ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST OF ORALS (Q & A)

SECTION 5

In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except one have the same stress pattern. Identify the one with the different stress pattern and shade your answer in the usual way. An example is given below.

Example: A. away B. apart C. behind D. river

Options A, B C are all stressed on the second syllable while option D is the only one stressed on the first syllable. So, D is the correct answer. Therefore, answer space D would be shaded [A] [B] [C] [D] Now answer the questions that follow.

41. A. matter B. enshrine C. elbow D. trump

42. A. gangster B. garnish C. garbage D. gazelle

43. A. endurance B. enterprise C. familiar D. habitual

44. A. governor B. eloquence C. genocide D. graffiti

45. A. elegy B. fellowship C. elephant D. harmonious

SECTION 6

In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the empathic stress is written in capital letters. From the questions lettered A to D, choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer. An example is given below.

Example: My mother’s FRIEND hates pets.

A. Does your mother’s boss hate pets? B. Does your mother’s friend love pets? C. Does your mother’s friend hate toys? D. Does your father’s friend hate pets

The correct answer is A because My mother’s FRIEND hates pets answers the question, Does your mother’s boss hate pets? Therefore, answer space A would be shaded. [A] [B] [C] [D] Now answer the questions that follow.

46. Jane borrowed her mother’s HAT for the party.

A. Did Susan borrow her mother’s hat for the party?

B. Did Jane borrow her mother’s hat for the party?

C. Did Jane borrow her father’s hat for the party

D. Did Jane borrow her mother’s dress for the party?

47. The principal expects the TEACHDERS to be punctual for staff meetings.

A. Does the proprietor expect the teacher to be punctual for staff meetings?

B. Does the principal expect the students to be punctual for staff meetings?

C. Does the principal expect the teachers to be late for staff meetings?

D. Does the principal expect the teachers to be punctual for school meetings?

48. Salamatu believed she would PASS the Commerce examination.

A. Did Aisha believe she would pass the Commerce examination?

B. Did Salamatu believe she would fail the commerce examination?

C. Did Salamatu believe she would pass the Biology examination?

D. did Salamatu believe she would pass the Commerce test?

49. Her beauty enslaved many YOUNG men?

A. Did his beauty enslaved many young men?

B. Did her ugliness enslaved many young men?

C. Did her beauty enslaved few men?

D. Did her beauty enslaved many old men?

50. His FIRST performance as a musician was a complete failure.

A. was her first performance as a musician a complete failure?

B. was his last performance as a musician a complete failure?

C. Was his first performance as a teacher a complete failure?

D. was his first performance as a musician a partial failure?