English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:<br/>My mother has refused to come to live in Lagos because she prefers the tranquil life in the village to the hurly burly of the city.

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:<br/>Most of the time my Boss tells cock and bull stories

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:<br/>My friend will hate his uncle forever because he left him in the lurch in his hour of need

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:<br/>When you go to a foreign country to study, you will discover that life is not always a bed of roses.

Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:<br/>A lorry larger than an elephant was stuck on the bridge.