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The biggest exam in Nigeria: Use of English (compulsory for everyone) plus the three subjects your course requires, with tracks for Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Government, Economics, Literature-in-English, Christian Religious Studies, Islamic Religious Studies, Geography, Accounting, Commerce, Agricultural Science and French — with AI lessons and mocks.
Sample lesson
Comprehension Passages
Finding the main idea of a paragraph and a passage, telling it apart from supporting detail, and choosing the best summary.
About half of the UTME Use of English paper is built on passages: comprehension passages, a summary-style passage and the cloze passage. Most comprehension sets open with the same kind of question: what is the passage mainly about, or which option best summarises it? If you can find the main idea, every other question becomes easier, because details, inferences and the writer's purpose all hang on it. If you cannot, you will be tempted by options that are true but too narrow, true but too broad, or simply not in the passage. This lesson shows you where main ideas usually sit, how passages of different types are organised, and a reliable method for choosing the best summary under time pressure.
The topic is what a passage is about, in a word or phrase: 'rice farming'. The main idea is what the writer says about that topic, in a full statement: 'Small rice farmers in Nigeria could double their yields with better seed and irrigation.' A topic sentence states the main idea of a paragraph. It is most often the first sentence, sometimes the last, and occasionally it is not stated at all and must be put together from the details. Supporting details are the facts, examples, reasons and descriptions that explain or prove the main idea. A summary restates the main idea (and, for a whole passage, the main point of each paragraph) briefly, in other words, without details or examples. Passage types: narration tells a story in time order; description paints a person, place or scene; exposition explains or informs; argumentation tries to persuade.
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What a mock looks like
UTME-style Mock
120 minutes total, with sections timed individually.
- Use of English0 min
- Mathematics0 min
- Physics0 min
- Chemistry0 min
- Biology0 min
- Government0 min
- Economics0 min
- Literature in English0 min
- Christian Religious Studies0 min
- Islamic Studies0 min
- Geography0 min
- Principles of Accounts0 min
- Commerce0 min
- History0 min
- Agricultural Science0 min
- French0 min
Read the passage "The Rise of Urban Gardens". Which of the following best states the main idea? Passage: "Across many large cities, vacant lots and rooftops are being transformed into productive gardens. Proponents argue that urban agriculture improves food security by shortening supply chains and gives residents direct control over what they eat. Critics counter that yields from small city plots remain modest and that the land could instead be used for affordable housing. Yet the most striking effect of these gardens may be social: neighbours who once had little contact now cooperate on shared tasks, and crime in surrounding blocks has fallen measurably in several documented cases. As one study concluded, the gardens grow far more than vegetables."
- Urban gardens have significant social benefits beyond producing food.
- Urban gardens produce enough food to make cities self-sufficient.
- Rooftop gardens are more productive than gardens on vacant lots.
- Vacant city land should be used for affordable housing rather than gardens.
What you'll study
Use of English
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Government
Plus 9 more subjects in the full syllabus.
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