- 1. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The boys .......football every afternoon.
A) Played
B) Play
C) Playing
D) Plays
- 2. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
She has not eaten anything........ morning.
A) Since
B) From
C) At
D) For
- 3. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
If I ....... enough money, I will buy a bicycle.
A) Had
B) Has
C) Having
D) Have
- 4. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The teacher asked us to keep....... during the lesson.
A) queiteness
B) quiet
C) quietly
D) quite
- 5. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
Neither Ade nor his friend....... present yesterday.
A) Are
B) Was
C) Be
D) Were
- 6. Choose the option that best answers the question.
Which of these is a formal letter?
A) A letter to your cousin about your holiday
B) A letter to the principal to request for a transfer certificate
C) A letter to your friend about her last trip
D) A letter to your sister about your exam
- 7. The address of the writer in a formal letter is written at the ...... of the page.
A) Bottom left
B) Top Right
C) Bottom right
D) Middle
- 8. Which of the following is a good topic for a narrative essay?
A) How to Wash your cloth
B) The importance of education
C) The day I will never forget
D) The use of water
- 9. The closing of a friendly letter is usually........
A) Yours faithfully
B) Yours yours
C) Yours affectionately
D) Your obedient servant
- 10. What should come immediately after the date of a formal letter?
A) Subject
B) Receiver's address
C) Salutation
D) Signature
- 11. Choose the word with the correct sound as the one capitalised.
The vowel sound in SHIP is the same as in
A) Hit
B) Sheep
C) Seat
D) Heat
- 12. The word WRITE begins with a ......sound.
A) /w/
B) /t/
C) /i/
D) /r/
- 13. Which of these words has the silent letter?
A) Kick
B) Kind
C) Knife
D) King
- 14. Which of the following words has three syllables?
A) Banana
B) Table
C) School
D) Teacher
- 15. The stress in the word "photograph" falls on.......
A) Second syllable
B) Third syllable
C) First syllable
D) Last syllable
- 16. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one CAPITALISED.
maCHine
A) Chief
B) shoulder
C) Measure
D) Chuff
- 17. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
kIng
A) Graph
B) Break
C) Greet
D) Fill
- 18. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
bUy
A) Come
B) Pant
C) Ugly
D) Fry
- 19. The following are types of nouns except_______
A) Common noun
B) Collective noun
C) Feature noun
D) Abstract noun
- 20. _______is a term used to describe work of creative imagination.
A) Literature
B) Composition
C) Writing
D) Narrative
- 21. Literature is divided into _______genres
A) Five
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
- 22. _________is a short well known statement that gives advice or expresses something that is generally true.
A) Descriptive writing
B) Proverb
C) Prose
D) Literature
- 23. What comes immediately after the closing remark in a formal letter?
A) Yours faithfully
B) Signature
C) Full name
D) You're sincerely
- 24. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Femi enjoys playing with the_____brigade.
A) Boys'
B) Boys's
C) Boy's
- 25. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
You can use the ____room on the floor.
A) Lady's
B) Ladie's
C) Ladies'
- 26. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Mrs Bako is______mother
A) Rolands's
B) Rolands'
C) Roland's
- 27. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Everyone praised the ________performance.
A) Dancer's
B) Dancers
C) Dancer
- 28. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
The mean guard threw away the _____bags.
A) Girls'
B) Girls
C) Girl
- 29. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options from the options provided below.
I've drunk all _______juice, so can I have some of _______?
A) My, yours
B) You, yours
C) Mine, your
- 30. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options from the options provided below.
Tell Dayo not to forget ______homework. And you mustn't forget _______
A) Is. your
B) You, your
C) His, Yours
- 31. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options from the options provided below.
I just heard from that friend of _____i told you about.
A) my
B) me
C) mine
- 32. While in Durban, we stayed with a South African friend of ________
A) my
B) you
C) ours
- 33. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options from the options provided below.
We've had ______lunch. Have they had________?
A) ours, yours
B) my, yours
C) our, theirs
- 34. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
My mother and my sister ____travelling to Kano next week.
A) Was
B) Is
C) Are
D) Am
- 35. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You____well today
A) Were looking
B) Am looking
C) Is looking
D) Are looking
- 36. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
We have to leave now, it____ late.
A) Has gotten
B) Is got
C) Is getting
D) Was getting
- 37. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
They _______their homework when they fell asleep.
A) Were doing
B) Is doing
C) Did
D) Are doing
- 38. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
He____his leg when he was playing
A) Is hurting
B) Hurt
C) Hurts
D) Was hurting
- 39. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You should not allow anything interefere ______your studies
A) With
B) In
C) For
D) On
- 40. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The children were tired _____excited.
A) Or
B) If
C) And
D) Yet
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