English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The minister considered the ministry's budget to be a drop in the ocean in view of the number of projects in the pipeline.

A The pipeline project across the ocean will be abandoned unless budgetary allocation improves
B The amount available may be inadequate for projected expenditure
C The minister may be dropped for failing to complete a number of projects
D The money approved cannont complete the pipeline project acorss the ocean

Question 2:

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The police are looking for the woman who farmed her children out to her neighbours.

A The police wanted the woman for allowing her children to destroy her neighbour's crops.
B The woman and her children are in the habit of working in neighbour's farms and the police are not well disposed to this
C The police may arrest the woman for allowing her neighbours to take care of her children.
D The woman may be arrested for allowing her children to be a nuisance to her neighbours

Question 3:

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
Jummai's father remarked that pigs would fly before she passed.

A She would have to cheat in order to pass.
B It would be possible to pass only if she worked harder.
C It would never be possible for her to pass.
D He would have to bribe her teachers to enable her to pass.

Question 4:

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The president said that he found himself between a rock and a hard place when the press said that he has resigned.

A Hard places are dangerous for the president.
B He dreamt that he was abandoned.
C He thought that hard places were unsafe.
D He had a hard decision to make.

Question 5:

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
Kunana is like a bear in the sore head.

A He is a bully.
B He is grumpy.
C He is ugly.
D He is quiet.