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50 Questions in 30 Minutes

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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. Battering involves..............one’s wife

a) kissing

b) carrying

c) beating

d) caring

2 / 50

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

a) proud

b) kind

c) modest

d) pompous

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3. Identify the word that has stress on the second syllable.

a) Reproduce

b) Always

c) understand

d) result

4 / 50

4. 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) gave an outline of his lecture

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

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

Rich citizens are often niggardly in their ways

a) Miserly

b) pompous

c) sordid

d) Beggarly

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6. Nearest in meaning

My father was at the apogee of his career when he was retired

a) least productive stage

b) highest point

c) redundant stage

d) Terminal point

7 / 50

7. 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) belated

b) Hard

c) deadly

d) Effective

8 / 50

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

a) emotional

b) emotive

c) Impartial

d) Impassive

9 / 50

9. Nearest in meaning

The party's gathering was thrown into a state of euphoria after the election result was announced

a) Pleasure

b) confusion

c) Sadness

d) excitement

10 / 50

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

HONOUR

a) hotel

b) Humane

c) Human

d) hyena

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11. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: FEEBLE

a) little

b) tired

c) Strong

d) Weak

12 / 50

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

a) Son

b) Sun

c) shun

d) short

13 / 50

13. 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) Taught

c) teaches

d) is teaching

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

Baby

a) plumber

b) Dumb

c) Tuber

d) climb

15 / 50

15. The teacher took me for one of those students who could spell such words as

a) ‘Miscelaneous and meintainance’

b) ‘Miscellanous and maintainance’

c) ‘Miscellaneous and maintenance’

d) ‘Miscelanous and maintainance’

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

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

a) ascent

b) Access

c) Assent

d) accent

17 / 50

17. Sentence is to Paragraph as Word is to

a) phase

b) sentence

c) paragraph

d) letter

18 / 50

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

a) Recalcitrant

b) Heady

c) Disobedient

d) Stubborn

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19. There is a big hole in my pocket means .............................................?

a) My money comes and goes away fast

b) My pocket is leaking

c) My pocket is torn

d) My pocket is not in good shape

20 / 50

20. Be careful! We are approaching the crossroads.

a) Look out

b) look in

c) Look up

d) watch out

21 / 50

21. 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) For

b) On

c) at

d) about

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

If he were here it could be more fun.

a) He did not show up and so the occasion lacked much fun

b) He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion.

c) He was being expected to supply more fun

d) There was no fun because he was not present

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23. 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 had taken

d) could not have taken

24 / 50

24. Choose a word opposite in meaning: LIBERTY

a) freedom

b) guilty

c) stadium

d) captivity

25 / 50

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

a) intimate

b) Discourse

c) Accelerate

d) integral

26 / 50

26. Ocean is to Pond as Deep is to

a) well

b) sea

c) lake

d) shallow

27 / 50

27. Wise is to Foolish as Vein is to

a) conceit

b) proud

c) pretty

d) modest

28 / 50

28. The fire destroyed MANY lives.

a) Did the fire destroy any lives?

b) Did the fire destroy some houses?

c) Did the fire spare any lives?

d) Did the fire destroy the village?

29 / 50

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

a) proud

b) pride

c) curiosity

d) position

30 / 50

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

The statement was ambiguous that it had two meanings.

a) Simple

b) Sensible

c) Clear

d) Vague

31 / 50

31. Which of the following is wrong?

a) Ship wreck

b) Car accident

c) Boat sink

d) Plane crash

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32. 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 like each other

c) They dislike each other

d) They cannot part company

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33. The brevity of the first message contracts with the…….of the second message

a) integrity

b) shortness

c) verbosity

d) moral

34 / 50

34. NEAREST IN MEANING

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

a) knocking up

b) falling into

c) Coining across

d) running into

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35. 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) condolence messages

b) Unkind comments

c) jocular remarks

d) sad stories

36 / 50

36. 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) Antonym

b) Prefix

c) Pronouns

d) Suffix

37 / 50

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

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

a) enough equipments

b) enough equipment

c) An equipment

d) equipment

38 / 50

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

We are all hungry; we... anything to eat since, morning.

a) haven't had

b) Didn’t have

c) Never had

d) hadn't had

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

Pot

a) word

b) Port

c) what

d) Correct

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

The essay topic is nebulous.

a) Vague

b) distinct

c) incorrect

d) Clear

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

Olu promised to look out for her next time he is in town

a) visit

b) Watch for

c) take care of

d) Greet

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42. 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) to buy/selling

b) to buy/to sell

c) buying/to sell

d) buying/selling

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

Leopard

a) people

b) Leaven

c) led (Noun)

d) Geology

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

Though he is our elected representative, he often takes a rather jaundiced view of our problems.

a) He takes an unfavourable position concerning our problems

b) He takes a rather hazy view of our problems

c) He takes a rather forceful view of our problems

d) He takes a sickly view of our problems

45 / 50

45. NEAREST IN MEANING

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

a) Television comes first then homework second

b) I can watch television at any time.

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

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

46 / 50

46. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: ASTONISH

a) surprise

b) asunder

c) attack

d) sensible

47 / 50

47. Choose a word opposite in meaning: PROFANE

a) stiff

b) beautiful

c) sacred

d) profuse

48 / 50

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

a) until

b) till

c) for

d) to

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

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

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

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

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

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

The discussion became animated.

a) lively

b) unruly

c) Intellectual

d) Specialized

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