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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. persona...

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...