Mr. Bitrus and his son at the hospital.
   6. What assumption about doctors does the passage illustrate?
   7. "His son too was buried in the magazine he was reading."
   8. What type of figurative expression is this?
   9. What does it mean?
   10. "… that the doctor was truly the secret biological father.” (i)
   11. What grammatical name is given to this expression?
   12. What is its function as it is used in the sentence?
   13. For each of the following, find a word or phrase that means the same and can replace it as it is used in the passage:
   14. oblivious;
   15. prompt;
   16. regularly;
   17. pleaded;
   18. agitated;
   19. adjourning.
2. In the 1960s and 1970s undergraduates did not need to apply for employment. Employers usually wooed them by depositing offers of jobs in their halls of residence for those interested to pick and choose from as soon as they finished writing their degree examinations. How things have changed! We have since “progressed” from this age of abundance in which unemplovment was hardly heard of to one of economic recession and widespread unemployment. The problem is so acute nowadays that one finds unemployment even among engineers and doctors. What are the causes of this phenomenon? For one thing, our educational system does not train it product for self-employment. Everybody expects the govemment or the private sector to provide them with a job at the end of their studies. As we have now realized, the government and the private sector combined cannot create enough jobs to go round the army of graduates turned out annually by our universities. For another, many parents encourage ther chidren to enroll in courses leading to prestigious and lucrative professions for which they may be intellectually unsuited. They end up obtaning poor degrees or none at all. Such graduates cannot compete on the job market, so they swell the ranks of the unemployable and the unemployed. Perhaps the most important single cause of unemployment is economic recession. During periods of boom, economic activity are generated in abundance and these makes plenty jobs available. But the reverse is the case in times of economic recession. There is no simple solution to the problem. Everyone in the society has a role to play here. The government has a duty to ensure that the economic is buoyant, thus providing the right environment for the creation of jobs. The educational authorities have to orientate the process of education towards the production of job creators rather than job seekers. Guidance and counselling services should be made available in all secondary institutions. Parents, too, should stop misdirecting their children into choosing careers for which they are ill-suited
   2. What was the employment situation like in the 1960s and 1970s?
   3. What is the situation now?
   4. In what ways do education system, the parents and the students contribute to the unemployment situation?
   5. Mention three suggestions given in the last paragraph for solving the problem.
   6. Why does the writer enclose the word progressed (first paragraph) in quotation marks?
   7. “for which they may be intellectually unsuited.”
   8. What grammatical name is given to this expression?
   9. What is the fiction as is it used in the sentence?
   10. For each of the following words, find another word or phrase that means the same and can replace it as it is used in the passage;
   11. Recession
   12. acute
   13. army
   14. lucrative
   15. boom
   16. orientate

Section C - Summary

You are advised to spend about 40 minutes on this section.

Poverty! Can anyone who has not really been poor know what poverty is? I really doubt it. How can anyone who enjoys three square meal a day explain what poverty mean? Indeed, can someone who has two full meals a day claim to know poverty? Perhaps, one begins to grasp the real meaning of poverty when one struggles really hard to have one miserable meal in twenty-four hours. Poverty and hunger are cousins, the former always dragging along the latter wherever he chooses to go.

If you are wearing a suit, or a complete traditional attire, and you look naturally rotund in your apparel, you cannot what poverty entails. Nor can you have a true feel of poverty if you have some good shirts and pairs of trousers, never mind that all these are casual wear. Indeed, if you can change from one dress into another, and these are all you can boast of, you are not really poor. A person begins to have a feel of what poverty means when, apart from the tattered clothes on his body, he doesn’t have any other, not even a calico sheet to keep away the cold at night.

Let us face it, how can anyone who has never slept outside, in the open, appreciate the full, harsh import of homelessness? Yet that is what real, naked poverty, is. He who can lay claim to a house, however humble, cannot claim to be poor. Indeed, if he can afford to rent a flat, or a room in a town or city, without the landlord having cause to eject him, he can not honesty claim to be poor. The really poor man has no roof over his head, and this is wny you find him under a bridge, in a tent or simply in the vast open air.

