Post Utme University of Port Harcourt English Language Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

The distance is not more than twenty kilometres as the crow flies

A. By the longest route
B. By the shortest route
C. By air
D. By the fastest route

Question 17:

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

Your extreme patience sometimes infuriates me.

A. Impresses
B. Annoys
C. Frustrates
D. Amuses

Question 18:

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

I cannot understand how he suddenly became audacious contrary to his nature.

A. Proud
B. Bold
C. Rude
D. Hostile

Question 19:

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

His has been a life of make-belief.

A. Faith.
B. Fantasy
C. Grandeur
D. Religion

Question 20:

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

Our teacher seldom comes late to school

A. Very often
B. Always
C. Frequently
D. Very hardly