JAMB 2018 English Language · Question 38

All God's prophets were given the great … to preach salvation to people

Question

Choose the option that best completes the gap. All God's prophets were given the great __________ to preach salvation to people

A.Commision
B.Commition
C.Comission
D.Commission

Answer: D. Commission

Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key

Analyze the question: This is a spelling (orthography) question. You are asked to pick the correctly spelled word that means a task or duty given to someone. "Commission" fits the sentence: the prophets were given a great commission (a charge or mandate) to preach salvation.

Explain the concept: The word commission comes from the Latin committere. It has a double "m" and a double "s":

com + mis + sion
Break it down as: COM-MIS-SION

Check each option:

A. Commision: only one "s". Wrong.
B. Commition: "t" instead of "ss". Wrong.
C. Comission: only one "m". Wrong.
D. Commission: double "m", double "s". Correct.

Answer: The complete sentence reads: "All God's prophets were given the great commission to preach salvation to people."

Tip: Remember the pattern "2 M's and 2 S's". Words in the same family follow it too: commit, committee, permission, admission, mission. Words ending in -ssion (like mission, passion, session) usually keep the double "s", so if you can spell mission, just add "com" in front.

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