But that is hardly all. The poor man faces the world as a hopeless underdog. In every bargain, every discussion, every event involving him and others, the poor man is constantly reminded of his failure in life. Nobody listens attentively when he makes a point, nobody accepts that his opinion merits consideration. So, in most cases, he learns to accept that he has neither wisdom nor opinion

The pauper's lot naturally rubs off on his child who is subject not only to hunger of the body but also of the mind. The pauper lacks the resources to send his child to school. And even in communities where education is free, the pauper's child still faces an uphill task because the hunger of the body impedes the proper nourishment of the mind. Denied access to modern communications media, the poor child has very little opportunity to understand the concepts taught him. His mind is a rocky soil on which the teacher's seeds cannot easily germinate. Thus embattled at home and then at school, the pauper's child soon has very little option but to drop out of the school.

That is still not all. Weakened by hunger, embattled by cold and exposed to the elements, feeding on poor water and poor food, the pauper is an easy target for diseases. This is precisely why the poorest countries have the shortest life expectancies while the longest life expectancies are recorded among the richest countries. Poverty is really a disease that shortens life!

Question 8

1. In six sentences, one for each summarize the problems of the poor man.

English Language 2 - Theory

Section 1

In each of the following sentences, there is one underlined word and one gap. From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.

1. The leader of the delegation was commended for the manner in which he handled the matter, while their hosts were ⋯⋯⋯⋯
   1. Applauded
   2. Praised
   3. Criticized
   4. Sanctioned
2. Musa is very frugal whereas his friend Audu is ⋯⋯⋯⋯
   1. Miserly
   2. Thrifty
   3. Precocious
   4. Extravagant
3. Taiwo’s flamboyance and Kehinde’s ⋯⋯⋯⋯ often keep people wondering if they are really twins.
   1. Modesty
   2. Arrogance
   3. Timidity
   4. Pretension
4. People enjoy stories with ⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯ settings rather than those with far-fetched backgrounds.
   1. Practical
   2. Realistic
   3. Artificial
   4. Undefined
5. We were asked to reach a compromise and not to start another ⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯
   1. Accusation
   2. Concession
   3. Controversy
   4. Issue
6. He was promoted for his efficiency, while his colleague was demoted for ⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯
   1. Ability
   2. Lateness
   3. Incompetence
   4. Capability
7. Okon's business is flourishing while his father's is ⋯⋯⋯⋯
   1. Declining
   2. Progressing
   3. Withering
   4. Vanishing
8. You should be ⋯⋯⋯⋯ so as not to be caught unawares.
   1. Serious
   2. Sober
   3. Ready
   4. Alert
9. The manager who was sacked last month has been ⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯
   1. Retired
   2. Reinstated
   3. Suspended
   4. Promoted
10. The school authorities expected the contributions to be ⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯ rather than compulsory.
    1. Willful
    2. Voluntary
    3. Deliberate
    4. Outright

Section 2

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

11. The ⋯⋯⋯⋯ programme against childhood diseases has ended.
    1. Injection
    2. Vaccination
    3. Immunization
    4. Harmonization
12. The accused stated ⋯⋯⋯⋯ that he was innocent of the crime.
    1. Unequivocally
    2. Feebly
    3. Ashamedly
    4. Excitedly
13. The doctor's⋯⋯⋯⋯ was that the patient was suffering from cancer.
    1. Prediction
    2. Verdict
    3. Diagnosis
    4. Analysis
14. I was advised to open a⋯⋯⋯⋯ account with the bank if l wanted to pay in cheque.
    1. Savings
    2. Deposit
    3. Loans
    4. Current
15. The pastor addressed his ⋯⋯⋯⋯in a sonorous voice.
    1. Audience
    2. Masses
    3. Spectators
    4. Congregation
16. Many African leaders try to cling ⋯⋯⋯⋯ to power.
    1. Tenaciously
    2. Judiciously
    3. Economically
    4. Socially
17. The Civilian head of state was ⋯⋯⋯⋯ in a military d’etat.
    1. Discharged
    2. Ousted
    3. Empowered
    4. Enthroned
18. After much debate on the controversial issue, the meeting was ⋯⋯⋯ till the next morning.
    1. Postponed
    2. Proscribed
    3. Adjourned
    4. Delayed
19. The company distributed gifts to its staff as an⋯⋯⋯⋯ to hard work.
    1. Incentive
    2. Inception
    3. Interest
    4. Induction

