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UTME / JAMB 2016
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
For these questions, choose the option that rhyme with the given words.
risen
A
prison
B
motion
C
portion
D
rising
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
risen: rɪzən
prison: /ˈprɪz(ə)n/
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44823)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
For these questions, choose the option that rhyme with the given words.
''terror''
A
tenor
B
warrior
C
error
D
furrow
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
terror: /ˈtɛrə/
error: /ˈɛrə/
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44824)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
For these questions, choose the option that rhyme with the given words.
crowd
A
crow
B
bard
C
aloud
D
crawl
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
crowd: /kraʊd/
aloud: /əˈlaʊd/
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44825)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter (s)
inoffensive
A
inOFfensive
B
inoffenSIVE
C
inofFENsive
D
INoffensive
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Pronounced as in/of/FEN/sive.
The third syllable is more pronounced.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44826)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter (s)
obligation
A
obliGAtion
B
OBligation
C
obligaTION
D
obLIgation
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
In nouns ending -isation or -ization, we stress the /eɪ/:
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44837)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter (s)
disagreement
A
disAgreement
B
disaGREEment
C
DISagreement
D
disagreeMENT
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Primary syllable stress: dis-a-gree-ment
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44839)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
The car CRUSHED him.
A
Who did the car crush?
B
Did a car crush him?
C
What crushed him?
D
Did the car injure him?
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
In responding to questions on emphatic stress, Interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. This means that, the statement that does not have the emphasized word in it is the correct answer. Option D is the correct answer here because the word ''injure contradicts crushed''.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44840)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
Lamide is VERY hostile?
A
Is Lamide so hostile?
B
Is Lamide friendly?
C
Was Lamide very hostile?
D
Who is hostile?
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
In responding to questions on emphatic stress, Interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. Option A is the correct answer here.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44841)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
My house is a BUNGALOW
A
Is my house a terrace ?
B
was my house a bungalow?
C
Is my house the bungalow?
D
Is his house a bungalow?
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
To answer question on emphatic stress, the sentence that doesn't have the emphatic word becomes the correct answer. From the question, the emphatic stress is the word ''BUNGALOW''. only one option does not have bungalow in it which is option A
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44842)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Reading Comprehension, Summary & Composition
Solution
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A
Suspicion often stimulates inquisitiveness
B
Every human conduct often gives rise to curiosity
C
Our environment always inhibits curiosity
D
Curiosity is effective where there is no room for it
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
According to the passage, curiosity comes alive as a result of our inquisitiveness and suspicion of events happening with people around us.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44843)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Reading Comprehension, Summary & Composition
The word absorbed as used in the passage, means
A
disturbed
B
engrossed
C
covered
D
entailed
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option B.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44844)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Reading Comprehension, Summary & Composition
From the passage, it can be deduced that curiosity thrives
A
through conducts that are inimical to our activities
B
if we are able to probe into what others are thinking
C
only if we become suspicious of people's motives
D
if the subject of discussion is of interest to us
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option C.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44845)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Reading Comprehension, Summary & Composition
The author seems to suggest that curiosity is
A
misleading
B
inborn
C
learned
D
acquired
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option B.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44847)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [....11.....] above
A
agitators
B
witnesses
C
congregations
D
spectators
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option D.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44864)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2016
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [....12.....] above
A
stage
B
circle
C
track
D
ring
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option D.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #44866)