His cousin is usually HOSPITABLE to strangers.

The question looks like a WASSCE "opposite in meaning" or "word-change" item, where the capitalised word HOSPITABLE is the focus. The options are all framed as questions, so the task is most likely to find the option that changes the meaning to the opposite, replacing the key word with its antonym.

Step 1: Analyze the question The sentence is: His cousin is usually HOSPITABLE to strangers. The capitalised word is hospitable, which means friendly, welcoming and generous to guests or visitors.

Step 2: Explain the concept In this type of question, you keep the rest of the sentence the same and change only the emphasised word to its opposite.

• Opposite of hospitable = hostile (unfriendly, unwelcoming)
• Opposite of strangers = would be friends or acquaintances, but strangers is not the capitalised word, so it stays.

Step 3: Check each option

• A. Changes his cousin to his mother. The key word is unchanged, so this is wrong.
• B. Is his cousin usually hostile to strangers? The subject, adverb and object are kept, and hospitable becomes hostile. This matches.
• C. seldom hospitable only changes the frequency. It is not a true opposite of the word, and the key word stays the same.
• D. Changes strangers to foes. The capitalised word is not touched, so this is wrong.

Step 4: Answer Option B is correct. It is the only one that replaces HOSPITABLE with its antonym, hostile, while keeping everything else the same.

Tip: When one word is in capitals, look for the option that changes only that word and leaves the rest of the sentence intact. Options that change other parts of the sentence (like A and D) are distractors.