NECO Senior School Certificate Examination · English Language
Lexis, Structure and Concord
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- Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: 'Many a promising young student _____ fallen victim to substance abuse in modern urban centers.'
- Choose the option that correctly fills the blank in the sentence: 'It is essential that every prospective candidate _____ the examination registration portal before Friday midnight.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'Seldom _____ such an inspiring and eloquent valedictory address delivered at our annual prize-giving ceremony.'
- Choose the correct phrasal verb: 'Due to torrential seasonal rains, the inter-school athletics competition was _____ until next academic term.'
- Complete the sentence with the appropriate question tag: 'The village headmaster seldom travels abroad, _____?'
- Complete the sentence with the appropriate question tag: 'Let us contribute generously to the community water borehole project, _____?'
- Choose the correct relative pronoun: 'The young surgeon _____ the hospital board commended for exemplary service was promoted to clinical director.'
- Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: 'By the time the foreign medical delegation arrives tomorrow afternoon, the health ministry _____ the vaccination distribution strategy.'
- Choose the correct preposition: 'The newly constructed science laboratory is conducive _____ advanced biochemistry research.'
- Choose the correct word: 'The school principal reminded the prefects that sound moral _____ must guide their administrative decisions.'
- Complete the correlative comparative structure: 'The more diligently an agricultural science student tends his experimental crops, _____.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'The graduating student body looks forward to _____ their diplomas at the upcoming convocation ceremony.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'Fifty thousand naira _____ an exorbitant amount to charge secondary school pupils for a registration passport photograph.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'He is one of those dedicated medical doctors who _____ voluntary relief services in remote villages without remuneration.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'More than one civilian casualty _____ reported following the tanker explosion along the highway yesterday.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'The total number of accredited voters in the municipal ward _____ sixty-four thousand.'
- Choose the correct preposition: 'The senior tutor was extremely angry _____ the recalcitrant student for displaying gross insubordination.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'Nothing but dense mangrove thickets _____ visible along the winding delta coastline.'
- Identify the redundant pleonastic expression in the sentence: 'The committee members decided to return back to the secretariat to re-evaluate the proposal.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'Although he is merely an intern, he commands the department as though he _____ the managing director.'
- Select the option nearest in meaning to the capitalized word: 'The government's new monetary guidelines had a SALUTARY effect on exchange rate volatility.'
- Select the option opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: 'The witness gave a LUCID account of the armed robbery that took place yesterday.'
- Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: 'Neither of the two candidates who contested the local government chairmanship election _____ eligible for state office.'
- Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: 'Hardly had the aircraft touched down on the tarmac _____ a dense blanket of Harmattan dust enveloped the airport.'
- Choose the correct noun form: 'The board admired his exceptional _____ during the heated parliamentary debate.'
- Choose the correct phrasal verb: 'The community elders refused to _____ with corrupt local council practices any longer.'
- Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: 'The athlete was disqualified because he failed to adhere _____ the international anti-doping protocol.'
- Choose the correct word: 'The government commissioned an independent _____ to audit the petroleum subsidy expenditure.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'I would rather you _____ the confidential inquiry report immediately instead of waiting for next week.'
- Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: 'Not only _____ the scholarship examination with distinction, but she also won the national science fair.'
- Choose the correct spelling: 'The candidate was rejected because of multiple _____ errors in his curriculum vitae.'
- Choose the correct pronoun: 'Between you and _____, the newly proposed tax hike will face stiff legislative opposition.'
- Choose the correct word: 'The university registrar ordered a new supply of official _____ for printing student academic transcripts.'
- Choose the correct verb form: 'Neither the mathematics teacher nor the school laboratory technician _____ capable of fixing the damaged digital projector.'
- Choose the correct option: 'No sooner had the keynote speaker stepped onto the stage _____ the auditorium erupted into thunderous applause.'
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