Topics in English
Phrase: Types of Phrase Clause explained with its types Essay: How to write the major types of essay Nouns and Adjectives: Examples of nouns formed from adjectives Meaning and Examples of Homonyms Idioms and Examples of Idioms What are Synonyms? Examples of Synonyms Figures of Speech: Meaning, examples and types of figure of speech Relative pronouns and compound relative pronouns explained with examples Transitive and Intransitive Verbs explained with examples Phrase explained with examples Essay: Formal, Semi-Formal and Informal Essays explainedAcademic Questions in English
For this question and the three questions below, choose the option that best completes the sentence.
The doctor _____ the illness as malaria, not dysentery.
A. Discovered
B. Diagnosed
C. Tested
D. Examined
E. Announced
F. Prescribed
The principal reacted to the disrespectful action of the student with strong _____.
A. Indignation
B. Condemnation
C. Accusation
D. Demonstration
E. Mobilization
F. Impunity
Since the writer did not indicate his name, the editor did not publish such a/an _____ article.
A. Poor
B. Libellous
C. Discourteous
D. Impolite
E. Anonymous
F. Scandalous
The play was so interesting that the _____ clapped for a long time at the end.
A. Congregation
B. Fans
C. Spectators
D. Audience
E. Watchers
F. People
Answer true of false with regards to the sentence below:
'Humility' is a noun and 'Humble' is an adjective
A. True
B. False
A part of a sentence or clause that contains a verb and something concerning the subject within that sentence is termed a/an _____.
A. Predicate
B. Object
C. Adverbial clause
D. Adverbial phrase
E. Half clause
F. Body of adverbial clause
The acronym Wi-Fi stands for _____.
A. Wireless Files
B. Wireless Flips
C. Wireless Fidelity
D. Wireless Freedom
E. Wireless and Free
F. Wireless Fun
The words massacre and bloodbath are _____.
A. Antonyms
B. Synonyms
C. Homonyms
D. Homophones
E. Heteronyms
F. Heterophone
A synonym is a word or a phrase or an expression that has an exact or closely related meaning with another word or phrase or expression.
Please read on phrases and clauses here.
Words or phrase that has an exact or closely related meaning are said to be synonymous. As an instance, we could say:
There are so many synonymous words in English language. One may be asked in an English examination to choose an answer that is nearest in meaning to the question of interest. Having a good idea of symnonyms will aid us with such questions.
See english past questions and answers, WAEC, 1990 here.
Below are some synonymous words, that is, (words with similar meaning):
Hi - Hello
Start – Begin – Commence
Lucky – Fortunate
Lookalike - Similar
Mother – Mom – Mummy
Overseas – Abroad
Full - Filled
Heal – Cure
Accomplish – Achieve
Bizarre – Weird
Right – Correct
Sick – Ill
Exit – Leave
Add – Plus
Subtract – Minus
Rich – Wealthy
Reach – Arrive
Massacre – Bloodbath
Close – Near
Close – Shut
Innocent – Blameless
Kids - Children
Silly – Foolish
On purpose – Intentionally
Curler – Roller
Reply – Answer
Intentional – Deliberate
Backside – Bum
Disclaimer – Denial
Comfortable - Cozy
Categorize – Classify
Eternal – Everlasting
Via – Through
Thank you – Thanks
Final - Last
Yeah – Yes
Fate – Destiny
Believe – Faith
Commencement – Graduation
Evil – Wicked
Satan – Devil
Stress – Emphasize
Stupid – Dull
Committed – Dedicated
Versus – Against
Above – Over
Perplex – Confused
Enormous – Huge – Immense
Support – Corroborate
Ratify – Confirm
Pain – Agony
Settle – Resolve
Classify – Categorize
Characteristics – Features
Shame – Disgrace
Respect – Honour
Comfort – Consolation
Famous – Popular
Disappear – Vanish
Crazy – Mad
Please read on figures of speech here.
See Literature in English past questions and answers, JAMB, 1979 here.
Note the followings:
Boy | Girl
Bark (of a tree) and Bark (sound from a dog)
Bow (to show respect) and Bow (of an arrow)
Ate (past tense of eat) and Eight (the number 8)
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Amazing facts in English
Scrunched and strengthed are the longest one-syllable words in the English language
The longest word in English language with only one vowel is 'strengths'
The word pangram refers to a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet. Below is an example of a pangram:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The word Paraskevidekatriaphobia means the fear of Friday the 13th, while Triskaidekaphobia means an extreme fear of the number 13
Angry and Hungry are the only two English words that currently ends in '-gry'
The only English word with five consecutive vowels is 'queueing'
The dot on the top of letter ‘i’ is called a tittle
The sentence below uses every letter in the English alphabet:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The furry tufts of hair inside a cat's ear are called ear furnishings
There are only four words in the English language that end in 'dous'. These are:
Tremendous
Horrendous
Stupendous
Hazardous
Notable points in English
Homonyms are words with the same spellings, same sounds but different meanings.
Below are some sentences containing homonyms with their respective meanings:
- Keen
We have a keen match against Ronaldo’s team and Messi seems to be keen.
Keen: An involvement of people competing very hard for something.
Keen: Very interested in something.
- Tear
Regardless the tear you shed, Mr. Frank will still tear your examination scripts.
Tear: The drop of liquid that comes out from a person's eye when they cry.
Tear: To damage something by pulling or cutting it apart.
- Jot
There isn't any jot of truth in what he said, so I didn't jot anything down.
Jot: A very small amount of something
Jot: To write something quickly
Certain words in English language appear to be similar but are quite different in meaning.
The table below shows some examples:
|
Childlike |
Childish |
|
Stimulus |
Stimulant |
|
Destructible |
Destructive |
|
Negligible |
Negligent |
|
Comprehensible |
Comprehensive |
Synonyms should not be confused with the above instance. They are different words with similar meanings.
Some words always exist in the plural form. Examples of such words are:
Possessive adjective tells you the owner of a thing. For instance;
This is his car.
'His' in the above statement is describing him as the owner of the car; and this makes 'his' a possessive adjective.
That is your bag.
'Your' is a possessive adjective in the above statement.
Note: An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
Possessive pronouns show possession.
A possessive pronoun will always correspond with each of the personal pronouns. For Instance:
I own the book. ('I' is a personal pronoun)
The book is mine. ('Mine' is the possessive pronoun)
She owns a car. ('She' is a personal pronoun)
The car is hers. ('Hers' is the possessive pronoun)