English Language Past Questions and Answers

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
Drought, for the first time, brought the poor farmers face-to-face with famine. This means that the farmers had never

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
You can be sure that Sule will hold his dispute. This means that Sule will

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
The captain must have been really ill to ask the coach not to include him in the team. This means that the

From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.
It was callous of you to have turned down the poor man's request.

From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.
After the long walk, the travellers suddenly saw lights blazing ahead.