Answer all the questions

Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet, the answer space which bears the same letter as the option you have chosen. Give only one answer to each question.

Be sure you understand the instructions at the beginning of each section before you try to answer any of the questions that follow them.

Do not spend too much time on a question. If you find a question difficult, leave it and go on and try it again later.

Use an HB pencil throughout. If you wish to change an answer, erase your first answer completely and shade the appropriate space for the new answer.

Do all rough work on this question paper.


SECTION 1

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined. An example is given below.

Example:seat

A. sit
B. cite
C. set
D. key

The correct answer is D because only key contains the same vowel sound as the one underlined in seat. Therefore, answer space D would be shaded.

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Now answer the questions that follow.


1. money
2. pour
3. tie
4. put
5. tailor
6. fate
7. fern
8. powder
9. cruise
10. pure
11. spot
12. there
13. crest
14. sheath
15. gorilla

SECTION 2

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s) as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined. An example is given below.

Example:vice

A. cat
B. dress
C. show
D. chalk

The correct answer is B because only dress has the same consonant sound as the one underlined in vice. Therefore, answer space B would be shaded.

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Now answer the questions that follow.


16. orchid
17. picture
18. fissure
19. visit
20. hack
21. left
22. fly
23. text
24. uncle
25. drive
26. laboratory
27. upholstery
28. rouge
29. then
30. sign

SECTION 3

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word. An example is given below.

Example: obtain

A. detain
B. detail
C. claim
D. relay

The correct answer is A because only detain rhymes with obtain. Therefore, answer space A would be shaded.

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Now answer the questions that follow.


31. fright
32. tie
33. tern
34. fear
35. mother

SECTION 4

In each of the following questions, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters.

From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress. An example is given below.

Example: democratic

A. DE—mo—cra—tic
B. de—MO—cra—tic
C. de—mo—CRA—tic
D. de—mo—cra—TIC

The correct answer is C because the main/primacy stress of the word democratic is on the third syllable. Therefore, answer space C would be shaded.


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Now answer the questions that follow.


36. cumulative
37. concessionaire
38. horizontal
39. apathetic
40. effeminate

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.


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Now answer the questions that follow.


41. Which word has a different stress pattern?
42. Which word has a different stress pattern?
43. Which word has a different stress pattern?
44. Which word has a different stress pattern?
45. Which word has a different stress pattern?

SECTION 6

In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic 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: He would END the story differently.

A. Would he start the story differently?
B. Would she end the story differently?
C. Would he end the song differently?
D. Would he end the story normally?

The correct answer is A because He would END the story differently answers the question, would he start the story differently? Therefore, answer space A would be shaded.


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Now answer the questions that follow.


46. Ojo won the prize for the best TEACHER.
47. The president rewarded some of the OFFICERS.
48. The woman bought a CARTON of milk.
49. She will send a BAG to him today.
50. She slept on the BIG bed.

SECTION 7

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol. An example is given below.

Example: / ɔɪ /

A. yell
B. holy
C. boy
D. idiot

The correct answer is C because only boy contains the sound represented by the given symbol. Therefore, answer space C would be shaded.


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Now answer the questions that follow.


51. / ɔɪ / ?
52. / ɜː / ?
53. / ʃ / ?
54. / ʊ / ?
55. / æ / ?
56. / dʒ / ?
57. / ŋ / ?
58. / θ / ?
59. / eɪ / ?
60. / j / ?
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