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UTME / JAMB 2010
Synonyms (Nearest in Meaning)
Solution
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
This is an abridge version of No longer at Ease?
A
an outdated
B
an enlarged
C
an illiustrated
D
a shortened
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Abridge; shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12584)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Lemoti ....... as a painter, but also as a sculptor?
A
is gifted only not
B
is only not gifted
C
is gifted not only
D
is only gifted
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Lemoti is gifted not only as a painter, but also as a sculptor?
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12585)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
He can recall the important dates in the nation's history, it is interesting to listen as he rattles........?
A
off
B
over
C
up
D
out
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
He can recall the important dates in the nation's history, it is interesting to listen as he rattles off?
Rattle off; To say or recite something very quickly, without much thought or consideration.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12586)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Last Monday his father asked me, ....... ?
A
if i had come some days before
B
if I had come the day before
C
did you come yesterday
D
had I come yesterday
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Last Monday his father asked me, if I had come the day before
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12587)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
The boy told his mother...... ?
A
that was the girl he told her about
B
that was the girl I told you about her
C
that was the girl I told her about
D
that is the girl he told her about
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The boy told his mother, that was the girl he told her about
The simple rule is that "is" is present tense and "was" is past tense. If it's happening now, you use "is". If it happened in the past, you use "was".
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12588)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
His wife was badly injured in the fracas, but I think she will pull ....... ?
A
up
B
over
C
through
D
back
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
His wife was badly injured in the fracas, but I think she will pull through
You pull through when yoy get through an illness or other dangerous or difficult situation.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12589)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
A wide range of options ....... made available to students in their final year last year?
A
is
B
were
C
are
D
was
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
A wide range of options were made available to students in their final year last year?
The common rule that determines how you use “was” and “were” is that singular and plural rule. If the noun is singular, you use was. If the noun is plural, you use were.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12590)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
One of the women who ...... in the premises ...... been ordered to quit?
A
sells / have
B
sell / has
C
sell / have
D
sells / has
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Has is used alongside the PRONOUNS He / She / It and Who and SINGULAR NOUNS.
We use ''sell'' because the sentence refers to a single person in its present tense
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12591)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
The new trade agreement should facilitate ....... ?
A
more economic rapid growth
B
economic more rapid growth
C
rapid economic more growth
D
more rapid economic growth
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The new trade agreement should facilitate more rapid economic growth
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12592)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
The principal said that he was pleased ...... my effort?
A
on
B
of
C
with
D
about
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The principal said that he was pleased with my effort?
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12593)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Synonyms (Nearest in Meaning)
Solution
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The panacea for a country's economic mess lies in systematic planning and hardwork?
A
cure
B
hope
C
foresight
D
trouble
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
panacea; a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
Option A is the nearest in meaning to the underlined word
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12594)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Long after everyone ....... the hall, Obi still sat inside?
A
left
B
is leaving
C
has left
D
had left
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Long after everyone had left the hall, Obi still sat inside?
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12595)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
When we looked up, we ...... the plane some miles away?
A
site
B
cited
C
sited
D
sighted
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
When we looked up, we sighted the plane some miles away?
sighted; (of a person) having the ability to see; not blind.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12596)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
They are the ...... dresses.
A
babys'
B
baby
C
babies
D
babies'
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
They are the babies's dresses?
Babies's: possessive plural noun
'They' refers to the 'dresses' which indicates plurality.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12597)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
Vital ...... is still spread ..... word of mouth in most villages in Africa?
A
information / from
B
information / with
C
information / by
D
information / through
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Vital information is still spread by word of mouth in most villages in Africa?
By; is mostly used when referring to a means of something,
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12598)