English is the study of the English language. The goal is to improve communication skills by practicing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and understanding language rules like pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
Twice, he was repulsed with heavy losses
Options:Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
A political impasses does not offer the best opportunity for merrymaking.
Options:In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:
It seems fashionable, in some quaters today to decry examinations and the ability to pass them
Options:Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
My father cannot bear the _____ of the concoction that emanates from my mothers soup pot
Options:Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The conference is biennial.
Options:Choose the word or phrase from A to E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence :
He used his savings to bring up his nephew.
Options:The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
My UNCLE retired from the police?
Options:Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.
Ayodeji is an ardent supporter of education for the child.
Options:The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
Capitalism is an economic system which is founded on the principle of free enterprise and the private ownership of the means of production and distribution. The - 11 – [A. protagonists B. antagonists C. determiners D. attorneys] of capitalism claim that its essential characteristic is economic - 12- [A. exploitation B. manipulation C. manoeuvring D. freedom]. The producer is free to produce whatever goods he – 13 - [A. sells B. buys C. fancies D. manufactures]. but the - 14 – [ A. customer B. consumer C. controller D. marketer]. is equally free to buy what he wants. There is a market mechanism under this system, which brings the producer and consumer together and tends to equate the supplies of the one to the demands of the other, and -15 – [A. neutralize B. harmonize C. settle D. decide] the whims and caprice of both. It is this same - 16 – [A. market B. controlling C. operational D. production] mechanism which determines what prices the consumers pay to the producers, as what share of the total - 17- [ A. dividends B. interest C. output D. profit], in cash or kind, goes to each of the four recognized -18 – [ A. managers B. agents C. methods D. factors] of production – land, labour capital and organization. It is further claimed for this system that every person is capable of watching his or her own interest, and that whatever injustice is done by the - 19 – [A. pricing B. operations C. managers D. buyers and sellers] of the market mechanism, this mechanism tends to bring about a state of - 20 – [ A. conflict B. equidistance C. equilibrium D. opprobrium] between the producers and the consumers.
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
Each of the candidates that came late _____ to complete _____
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