Section 3

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that is most appropriate for each sentence.

20. Bukola has an infectious smile. This means that Bukola
    1. spreads infection when she smiles.
    2. has sores in her teeth
    3. makes others smile when she smiles.
    4. becomes infected when she smiles.
21. It is cold comfort to tell a hungry man that starvation improves health. This means that telling a hungry man this is
    1. frightening.
    2. consoling.
    3. unhelpful.
    4. hypocritical.
22. Nonso's father gave him a free hand to run the family business. This means that his father
    1. assisted him freely.
    2. allowed him to make his own decisions.
    3. made him sole owner of the business.
    4. allowed him freedom of movement in the premises.
23. Audu was certainly born with a silver spoon in his mouth. This means that
    1. he was born into a rich family.
    2. his parents gave him a silver spoon when he was born.
    3. He was born at the age of miracle.
    4. his parents could not help him.
24. You must be speaking with your tongue in your cheeks. This means that you
    1. must be very serious.
    2. must be thinking of something else.
    3. have food in your mouth.
    4. don’t mean what you are saying.
25. The manager hit the roof when he was presented with a huge estimate for the new project. This means that the manager
    1. became very suspicious.
    2. threw an object at the roof.
    3. became vey angry.
    4. ordered the project to be stated at once.
26. Her reproaches cut him to the quick. This means the
    1. was made to act quickly.
    2. was wounded.
    3. was deeply hurt.
    4. began to speak angrily.
27. The girl went scot-free even though she started the fight. This means that the girl was
    1. punished.
    2. unpunished.
    3. expelled from the school.
    4. free to move about.
28. The secretary’s vote of thanks did not ring true. This means that the vote of thanks was
    1. full of praise
    2. not audible
    3. not sincere.
    4. well delivered.
29. Mary Onyali won the race by a hair's breadth. This means that Mary won
    1. convincingly.
    2. narrowly.
    3. comfortably.
    4. luckily.

Section 4

From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.

30. The criminal was incarcerated.
    1. Arrested
    2. Pardoned
    3. Imprisoned
    4. Cautioned
31. The Manager soon found out that my sister was a competent typist.
    1. patient
    2. capable
    3. hardworking
    4. careless
32. At the inception of his administration, the Governor was very popular.
    1. end
    2. beginning
    3. dissolution
    4. peak
33. The businessman anticipated the collapse of the bank.
    1. prevented
    2. caused
    3. foresaw
    4. pre-empt
34. The plaintiff was dissatisfied with the decision of the court.
    1. solicitor
    2. accused
    3. complainant
    4. respondent
35. The judge was incorruptible.
    1. frank
    2. unreliable
    3. incorrigible
    4. honest
36. Mr. Preye is a stern father.
    1. wicked
    2. loving
    3. conservative
    4. strict
37. My first son is an unusually audacious boy.
    1. daring
    2. conservative
    3. cowardly
    4. mischievous
38. Amina often makes derogatory remarks about her husband.
    1. arrogant
    2. belittling
    3. laudable
    4. discreet

