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English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word underlined.
After the wedding, the wife became anorexic
A
obese
B
melancholic
C
excited
D
skinny
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
To be anorexic means to have an eating disorder resulting to an abnormally low body weight. Consequently, the direct opposite herein, is to be obese or fat.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55311)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined.
Procrastination is the enemy of progress
A
acceleration
B
laziness
C
hardwork
D
tiredness
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
When someone doesn't procrastinate or postpone things unnecessarily for example out of laziness, then he or she accelerates the pace of the work required.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55315)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined.
Chief Money-Miss-Road is a sitting duck
A
vulnerable
B
invincible
C
lazy
D
quick-witted
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Invincible is the correct answer. To be a sitting duck means to be without any form of protection against an attack from an enemy or from danger.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55316)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the one opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined.
I abhor a traitor
A
fallacious person
B
reveler of secrets
C
progressive element
D
keeper of secrets
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
A traitor is a person who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle.
The option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word is optic 'c' (keeper of secret). A traitor is no keeper of secrets, but rather a revealer of one.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55319)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket
Cacoph[o]ny
A
Sole
B
sun
C
scissors
D
comb
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The vowel sound /∂/ here is perceivable in the syllable in block form, e.g. bro-thER. In the same vein, the 'OR' in 'scissors' has the same sound.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55331)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket
Non[ch]alant
A
television
B
arch
C
champagne
D
chest
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Champagne is the correct answer. The /∫/ sound prevalent here is evidenced in the pronunciation of the 'SH' of 'shout' of which the 'CH' in Champagne belongs to.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55333)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket;
Smoo[th]
A
worth
B
wealthy
C
brother
D
dress
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Brother is the correct answer. The sound present here is pronounceable from the 'TH' in 'these' (not /d/ as in 'drug' or /∅/ as in 'thanks')
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55335)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket
Ask[ed]
A
whistle
B
bed
C
set
D
Third
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Set is the correct answer. The sound /t/ as in 'set' .
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55338)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket;
Lo[s]e
A
loose
B
sue
C
refuse
D
phones
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
'phones' is the correct answer. The sound /z/ is pronounceable with the letter 's'
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55339)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the word that has a different stress pattern
A
incinerator
B
indicate
C
increase
D
euphemism
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Its second syllable is stressed unlike the rest of the options where the first syllable is stressed.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55341)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Choose the word that has the same rhyme scheme.
Dice
A
mint
B
rice
C
fried
D
case
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The sound is obtainable in the pronunciation of 'dice' and 'rice'.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55346)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
The traditional chief NARRATED the story to the children
A
the children heard the story from the traditional chief
B
who narrated the story to the children
C
the children could not listen to the story by the traditional chief
D
did the chief hide the story from the children
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
By way of juxtaposition, and recurring emphatic importance, Did the chief hide the story from the children is the most preferred answer.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55347)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
The ACCOUNTANT paid the workers july salary in september
A
when were the workers paid
B
did the cashier pay the workers salary in september
C
workers received their july salary in september
D
the september salary was paid in july
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
In answering questions on emphatic stress, the answer in direct reversal to the one in block form and that seeks to clearly restate and provoke the statement is the most suitable. This is why did the cashier pay the workers salary in september is right.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55349)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress, Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
The cat DEVOURED the rat
A
did the rat devour the cat
B
what devoured the rat
C
did the cat pet the rat
D
is this rat that the cat devoured
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Did the cat pet the rat is the correct answer. The same reasoning in the authoritative answer to Question 59 is also relevant here to support Option as the most suitable answer.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55350)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
English Grammar
Solution
Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A
The characteristics of sea anemones
B
The variation of sea life
C
The defense of coelenterates
D
A comparison of land and sea animals
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The extract plainly is an exposition to the nature and attributes of sea anemones.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55351)