OAU English Language 2008/2009 Past Questions

They .......... arrived Lagos by now, all things being equal.

The pupils ............. so much noise that the teacher had to tell them to stand up and raise up their hands

I ...... that he was insincere all along.

If I had gone to Lokoja, I ........... the opportunity of seeing the President.

My sister does not have flair .......... Mathematics.

When I got to her house, she was still .......... bed.

During the demonstration, the anti-riot policemen were instructed to break ......... the student's defence line.

I was .......... hearing distance of the speaker.

The electricity cable had to be ........... enough to be laid along the bend in the road.

We didn't have a lot of money, so I had to live quite ............

I acted too impetuously. I do to know what ........... me.

The hurricane raged for several days, leaving a trial of .......... across the land.

If a player breaks the rules during a match, one point will be ............ to his opponent.

Mouse-traps are not always very effective, as some mice prove to be remarkably ............

At the frontier he hid the watches in his pocket in order to .............. customs duty.

The driver was short of petrol, so he ............. down all the hills with the engine switched off.

Everyone in my family has a job. My mother is a teacher, my father is an engineer, and my granny ............

One curious thing about my uncle is that he wishes ..............

I'm afraid, you know. My father has been sleeping since 4:00p.m. yesterday. It's about time ...........

Are you deaf? I asked you ............

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