Section 5

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

39. For such a serous offence, Etim was lucky to⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯with a fine
    1. get over
    2. get on
    3. get away
    4. get off
40. The members of the Association were just rounding ⋯⋯⋯⋯ their discussion when the police arrived.
    1. up
    2. off
    3. of
    4. in
41. I could not attend the meeting, so l asked my sister to stand ⋯⋯⋯ for me.
    1. up
    2. by
    3. in
    4. on
42. I tendered for the contract, but my application ⋯⋯⋯⋯
    1. fell in
    2. fell off
    3. fell through
    4. fell down
43. He is Mr. Bello’s son, ⋯⋯⋯?
    1. isn’t he
    2. isn’t it
    3. is it
    4. he is
44. You will help me with my assignment, ⋯⋯⋯?
    1. can you
    2. could you
    3. would you
    4. won’t you
45. I bought my ⋯⋯⋯ today.
    1. very green first party dress
    2. green very party first dress C.
    3. first green very party dress D.
    4. very first green party dress.
46. Although he was not born in Yorubaland, ⋯⋯⋯⋯
    1. he can't speak the language.
    2. he can't write the language.
    3. he can speak the language.
    4. but he can speak the language.
47. Adaku and Udoka were curious ⋯⋯⋯⋯was coming to see their father.
    1. at
    2. about
    3. in
    4. of
48. Moji says she is better at Maths ⋯⋯⋯⋯
    1. as me
    2. than l am
    3. as I am
    4. with me
49. I had never ⋯⋯⋯ been so humiliated in my life.
    1. being so
    2. so being
    3. been so
    4. so been
50. He ⋯⋯⋯⋯ the scene before the accident occurred.
    1. leaves
    2. has left
    3. left
    4. had left
51. The proposer’s argument was ⋯⋯⋯convincing than that of his opponent.
    1. much more
    2. most
    3. much
    4. more much
52. The cloth is ⋯⋯⋯ bright for my liking.
    1. very
    2. so
    3. quite
    4. too
53. By the time they arrive, we ⋯⋯⋯bathe work.
    1. shall have finished
    2. could have finished
    3. will finish
    4. have finished
54. This engine is⋯⋯⋯ that one.
    1. superior than
    2. more superior than
    3. more superior to
    4. superior to
55. Janet could not attend the party because she ⋯⋯⋯ with the flu over the weekend.
    1. came up
    2. came down
    3. came away
    4. came in
56. The new student made a good impression ⋯⋯⋯ the rest of the class
    1. with
    2. at
    3. on
    4. for
57. Could I borrow⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯ cash please?
    1. a little
    2. a few
    3. much
    4. few
58. It is ⋯⋯⋯⋯ this background that we can understand the issue clearly.
    1. for
    2. against
    3. with
    4. on
59. The teacher told the pupils to commit the poem ⋯⋯⋯ memory
    1. to
    2. in
    3. onto
    4. inside
60. ⋯⋯⋯⋯ we waited, Ayo read the poem over again.
    1. While
    2. When
    3. Where
    4. Why
61. I expect everybody to respect⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯
    1. itself
    2. ourselves
    3. himself
    4. oneself
62. You are ⋯⋯⋯⋯for having that painful experience.
    1. none the best
    2. none the worst
    3. none the worse
    4. nonetheless
63. ⋯⋯⋯⋯ is not good for children.
    1. To have skipped breakfast
    2. Skip breakfast
    3. To have been skipping breakfast
    4. Skipping breakfast
64. The manager is leaving the company to ⋯⋯⋯⋯ a new appointment elsewhere.
    1. take over
    2. take on
    3. take off
    4. take up
65. Since we were not given all the things we requested, we should ⋯⋯⋯⋯with what we have.
    1. make up
    2. make out
    3. make do
    4. make over
66. Nigerians will have ⋯⋯⋯⋯ to blame for withdrawing from the competition at the last minute.
    1. themselves
    2. one another
    3. each other
    4. ourselves
67. Many people do not ⋯⋯⋯⋯their religious profession.
    1. live by
    2. live to
    3. live with
    4. live on
68. ⋯⋯⋯⋯a new teacher, she does not know much about the behavior of the students.
    1. Being
    2. Having been
    3. Been
    4. Having being
69. The principal hoped that he ⋯⋯⋯⋯to help the students.
    1. can be able
    2. is able
    3. would be able
    4. must be able
70. The lecturer arrived exactly ⋯⋯⋯⋯time to give the talk.
    1. on
    2. with
    3. by
    4. in
71. Olumide initially disliked Mathematics, but ⋯⋯⋯⋯ time he began to like it.
    1. by
    2. on
    3. with
    4. at
72. The judge says that no one ⋯⋯⋯⋯ the law.
    1. over
    2. above
    3. after
    4. across
73. The officer ⋯⋯⋯⋯ that he was not supposed to talk fo the press on the matter.
    1. will know
    2. shall know
    3. could have known
    4. should have known
74. He is a devil’s dare; I really________ be surprised that he has escaped.
    1. ought to
    2. oughtn’t
    3. could
    4. couldn’t
75. This is Bisi's handwriting; there _____be no argument about it.
    1. will
    2. may
    3. might
    4. can

