The prisoner finally ........ that he drank to ........ on the night he committed the murder

Step 1: Analyze the question This is a vocabulary-in-context (lexis) question. We need a pair of words that fits both gaps in the sentence: the prisoner finally __ that he drank to __ on the night of the murder.

Step 2: Understand the words

• Concede means to admit or acknowledge something, often reluctantly. It fits a prisoner finally admitting something.
• Excess (noun) means too much of something. "Drank to excess" is a common phrase meaning drank too much.
• Exceed means to go beyond a limit, and extreme is an adjective. "Drank to extreme" is not idiomatic.
• Accede means to agree to a request or demand. Access means the right or means to enter or use something. "Drank to access" makes no sense.
• Elude means to escape from or avoid. Escape means to get free. "Drank to escape" is grammatical, but "eluded that he drank" is wrong because elude does not take a "that" clause.

Step 3: Test each option

• A. "exceeded that he drank to extreme": wrong. Exceeded does not take a "that" clause, and "to extreme" is not idiomatic.
• B. "acceded that he drank to access": wrong. Accede means to agree to something, and "access" makes no sense here.
• C. "conceded that he drank to excess": correct. The prisoner finally admitted that he drank too much that night.
• D. "eluded that he drank to escape": wrong. Elude cannot be followed by a "that" clause.

Step 4: Answer The correct option is C. conceded/excess.

Tip: Watch for fixed phrases (collocations). "Drink to excess" is a standard expression, and "concede that..." is a common way to say "admit that...". Also beware of look-alike words such as concede/accede and excess/exceed/access. They are classic JAMB traps, so check the meaning and the grammar each word needs.