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JAMB Use of English practice questions (CBT)
Fifteen objective questions in the style of the JAMB UTME Use of English CBT: synonyms, antonyms, concord, idioms, tenses, spelling, stress, vowel and consonant sounds, and interpretation.
Preguntas originales escritas por profesores de Studoli al estilo del examen JAMB UTME. No son exámenes oficiales.
Timed mode
15 questions in 10 minutes, one question at a time. Your answers are marked when you submit or when the time runs out.
Tema: Synonyms
1. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word in capitals: The manager's explanation was LUCID.
Solución
A. clear
- Lucid means easy to understand.
- The nearest meaning is clear.
Tema: Antonyms
2. Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in capitals: The new policy was widely COMMENDED.
Solución
D. criticised
- Commended means praised.
- The opposite is criticised.
Tema: Concord
3. Neither the teacher nor the students ___ in the hall.
Solución
C. were
- With neither ... nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject.
- The nearer subject, students, is plural, so the verb is were.
Tema: Concord
4. Each of the boys ___ given a book.
Solución
B. was
- Each is singular, even when followed by of the boys.
- The singular verb was is correct.
Tema: Idioms
5. Choose the meaning of the idiom: After years of quarrelling, the two families decided to bury the hatchet.
Solución
A. make peace
- To bury the hatchet means to stop quarrelling and become friends again.
Tema: Prepositions
6. She is very good ___ mathematics.
Solución
D. at
- The fixed expression is good at a subject or activity.
Tema: Tenses
7. By the time we arrived at the cinema, the film ___.
Solución
C. had started
- Two past actions: the film started before we arrived.
- The earlier past action takes the past perfect: had started.
Tema: Question tags
8. You are coming with us, ___?
Solución
B. aren't you
- A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary verb.
- The auxiliary is are, so the tag is aren't you.
Tema: Spelling
9. Choose the correctly spelt word.
Solución
A. accommodation
- Accommodation has a double c and a double m: ac-com-mo-da-tion.
Tema: Stress
10. Which word is stressed on the second syllable?
Solución
D. begin
- be-GIN is stressed on the second syllable.
- TA-ble, WA-ter and HAP-py are stressed on the first.
Tema: Vowels
11. Which word has the same vowel sound as the one in SEAT?
Solución
C. key
- Seat has the long vowel /iː/.
- Key has the same sound; sit, set and sat have short vowels.
Tema: Consonants
12. In which word is the letter combination ch pronounced /ʃ/, as in shoe?
Solución
B. machine
- In machine, ch comes from French and is pronounced /ʃ/.
- In chair, church and cheap it is /tʃ/.
Tema: Interpretation
13. Choose the best interpretation: Tunde has a sweet tooth.
Solución
A. Tunde likes sugary food
- To have a sweet tooth means to enjoy eating sweet things.
Tema: Word classes
14. In the sentence 'She sang beautifully at the wedding', the word beautifully is ___.
Solución
D. an adverb
- Beautifully tells us how she sang, so it modifies the verb.
- Words that modify verbs are adverbs.
Tema: Vocabulary
15. After a long debate, the committee reached a ___ on the matter.
Solución
C. consensus
- A consensus is a general agreement.
- A census is a count of people, and a conscience is a sense of right and wrong.