Section 6

In the following passage, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the list below the passage, four options are given in columns lettered A to D. Choose the word that is most suitable to fill the numbered gaps in the passage.

PASSAGE A

Jide bought his car last year and now there is the need forenew the—76—.The firsttime he went to Mr. Olumide, the—77—,he was advised to —78—a —79—rather than —80— cover. Mr. Olumide had carefully explained the merits and the demerits of both types, which include the fact that one was far more—81—than the other. Now Jide has cause to smile because of his entitlement to a no-claim —82—. Being a careful owner-driver, he has not been involved in any —83—during the period. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for his friend, Jackson, whose car was a total —84—after a —85—with a truck. He could not even make any claim for —86—, because he was not —87—at all. Jackson’s experience clearly points to the need for insurance—88—to educate prospective—89—on the benefits of insurance.

	A	B	C	D
76	road worthiness	chassis	insurance policy	vehicle dues
77	road superintendent	insurance broker	drawing instructor	licensing officer
78	take out	take up	take on	take in
79	yearly licence	yearly premium	cheaper deal	comprehensive policy
80	second rate	first party	third party	third rate
81	expensive	prohibitive	exclusive	impressive
82	deduction	bonus	dividend	reward
83	incident	event	accident	quarrel
84	wash-out	write-up	knock-out	write-off
85	collision	collusion	contact	confrontation
86	damage	repair	damages	improvement
87	endorsed	recognized	insured	authorized
88	agents	vendors	administrators	dealers
89	customers	buyers	clients	applicants

PASSAGE B

The persistent fuel—90— in the country paralyzed all aspects of life especially in the cities. The streets were often—91— of the usual hustle and—92— that characterized city life. A visitor might erroneously think it was a public holiday, until he came near a—93-–. There he would find long—94— of haphazardly parked vehicles waiting to buy the non-existent fuel from the idle —95—.

Another look at the bus stops would reveal groups of people anxiously trying to get to their places of work. Even car owners used the few—96—buses, the drivers of which had increased the—97— by anything from 100 to 500 percent.

Though this could be very annoying,—98—should not blame the drivers for the —99—rates because the drivers had to pay through the nose to procure fuel at the —100—.

	A	B	C	D
90	paucity	scarcity	withdrawal	subsidy
91	full	derailed	deserted	devoid
92	struggle	bustle	juggle	tussle
93	market place	park	filling station	fuel deposit
94	Columns	crowds	lines	queues
95	hands	pumps	motors	tanks
96	inaccessible	available	agreeable	pliable
97	fees	levies	fares	money
98	transporters	voyagers	conductors	passengers
99	exorbitant	moderate	exquisite	fair
100	back door	black market	fuel deposit	open market

English Language 3 - Test of Orals

Section 1

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined. An example is given below:

Example: seat A.sit B. cite C. set D. key

The correct answer is D because only key contains the same vowel sound as the one underlined in seat.

