UI Post-UTME Use of English 2023 (Model questions) past questions and answers

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The professor's lecture, while undeniably informative, was so ____ that many students drifted off to sleep.

1. A.tedious
2. B.onerous
3. C.complex
4. D.enthusiastic

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The lady, together with her friends, __________ at the party yesterday.

1. A.are
2. B.were
3. C.was
4. D.is

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The author's use of ____ language creates a vivid picture of the bustling marketplace.

1. A.formal
2. B.euphemistic
3. C.evocative
4. D.ambiguous

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The detective meticulously examined the ____ of the crime scene.

1. A.surroundings
2. B.aftermath
3. C.evidence
4. D.interrogation

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The __________ revealed that the musician died of poisoning.

1. A.detector
2. B.autopsy
3. C.testimony
4. D.experimentation

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: Considering his contribution to African and world literatures, Achebe is to be honoured with the Nobel Prize __________.

1. A.amicably
2. B.posthumously
3. C.unanimously
4. D.unarguably

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: Her ____ to public speaking is so severe that she faints before every presentation.

1. A.aversion
2. B.addiction
3. C.expertise
4. D.acclaim

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: Production has __________ to a halt due to the strike.

1. A.grinded
2. B.ground
3. C.grounded
4. D.grind

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The aeroplane __________ before it took off.

1. A.tarried
2. B.taxied
3. C.coasted
4. D.disembarked

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: There are two professors __________ that panel.

1. A.in
2. B.inside
3. C.at
4. D.on

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: Mr. Kosoko is a/an __________. He specialises in the treatment of eye diseases.

1. A.optician
2. B.obstetrician
3. C.opthalmologist
4. D.gerontologists

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: Some people are afraid of being in enclosed spaces. Such fear is known as ______________

1. A.agoraphobia
2. B.melanophobia
3. C.angrophobia
4. D.claustrophobia

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: We saw the owls in their __________.

1. A.congregation
2. B.parliament
3. C.pride
4. D.pack

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The ________ of our church ______ located at Gbagada.

1. A.headquarters/is
2. B.headquarter/is
3. C.headquarter/are
4. D.headquarters/are

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: We need________ in the laboratory.

1. A.some equipment
2. B.some equipments
3. C.several equipments
4. D.equipments

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The event was __________ simultaneously to about one hundred cities.

1. A.telecasted
2. B.telecast
3. C.telecasting
4. D.telecaste

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: Pages can now be __________ on-screen.

1. A.typeset
2. B.typesetted
3. C.typesetting
4. D.typset

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: My sister was instrumental __________ my success.

1. A.on
2. B.with
3. C.at
4. D.in

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: We are all averse to his ______________ attitude.

1. A.nonchalant
2. B.non-challant
3. C.nonchallant
4. D.none-challant

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: For five years now I have abstained from drinking alcohol. I have remained __________.

1. A.remorseful
2. B.sober
3. C.somber
4. D.solvent

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The scientist's theory, although ____ intriguing, lacked sufficient evidence to be conclusive.

1. A.mildly
2. B.undeniably
3. C.utterly
4. D.potentially

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The ____ of the historical novel transported the reader to a bygone era.

1. A.theme
2. B.dialogue
3. C.setting
4. D.plot

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The artist's work is a ____ of social commentary and abstract expressionism.

1. A.culmination
2. B.contradiction
3. C.foundation
4. D.departure

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given to fill the gap: The aroma of freshly baked bread ____ through the kitchen window.

1. A.wafted
2. B.rifted
3. C.rippled
4. D.drifted