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English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Solution
Alice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala.
A
Outskirts
B
Suburbs
C
Interior
D
Outside
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Outskirts is often used to refer to the outer parts of a town or city.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55250)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs & Collocations
Solution
When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job.
A
sufferings
B
Happenings
C
Rounds
D
Bouts
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Bouts indicate short periods of intense activity of a specified kind.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55251)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Clauses, Phrases, Voice & Reported Speech
Solution
She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home.
A
Attracted
B
Visited
C
Noticed
D
Alerted
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
A neighbor who saw and observed Alice decided to come to her aid by alerting the mobile care unit
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55252)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
They convinced her to start taking proper ..4.......
A
Cure
B
Medication
C
Measures
D
Precautions
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Medication refers to treatment using drugs or other form medicine to improve a particular condition or illness.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55253)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Solution
After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live.
A
Intensive
B
Healthy
C
Safe
D
Heavy
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Intensive means thorough and is usually used to describe a situation involving a lot of effort or activity.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55254)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly.
A
Strikes
B
Burns
C
Ticks
D
Drops
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Strikes as in this context means to occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55256)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population.
A
Judges
B
Supposes
C
proposes
D
Estimates
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
To estimate is to approximately calculate or form a judgment of the value, number, extent or quantity of something.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55257)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Synonyms (Nearest in Meaning)
Solution
Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket.
This type of response is [typical] of a lazy teacher
A
symptomatic
B
characteristics
C
universal
D
incontestable
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Characteristic is correct answer. A thing is described as 'typical' of something else when becomes an observable and noticeable quality or attribute of it.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54940)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Oral English: Vowel & Consonant Sounds
Solution
Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket
Orthop[ae]dic
A
elite
B
impasse
C
cacophony
D
sharp
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Elite is the correct answer. The vowel /i:/ pronounced as 'eee' (as in letter E e.g. tea) sound is present
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54941)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Oral English: Vowel & Consonant Sounds
Solution
Choose the word with the same vowel sound as the one in bracket
Band[a]ge
A
kite
B
says
C
cacophony
D
cage
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
'Bandage' is pronounced as /bandɪdʒ/ with the [a] in bandage having the 'i' vowel sound, and option C 'cacophony' has the same vowel sound as with the letter 'y'.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54943)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
A suitable title for the above passage can be:
A
Mass communication
B
The mass media and the people
C
The purpose of mass media
D
The good and the bad side of the media
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The passage is expository enough to largely cover mass communication as a career, practice, relative importance and societal impact and effect.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55047)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Reading Comprehension, Summary & Composition
Solution
The means of mass media can be summarized into:
A
Radio, Television and Newspaper
B
Newspaper,books and journals
C
Print and Electronic
D
Print, Electronic and Advertisement
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Mass media means technology that is intended to reach a mass audience. It is the primary means of communication used to reach the vast majority of the general public. The most common platforms for mass media according to the passage are newspapers, magazines, radio, television. These can be summarized into print (Newspaper, magazines) and electronic (Radio and Television)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55057)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease.
A
Limits
B
Anticipates
C
Monitors
D
Increases
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The Ugandan AIDS Commission seeks to check and curb the spread of the disease.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55258)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures.
A
Facilities
B
Amenities
C
Condition
D
Provisions
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The most suitable and all embracing answer here is facilities.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55259)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2019
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.
A
Denies
B
Claims
C
Rejects
D
Imagines
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Denies is the best answer. It is unarguably true that AIDS in Ugandan is a disaster worse off than the tragedies of their Civil War.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #55261)