Post-UTME English: topics to study
28 topics in 4 sections. In Post-UTME screening, the test is usually multiple choice on English and your three UTME subjects, set by the school you applied to.
How to study English for Post-UTME
English rewards steady practice more than cramming. Read a short passage every day, learn words in context, and drill oral English (vowels, consonants and stress), which many students leave until too late.
Post-UTME English topics
1.Comprehension and Summary
- Reading comprehension passages
- Main ideas and supporting details
- Inference and author's purpose
- Summary writing
- The cloze test
2.Lexis and Structure
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Sentence completion
- Idioms and idiomatic expressions
- Figures of speech
- Concord (subject-verb agreement)
- Tenses and sequence of tenses
- Pronouns and their uses
- Prepositions
- Question tags
- Direct and reported speech
- Active and passive voice
- Clauses and phrases
- Punctuation and spelling
3.Oral Forms (Phonology)
- Vowels: monophthongs
- Vowels: diphthongs and triphthongs
- Consonants and consonant clusters
- Rhymes
- Word stress
- Emphatic stress and intonation
4.Literature in the Prescribed Text
- Plot and themes of the prescribed text
- Characters and characterisation
- Setting and narrative technique
This outline follows the structure of the official syllabus. Check your school's screening notice for the exact subjects and topics.