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SENIOR SCHOOL EXAMINATION LEXIS AND STRUCTURE PRACTICE QUESTIONS LEXIS AND STRUCTURE Section 1  From the words lettered A-D, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined "Word that will at the same time , correctly fill the sentence.  1. To encourage productivity we must reward industry and ________________ laziness. A. withhold B. withdraw C. punish D. oppose  2. I took the drug to relieve my headache only for it to __________________ my condition. A. alleviate B. provoke C. abate D. aggravate  3. An optimist wears a smile most of the time but _______________ goes about with a long face. A. an oculist B. an activist C. a pacifist D. a pessimist  4. You will make a good counsellor by listening to your clients rather than __________ them. A. offending B. ignoring C. mishandling D. threatening   5. Tell Chike something confidential and he makes it________________ the next minutes. A. public B. personal C. popular D. private  6. Charles is very presumptu

Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE    Topic : SILENT LETTERS      There are some letters which should not be pronounced in a word.  Such letter can be at the beginning, center or end of the word. Example of such silent letters are:  Initial   position :  h our, k nife, w rite, k nock  Medial position : cou l d, lis t en,si g n, i s land Final position: depo t , com b , catarr h , clim b                                                                                                               Other examples of silent letters include: b, l, u, t, g, h, k, n, p, w, c, ch, gh, ue, ugh, and s.   1. Words with silent “b”  Bomb  Lamb Climb  Debt  Dumb  Limb Subtlety  Succumb Womb   2. Words with silent “l”  Calf Could Chalk Half  Should Palm  Walk  Balm  Calm   3. Words with silent “u”  Guilt  Quest  Guide  Guard  Guise  Colleague  Plague  Prologue  Guess   4. Words with silent letter “t”  Castle  Christmas  Ballet  Listen  Fasten  Often  Soften  Whistle  Wrestle  Christen  5. Words with silent “g