From my experience, I have come to believe that there is nothing one cannot achieve if there is the will to do it. I had thought I would never go to college in my life. For one thing, my parents were poor, for another, I didn't seem to be getting on very well with my lessons. Our teachers were neither regular nor punctual, and when they come to class, they preferred to call us names , me in particular. I became indifferent or rather hostile. Consequently, I absented myself from school at will, and when I reported, it was only to cause trouble. My parents , though poor , were eager that I should be well educated. They became unhappy at what I was becoming ; a candidate for a remand home. The third term of the school year started with a new set of teachers. Having observed me for some weeks, the new headmaster called me. He said I was underrating my abilities, that I could do better if only I made up my mind to. That was the turning point. Fortunately, the new teachers became regular in their lessons and taught us very well. At the end of the year,I was among the ten pupils in our year who gained admission to various colleges.
1. Some supervisors came to ------ the school.
2. My twin sister's son, who is my -------- will be visiting us.
3. The cleric will be addressing the ---------- in an hour's time
4. I paid a/an ----------- visit to a friend of mine that was bereaved last week
5. The students were encouraged to put ------- their best
6. Have you got ------- money ?
7. The car stopped suddenly as it ran -------- of petrol
9. The price of crude oil ------ falling.
10. She is the winner of the lottery draws, -------- she?
11. He writes ------ legibly than his brother
12. The men praised ------- for doing a good job.
13. The sentence, " We travelled to Kano last week", said the student, rewritten in the indirect speech form becomes , The student said that :
14. The stolen jeep was ------- by one of the robbers
15. The sentence, "The cake was baked by her", rewritten in the active voice becomes, She :
16. No sooner had the match ended ------- the protest started
17. My class teacher ---------- a story when the bell rang.
18. Joe had his eyes on the Manager's job for a long time. This means that Joe :
19. If you take risks by buying cheap tyres for your car, you may , in the end, pay through your nose. This means :
20. He will stick at nothing to gain power. This means he :
21. Africa is a continent of Sharp contrasts in which POVERTY and -------- exist side by side
22. He was discharged with warning after a FORMER offence, but on a --------- occasion he was fined heavily
23. The popularity of the military government WANED after five years.
24. The new governor changed all the rules laid down by his PREDECESSOR.
25. Detection of tuberculosis is essential if the disease is to be ERADICATED.