1. work
   1. port
   2. talk
   3. nurse
   4. lock
2. grew
   1. sew
   2. who
   3. pul
   4. know
3. deep
   1. police
   2. twice
   3. kick
   4. spill
4. hill
   1. chief
   2. hike
   3. save
   4. fit
5. best
   1. regale
   2. vehicle
   3. many
   4. legal
6. hunt
   1. rough
   2. cough
   3. huge
   4. burnt
7. flock
   1. love
   2. onion
   3. bottle
   4. saw
8. force
   1. worse
   2. pause
   3. bus
   4. yarn
9. cat
   1. last
   2. cut
   3. plate
   4. car
10. car
    1. clerk
    2. man
    3. plait
    4. quay
11. buy
    1. bury
    2. buoy
    3. heinous
    4. eight
12. float
    1. oven
    2. hoard
    3. poll
    4. hop
13. way
    1. says
    2. great
    3. plaque
    4. height
14. about
    1. round
    2. dough
    3. thought
    4. country
15. fair
    1. dear
    2. hear
    3. bier
    4. rare

Section 2

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s) as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined. An example is given below:

Example: vice A. cat B. dress C. show D. chalk

The correct answer is B because only dress contains the same consonant sound as the one underlined in vice.

16. bang
    1. sand
    2. singe
    3. hung
    4. bug
17. these
    1. clothe
    2. worth
    3. thank
    4. path
18. vision
    1. attention
    2. repression
    3. intention
    4. illusion
19. physics
    1. verse
    2. faction
    3. shepherd
    4. psychic
20. check
    1. choir
    2. chaos
    3. chimney
    4. machine
21. cool
    1. accuse
    2. ocean
    3. censure
    4. cellar
22. slap
    1. phase
    2. post
    3. crops
    4. coup
23. shame
    1. bench
    2. toss
    3. nation
    4. yatch
24. toast
    1. begged
    2. warned
    3. listen
    4. capped
25. thin
    1. length
    2. tin
    3. thyme
    4. there
26. asked
    1. axed
    2. grasped
    3. masked
    4. taxed
27. apply
    1. help
    2. please
    3. tulip
    4. print
28. pneumonia
    1. damn
    2. solemn
    3. hymn
    4. knew
29. zoo
    1. resign
    2. assist
    3. converse
    4. rice
30. baby
    1. dumb
    2. lamb
    3. stab
    4. climb

Section 3

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.An example is given below:

Example: detain A.obtain B. detail C. claim D. relay

The correct answer is A because only obtain rhymes with detain.

31. Serial
    1. carrier
    2. serious
    3. unreal
    4. rally
32. Deceit
    1. receipt
    2. appeal
    3. resit
    4. conceive
33. Could
    1. food
    2. blood
    3. wooed
    4. wood
34. Curtail
    1. until
    2. fail
    3. defile
    4. feel
35. While
    1. buy
    2. boil
    3. bile
    4. boy

Section 4

In each of the following questions, the main primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters.

From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress. An example is given below:

Example: democratic A. DE-mo-cra-tic B. de-MO-cra-tic C. de-mo-CRA-tic D. de-mo-cra-TIC

The correct answer is C because the main/primary stress of the word democratic is on the third syllable.

