English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Obi: Let’s go to the Sport Club Cafeteria. One naira per meal is a privilege in this country. And God knows that I am too broke to afford anything More Olu: Got a membership identity card? Don’t forget the place is for bona fide members only. Obi: Forget it. There are other types of identity cards, remember. Just flash something before the eyes of those men at the gate, provided it looks like an identity card. Olu: Ee...eh, I see. That is why the place is always congested. I don’t think it is even worth the trouble. I can’t stand a queue. Obi: That shouldn’t bother you. You don’t have to join the queue. Just walk straight to the serving point without fear and be sure you shout your order. Olu: But only V.I.Ps have the right to break queues. Obi: Sure, but V.I Ps don’t wear badges on their faces. Post man, pose. After all this is Nigeria olu: You mean there are many impostors here? Obi: Certainly, and many people with privileges too. If you want to get along, you must pose, and to get along means getting what you want If you choose to term it ‘privileges, it suits me. It is all a question of semantics. The conversation about queues in the passage reveals that

Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Obi: Let’s go to the Sport Club Cafeteria. One naira per meal is a privilege in this country. And God knows that I am too broke to afford anything More Olu: Got a membership identity card? Don’t forget the place is for bona fide members only. Obi: Forget it. There are other types of identity cards, remember. Just flash something before the eyes of those men at the gate, provided it looks like an identity card. Olu: Ee...eh, I see. That is why the place is always congested. I don’t think it is even worth the trouble. I can’t stand a queue. Obi: That shouldn’t bother you. You don’t have to join the queue. Just walk straight to the serving point without fear and be sure you shout your order. Olu: But only V.I.Ps have the right to break queues. Obi: Sure, but V.I Ps don’t wear badges on their faces. Post man, pose. After all this is Nigeria olu: You mean there are many impostors here? Obi: Certainly, and many people with privileges too. If you want to get along, you must pose, and to get along means getting what you want If you choose to term it ‘privileges, it suits me. It is all a question of semantics. From the whole conversation, it is clear that Obi and Olu are

Days passed fast for Ntanya and Teresa. They could hardly notice the land getting brown all over kachawanga again, since neither of them noticed any more the sun come up and go down. Ntanya would work very hard in the field hauling in the last harvest and Teresa would stay at home washing, cooking and waiting, waiting for him to come home. She would cook his meal with extra care and when there was little meat she would only give bits to the children and not even touch it herself but use only the smell to get her food down and reserve the whole chunk for her husband. When Ntanya would come home with sweat on his brows she would put the wooden tray on a stool for him and sit down by him watching him eat with great satisfaction: every bolus that went down Ntanya’s throat would also go down her own throat. When Ntanya would insist on sharing the food with her she would always say she had eaten already no matter how hungry she might be. Ntanya would then eat and drink to his satisfaction and rest a while in the sun after saying ‘Thank you mother’ Bolus in this passage means

Days passed fast for Ntanya and Teresa. They could hardly notice the land getting brown all over kachawanga again, since neither of them noticed any more the sun come up and go down. Ntanya would work very hard in the field hauling in the last harvest and Teresa would stay at home washing, cooking and waiting, waiting for him to come home. She would cook his meal with extra care and when there was little meat she would only give bits to the children and not even touch it herself but use only the smell to get her food down and reserve the whole chunk for her husband. When Ntanya would come home with sweat on his brows she would put the wooden tray on a stool for him and sit down by him watching him eat with great satisfaction: every bolus that went down Ntanya’s throat would also go down her own throat. When Ntanya would insist on sharing the food with her she would always say she had eaten already no matter how hungry she might be. Ntanya would then eat and drink to his satisfaction and rest a while in the sun after saying ‘Thank you mother’ Ntanya and Teresa could hardly notice the land getting brown because

Days passed fast for Ntanya and Teresa. They could hardly notice the land getting brown all over kachawanga again, since neither of them noticed any more the sun come up and go down. Ntanya would work very hard in the field hauling in the last harvest and Teresa would stay at home washing, cooking and waiting, waiting for him to come home. She would cook his meal with extra care and when there was little meat she would only give bits to the children and not even touch it herself but use only the smell to get her food down and reserve the whole chunk for her husband. When Ntanya would come home with sweat on his brows she would put the wooden tray on a stool for him and sit down by him watching him eat with great satisfaction: every bolus that went down Ntanya’s throat would also go down her own throat. When Ntanya would insist on sharing the food with her she would always say she had eaten already no matter how hungry she might be. Ntanya would then eat and drink to his satisfaction and rest a while in the sun after saying ‘Thank you mother’ Teresa gave only bits of meat to the children because