Jamb Use of English
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Use of English
USE OF ENGLISH
1. GENERAL OBJECTIVES
The aim of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) syllabus in Use of English is to
guide candidates in their preparation for the Board’s examination. It is designed to evaluate the
candidates’ ability to:
3. DETAILED SYLLABUS/CONTENTS
TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTES OBJECTIVES
A. Comprehension and Summary Candidates should be able to:
(a) description
(b) narration i. identify main points/topic sentences in passages;
(c) exposition ii. determine implied meanings;
(d) argumentation/persuasion iii. identify the grammatical functions of words,
phrases, clauses and figurative /idiomatic
(i) Each of the three passages to be set (one expressions; and
will be a cloze test) should reflect various iv. deduce or infer the writers’ intentions including
disciplines and be about 200 words long. mood, attitude to the subject matter and opinion.
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TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTES OBJECTIVES
NOTE:
Synthesis of ideas means the art of combining
distinct or separate pieces of information to
form a complete whole as summary.
NOTE:
Idioms to be tested are those that are formal and
expressed in Standard British English. (SBE).
(a) Vowels (monothongs, diphthongs and i. make distinctions among vowel types;
triphthongs) ii. differentiate among consonant types; and
(b) Consonants (including clusters) iii. identify correct pronunciation of individual words and
(c) Rhymes (including homophones) articulation of connected speech.
(d) Word stress (monosyllabic and polysyllabic)
(e) Emphatic stress (in connected speech)
NOTE:
Emphatic stress involves the placement of stress on
words in an utterance for the purpose of emphasis.
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a) Vowels - 2 questions
b) Consonants - 2 questions
c) Rhymes - 2 questions
d) Word Stress - 2 questions
e) Emphatic Stress - 2 questions
Total: 60 questions
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