As the JAMB examination is set to begin, a quiz is a fun way to test your knowledge and bridge your knowledge gap, if any.

Naija Schools have put together some of the frequently asked questions and answers on The Life Changer JAMB Novel so you can properly revise.

How prepared are you? Try out The Life Changer Quiz to find out.

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50 Questions in 30 Minutes

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

The suit's popularity is beginning to decline

a) Slide

b) Change

c) disappear

d) wane

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3. Wise is to Foolish as Vein is to

a) pretty

b) conceit

c) modest

d) proud

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4. President Jonathan’s speech..............at 9pm yesterday

a) had been broadcast

b) was broadcasted

c) had being broadcast

d) was broadcast

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

a) modest

b) pompous

c) proud

d) kind

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

a) enough equipment

b) equipment

c) An equipment

d) enough equipments

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

a) lawyers

b) labourers

c) architects

d) teachers

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

a) till

b) to

c) for

d) until

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10. 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) Effective

c) Hard

d) deadly

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11. 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

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12. Sentence is to Paragraph as Word is to

a) paragraph

b) letter

c) sentence

d) phase

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13. Choose a word opposite in meaning: LIBERTY

a) captivity

b) freedom

c) stadium

d) guilty

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14. 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) Told a tale about a place called Memory Lane

b) recalled events from the past

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

d) gave an outline of his lecture

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15. 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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16. 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) at

c) about

d) On

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

Pot

a) Correct

b) word

c) what

d) Port

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

a) to be afraid

b) to be discouraged

c) To be confused

d) to be hungry

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19. 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) temporary relief

b) soothing relaxation.

c) lasting security

d) Enduring reprieve

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

a) beating

b) caring

c) kissing

d) carrying

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

a) My pocket is torn

b) My money comes and goes away fast

c) My pocket is leaking

d) My pocket is not in good shape

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22. Stint is the opposite of

a) Splint

b) Surfeit

c) Prolix

d) Meticulous

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

a) integral

b) Accelerate

c) Discourse

d) intimate

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24. Nearest in meaning

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

a) Terminal point

b) highest point

c) least productive stage

d) redundant stage

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25. 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) jocular remarks

c) Unkind comments

d) condolence messages

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

a) wicked

b) wretched

c) mischief

d) mistake

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

a) to

b) for

c) through

d) by

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

a) result

b) Reproduce

c) understand

d) Always

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

a) Heady

b) Recalcitrant

c) Stubborn

d) Disobedient

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

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

a) Access

b) ascent

c) Assent

d) accent

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

If he were here it could be more fun.

a) There was no fun because he was not present

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

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

d) He was being expected to supply more fun

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32. NEAREST IN MEANING

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

a) Coining across

b) knocking up

c) running into

d) falling into

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33. NEAREST IN MEANING

He went through the fire before he qualified as a doctor

a) suffered a lot

b) required a lot of fire

c) made a lot of fire

d) Had a fire acciden

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

Rich citizens are often niggardly in their ways

a) Beggarly

b) Miserly

c) pompous

d) sordid

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35. Her younger sister likes conservative hair style but her cousin prefers………..hairstyle

a) new

b) modest

c) magnanimous

d) modern

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36. 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) Cannot have taken

b) could not had taken

c) could not have taking

d) could not have taken

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37. NEAREST IN MEANING

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

a) turn up for

b) Enter for

c) Come into

d) go into

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38. Choose a word opposite in meaning: PROFANE

a) sacred

b) beautiful

c) stiff

d) profuse

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

a) shun

b) Sun

c) Son

d) short

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

The politician's inflammatory remarks were heavily criticized.

a) The politician's rude remarks were heavily criticized

b) The politician's tribalistic remarks were heavily criticized

c) The politician's tribalistic remarks were heavily criticized

d) The politician's provocative remarks were heavily criticized

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41. NEAREST IN MEANING

Can you give a good explanation for your behaviour?

a) Account for

b) Clear up

c) call for

d) give up

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

The discussion became animated.

a) unruly

b) Specialized

c) Intellectual

d) lively

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

a) little

b) Weak

c) tired

d) Strong

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

a) lace

b) lease

c) Deep

d) Meet

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

Leopard

a) people

b) Geology

c) led (Noun)

d) Leaven

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47. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italic

Though David's condition is serious, his life is not in immediate danger.

a) hypertensive

b) Dangerous

c) Grave

d) nasty

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48. Ocean is to Pond as Deep is to

a) sea

b) shallow

c) lake

d) well

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

HONOUR

a) Human

b) hyena

c) hotel

d) Humane

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

Faeces

a) pear

b) pain

c) Peasant

d) Polices

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