- 1. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The boys .......football every afternoon.
A) Play
B) Plays
C) Playing
D) Played
- 2. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
She has not eaten anything........ morning.
A) For
B) From
C) At
D) Since
- 3. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
If I ....... enough money, I will buy a bicycle.
A) Had
B) Having
C) Has
D) Have
- 4. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The teacher asked us to keep....... during the lesson.
A) quiet
B) quietly
C) queiteness
D) quite
- 5. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
Neither Ade nor his friend....... present yesterday.
A) Be
B) Were
C) Are
D) Was
- 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 sister about your exam
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) Middle
B) Bottom left
C) Bottom right
D) Top Right
- 8. Which of the following is a good topic for a narrative essay?
A) How to Wash your cloth
B) The day I will never forget
C) The importance of education
D) The use of water
- 9. The closing of a friendly letter is usually........
A) Yours faithfully
B) Yours yours
C) Your obedient servant
D) Yours affectionately
- 10. What should come immediately after the date of a formal letter?
A) Salutation
B) Signature
C) Receiver's address
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) Sheep
B) Heat
C) Hit
D) Seat
- 12. The word WRITE begins with a ......sound.
A) /w/
B) /t/
C) /r/
D) /i/
- 13. Which of these words has the silent letter?
A) Knife
B) King
C) Kick
D) Kind
- 14. Which of the following words has three syllables?
A) School
B) Teacher
C) Table
D) Banana
- 15. The stress in the word "photograph" falls on.......
A) Last syllable
B) Second syllable
C) Third syllable
D) First syllable
- 16. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one CAPITALISED.
maCHine
A) Chief
B) Measure
C) Chuff
D) shoulder
- 17. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
kIng
A) Fill
B) Greet
C) Break
D) Graph
- 18. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
bUy
A) Fry
B) Ugly
C) Pant
D) Come
- 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) Composition
B) Writing
C) Narrative
D) Literature
- 21. Literature is divided into _______genres
A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Two
- 22. _________is a short well known statement that gives advice or expresses something that is generally true.
A) Proverb
B) Prose
C) Literature
D) Descriptive writing
- 23. What comes immediately after the closing remark in a formal letter?
A) Signature
B) Yours faithfully
C) You're sincerely
D) Full name
- 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) 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) Roland's
B) Rolands'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) Girl
B) Girls'
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) You, yours
B) My, 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) 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) mine
B) me
C) my
- 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) 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) Are
B) Is
C) Was
D) Am
- 35. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You____well today
A) Are looking
B) Am looking
C) Were looking
D) Is 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 getting
C) Is got
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) Are doing
C) Did
D) Is doing
- 38. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
He____his leg when he was playing
A) Was hurting
B) Is hurting
C) Hurts
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) For
C) On
D) With
- 40. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The children were tired _____excited.
A) Yet
B) If
C) And
D) Or
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