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50 Questions in 30 Minutes

Table of Contents

Time’s Up!

Use of English Quiz

Once you click the START button, you will be presented with 50 Use of English questions from UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening. You are to attempt every question within 30 minutes. Note that questions are randomly generated each time you attempt the quiz so feel free to retake the quiz as many times as possible to get new questions.

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1. “He must carry his cross” mean........?

a) He suffers by destiny

b) She is a Christian

c) He is a disciple

d) He is a minister of God

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2. Choose a word opposite in meaning: SPENDTHRIFT

a) foolish

b) miser

c) happy

d) loan

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3. Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word

HONOUR

a) hyena

b) hotel

c) Humane

d) Human

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4. Which of the following is wrong?

a) Ship wreck

b) Boat sink

c) Plane crash

d) Car accident

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5. Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others.

a) Deep

b) lace

c) lease

d) Meet

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6. Someone who persists in doing the wrong thing even after he has been punished is said to be………….?

a) Disobedient

b) Stubborn

c) Heady

d) Recalcitrant

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7. NEAREST IN MEANING

Thousands of students are candidates for the examination but only very few pass.

a) Come into

b) turn up for

c) go into

d) Enter for

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8. Which of the following is the odd one out?

a) architects

b) teachers

c) labourers

d) lawyers

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9. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

I meant... a pencil but there was no one... them

a) buying/selling

b) buying/to sell

c) to buy/to sell

d) to buy/selling

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10. Be careful! We are approaching the crossroads.

a) look in

b) watch out

c) Look out

d) Look up

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11. She was the first woman to stand ..........election to parliament.

a) by

b) for

c) to

d) through

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12. He got the job and suddenly became swollen headed means …..…?

a) The job made him a big man

b) The job is full of hazards

c) The job made him become proud

d) The job made him wealthy

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13. Wise is to Foolish as Vein is to

a) proud

b) modest

c) pretty

d) conceit

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14. The fire destroyed MANY lives.

a) Did the fire spare any lives?

b) Did the fire destroy the village?

c) Did the fire destroy some houses?

d) Did the fire destroy any lives?

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15. “My Heart Jumped into my mouth” What is the meaning of the above statement?

a) to be discouraged

b) to be hungry

c) to be afraid

d) To be confused

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16. I have always believed that my mother is a very impassioned woman

a) Impassive

b) emotional

c) emotive

d) Impartial

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17. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Finally, I assured him that I would not go back on my word.

a) Return to a place

b) return to a certain word when reading

c) fail to keep my promise

d) Re-use my word

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18. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

Mrs. Okoro….. in this school since 1975

a) was teaching

b) is teaching

c) Taught

d) teaches

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19. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

In spite of her grim situation, the young widow smiled dutifully at the visitor's pleasantries

a) sad stories

b) condolence messages

c) Unkind comments

d) jocular remarks

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20. Choose a word opposite in meaning: DISSENT

a) indissent

b) undissent

c) dissent

d) assent

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21. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The culprits will surrender their loot to the customs officials.

a) give up.

b) Give away

c) give ou

d) Give in

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22. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

Paulina arrived late, she... the right route.

a) could not have taking

b) Cannot have taken

c) could not have taken

d) could not had taken

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23. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The new school is not provided with... for science practical.

a) An equipment

b) enough equipment

c) enough equipments

d) equipment

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24. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

That punch by the young boxer
proved to be fatal

a) Effective

b) deadly

c) belated

d) Hard

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25. In the question below, choose the expression which best completes each sentence

a) The employees were not working hard, and so the factory would be closed

b) The employees should not close early so that they could produce more

c) The factory was closed because the employees did not work hard enough

d) The factory would be shut if the employees did not increase their output

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26. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The boy was told that the lie would need several more pints of blood to survive.

a) Plenty

b) Many

c) much

d) some

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27. In the question below, choose the expression which best completes each sentence

The student who went home without an exeat has apologized….. his misconduct

a) On

b) about

c) For

d) at

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28. NEAREST IN MEANING

He went through the fire before he qualified as a doctor

a) made a lot of fire

b) required a lot of fire

c) Had a fire acciden

d) suffered a lot

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29. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: MISERABLE

a) mischief

b) mistake

c) wicked

d) wretched

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30. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the Principal and the Vice Principal.

a) They work independently.

b) They dislike each other

c) They cannot part company

d) They like each other

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31. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The speaker took his audience down memory lane before he went to the topic of his lecture.

a) recalled events from the past

b) Told a tale about a place called Memory Lane

c) Took his audience on a journey through a street called Memory Lane

d) gave an outline of his lecture

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32. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Pot

a) word

b) what

c) Port

d) Correct

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33. Femi is very Presumptuous whereas his friend is ………..

a) pompous

b) modest

c) proud

d) kind

34 / 50

34. It is right to say, switch................or put...................the light subject to the type
of light.

a) off/off

b) off/out

c) of/off

d) out/off

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35. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The essay topic is nebulous.

a) Clear

b) distinct

c) Vague

d) incorrect

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36. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The presence of security men in the area will provide a moment of respite for the residents.

a) lasting security

b) soothing relaxation.

c) Enduring reprieve

d) temporary relief

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37. Humility is a virtue while ................ can be regarded as a vice

a) pride

b) proud

c) position

d) curiosity

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38. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The Governor rejected the bill and withheld his….....

a) Assent

b) Access

c) ascent

d) accent

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39. “I challenge the public to put teeth into the law” means..................

a) to activate the law

b) to reject the law

c) to review the law

d) to council the law

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40. Choose the one that has the correct stress

Laboratory

a) la-bor-A-tory

b) LA-bor-a-tory

c) la-bor-a-TORY

d) la-BOR-a-tory

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41. Choose the word that has the same
consonant sound(s) as the one
presented by the letter(s)
underlined

Time

a) Debut

b) depot

c) Water

d) weathe

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42. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Leopard

a) led (Noun)

b) people

c) Leaven

d) Geology

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43. Choose a word opposite in meaning: PROFANE

a) stiff

b) profuse

c) beautiful

d) sacred

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44. NEAREST IN MEANING

Can you give a good explanation for your behaviour?

a) give up

b) Clear up

c) Account for

d) call for

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45. A group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word in order to change its meaning e.g. ‘’un’’, ‘’anti’’, is ………………?

a) Pronouns

b) Suffix

c) Prefix

d) Antonym

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46. NEAREST IN MEANING

Our town is so small that we are always meeting our schoolmates accidentally.

a) knocking up

b) running into

c) falling into

d) Coining across

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47. Identify the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

a) Discourse

b) Accelerate

c) intimate

d) integral

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48. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined

Faeces

a) Peasant

b) pain

c) Polices

d) pear

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49. They waited in a state of feverish anxiety...... their mother to come home.

a) until

b) till

c) to

d) for

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50. NEAREST IN MEANING

Once I have finished all my homework, I am permitted to watch television.

a) I can only finish my homework after permission to watch television

b) Television comes first then homework second

c) I can only watch television after doing my homework.

d) I can watch television at any time.

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