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