36. Matrimony
    1. ma—TRI—mo—ny
    2. ma—tri—MO—ny
    3. ma—tri—mo—NY
    4. MA—tri—mo—ny
37. Advertisement
    1. ad—ver—TISE—ment
    2. ad—ver—tise—MENT
    3. ad—VER—tise—ment
    4. AD—ver—tise—ment
38. Formidable
    1. FOR—mi—da—ble
    2. for—MI—da—ble
    3. for—mi—DA—ble
    4. for—mi—da—BLE
39. Category
    1. cat—E—go—ry
    2. CAT—e—go—ry
    3. cat—e—GO—ry
    4. cat—e—go—RY
40. Delicacy
    1. del—I—ca—cy
    2. del—i—CA—cy
    3. del—i—ca—CY
    4. DEL—i—ca—cy

Section 5

In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except one have the same stress pattern. Identify the one with the different stress pattern and shade your answer in the usual way. An example is given below:

Example: A.away B. apart C. behind D. river

Options A,B,C are all stressed on the second syllable while option D is the only one stressed on the first syllable.

41. 1. Success
    2. Extent
    3. Colleague
    4. Acute
42. 1. Despite
    2. Petrol
    3. Vomit
    4. Wardrobe
43. 1. Component
    2. Importance
    3. Distribute
    4. Revenue
44. 1. Benefit
    2. Deposit
    3. Difficult
    4. Prevalent
45. 1. Schedule
    2. Country
    3. Finance
    4. Fountain

Section 6

In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the questions lettered A to D, choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer. An example is given below:

Example: my mother's FRIEND hates pet

1. does your mother's boss hates pets?
2. Does your mother's friend love pets?
3. Does your mother's friend hate toys?
4. Does your mother's friend hate pets?

The correct answer is A because My mother's FRIEND hates pets answers the question, Does your mother's boss hate pets?

46. Tamuno confesses that he STOLE the car.
    1. Did Thomas confess that he stole the car?
    2. Did Tamuno confess that he borrowed the car?
    3. Did Tamuno deny that he stole the car?
    4. Did Tamuno confess that he stole the lorry?
47. Dad requested the DRIVER to open the door.
    1. Did Mum request the driver to open the door?
    2. Did Dad order the driver to open the door?
    3. Did Dad request the gardener to open the door?
    4. Did Dad request the driver to shut the door?
48. The housemaid lock the baby in the FRIDGE.
    1. Did the steward lock the baby in the fridge?
    2. Did the housemaid cool the baby in the fridge?
    3. Did the housemaid lock the cat in the fridge?
    4. Did the housemaid lock the baby in the toilet?
49. Musa found the money UNDER Mum’s mattress.
    1. Did Musa found the money inside Mum’s mattress?
    2. Did Musa steal the money under Mum’s mattress?
    3. Did Ayo find the money under Mum’s mattress?
    4. Did Miss find the wristwatch under Mum’s mattress?
50. The AMBASSADORS are visiting Nigeria tomorrow.
    1. Are the ambassadors visiting Ghana tomorrow?
    2. Are the athletes visiting Nigeria tomorrow?
    3. Are the ambassadors visiting Nigeria next week?
    4. Are the ambassadors leaving Nigeria tomorrow?

Section 7

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol. An example is given below:

Example: / Ic / A.yell B. holy C. boy D. idiot

The correct answer is C because only boy contains the sound represented by the given symbol. therefore, answer C would be shaded.

51. /Ə/
    1. Increase
    2. Perform
    3. Tidy
    4. Divert
52. /Λ /
    1. Colour
    2. Loss
    3. Though
    4. Collar
53. / /
    1. Rude
    2. Fun
    3. Push
    4. Rush
54. /ӡ:/
    1. Heart
    2. Clerk
    3. Part
    4. Earth
55. /I/
    1. Amoeba
    2. Woman
    3. Rescind
    4. Police
56. /ʃ/
    1. Cheat
    2. Match
    3. Clash
    4. Forge
57. /ʒ/
    1. Regime
    2. Fragile
    3. Huge
    4. Gender
58. /θ/
    1. Writhe
    2. Smooth
    3. Northern
    4. Worth
59. /s/
    1. Resound
    2. Cease
    3. Houses
    4. Design
60. /z/
    1. Worse
    2. Goose
    3. Bats
    4. Whose