Lexis and Structure
JUPEB Use of English

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word in quotation marks. The senator's speech was so 'prolix' that half the audience had left before he finished.

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in quotation marks. The committee's report on the fuel subsidy was unusually 'candid'.

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. Neither the branch manager nor the cashiers ___ aware of the shortfall in the till.

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. The lecturer insisted that every student ___ the assignment before the end of the week.

Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. ___ had the chief invigilator announced the start of the paper than the generator failed.

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. It is high time the Federal Government ___ the value of the naira.

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word in quotation marks. The minister gave a 'perfunctory' reply to the journalists and hurried into the vehicle.

Choose the option that best explains the expression in quotation marks. When the contract collapsed, the junior partner was 'left holding the bag'.

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. A number of applicants ___ still waiting outside the JAMB office when it closed.

Choose the word in which the primary stress falls on the second syllable.

In legal register, the term for the person against whom a civil action is brought in court is the