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UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Vowel & Consonant Sounds
Solution
Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.
book
A
cool
B
cook
C
fool
D
tool
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Book; /bʊk/
cook; /kʊk/
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30210)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Vowel & Consonant Sounds
Solution
Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.
village
A
page
B
pig
C
made
D
came
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
village is pronounced as [vɪlɪdʒ]
page pronounced as [peɪdʒ]
you can clearly see they both have the same vowel sounds stated as [|ɪdʒ] as our emphasis.
source; wikipedia and the british/ american dictionary.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30212)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Vowel & Consonant Sounds
Solution
Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.
patch
A
starch
B
fare
C
mad
D
came
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
patch; /patʃ/
mad; /mad/
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30214)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Vowel & Consonant Sounds
Solution
Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.
tangerine
A
gear
B
danger
C
girl
D
ignore
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Tangerine; /tan(d)ʒəˈriːn/
Danger; /ˈdeɪn(d)ʒə/
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30216)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Vowel & Consonant Sounds
Solution
Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.
hair
A
heir
B
hour
C
honest
D
house
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
hair; /hɛː/
house; /haʊs/
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30218)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Vowel & Consonant Sounds
Solution
Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.
edition
A
bash
B
catch
C
bastion
D
rating
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
edition: /ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/
bash: /ˈbasʃ/
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30229)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
Answer the following question below and choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are underlined in capital letters.
demarcation
A
demarCAtion
B
DEmarcation
C
deMARcation
D
demarcaTION
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Words ending with ''tion'' are stressed on the syllable before the ''tion''. Hence demarcation would be stressed as;
de-mar-CA-tion
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30248)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
Answer the following question below and choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are underlined in capital letters.
impossible
A
imPOSsible
B
IMpossible
C
imposSIBLE
D
impossiBLE
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
In English, "impossible" is a four-syllable word with the stress on the second syllable. Stress tends to avoid syllables with a weak vowel i.e. /ə/ and /ɪ/ which is present in every syllable except the second.
im-POS-si-ble → The stress falls on "POS", making option A the correct answer.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30249)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Solution
Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable
A
nineteen
B
mother
C
estate
D
announce
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
In two syllable nouns and adjectives, the first syllable takes on the stress.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30250)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Spelling, Punctuation & Word Formation
Solution
Choose the option that has the stress on the first syllable.
A
commute
B
import (verb)
C
intend
D
export (noun)
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
One common pronunciation convention many guides provide is that nouns and adjectives with two or more syllables will have stress placed on the first syllable, while verbs and prepositions tend to have their stress on the second syllable. Hence we have;
EX-port
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30254)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
Answer the following question below , 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
In responding to questions on emphatic stress in examinations, interrogative sentences will be provided as options. The interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option. The word ''hide'' in option D contradicts the emphasized word ''narrate''
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30260)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
Answer the following question below , 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 responding to questions on emphatic stress in examinations, interrogative sentences will be provided as options. The interrogative sentence that contradicts the emphasized word is the correct option.'''cashier'' contradicts the word ''accountant''.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30262)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Oral English: Stress, Rhymes & Intonation
Solution
Answer the following question below , 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 eat the rat?
D
Is this the rat that the cat devoured?
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
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 C is the correct answer here because the word ''eat contradicts ''devour''
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30263)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 16
A
in the penultimate
B
in the first
C
around
D
for
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 #30293)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 2012
Clauses, Phrases, Voice & Reported Speech
Solution
Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 17
A
type
B
cause
C
period
D
symptom
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
symptom; a physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #30294)