- 1. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The boys .......football every afternoon.
A) Played
B) Playing
C) Play
D) Plays
- 2. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
She has not eaten anything........ morning.
A) For
B) Since
C) At
D) From
- 3. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
If I ....... enough money, I will buy a bicycle.
A) Had
B) Having
C) Have
D) Has
- 4. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The teacher asked us to keep....... during the lesson.
A) quietly
B) quite
C) quiet
D) queiteness
- 5. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
Neither Ade nor his friend....... present yesterday.
A) Were
B) Was
C) Be
D) Are
- 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 friend about her last trip
D) A letter to your cousin about your holiday
- 7. The address of the writer in a formal letter is written at the ...... of the page.
A) Middle
B) Top Right
C) Bottom right
D) Bottom left
- 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 use of water
D) The importance of education
- 9. The closing of a friendly letter is usually........
A) Yours affectionately
B) Your obedient servant
C) Yours yours
D) Yours faithfully
- 10. What should come immediately after the date of a formal letter?
A) Salutation
B) Signature
C) Subject
D) Receiver's address
- 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) Seat
C) Hit
D) Heat
- 12. The word WRITE begins with a ......sound.
A) /i/
B) /t/
C) /r/
D) /w/
- 13. Which of these words has the silent letter?
A) King
B) Knife
C) Kick
D) Kind
- 14. Which of the following words has three syllables?
A) Table
B) Teacher
C) School
D) Banana
- 15. The stress in the word "photograph" falls on.......
A) Last syllable
B) Third syllable
C) Second 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) Chuff
C) Measure
D) shoulder
- 17. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
kIng
A) Greet
B) Break
C) Fill
D) Graph
- 18. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
bUy
A) Pant
B) Fry
C) Come
D) Ugly
- 19. The following are types of nouns except_______
A) Abstract noun
B) Common noun
C) Feature noun
D) Collective noun
- 20. _______is a term used to describe work of creative imagination.
A) Composition
B) Writing
C) Literature
D) Narrative
- 21. Literature is divided into _______genres
A) Two
B) Four
C) Five
D) Three
- 22. _________is a short well known statement that gives advice or expresses something that is generally true.
A) Descriptive writing
B) Literature
C) Prose
D) Proverb
- 23. What comes immediately after the closing remark in a formal letter?
A) You're sincerely
B) Signature
C) Yours faithfully
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) Boy's
B) Boys's
C) Boys'
- 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) Lady's
C) Ladie's
- 26. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Mrs Bako is______mother
A) Rolands'
B) Roland's
C) Rolands's
- 27. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Everyone praised the ________performance.
A) Dancer
B) Dancers
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) Mine, your
B) You, yours
C) My, 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) my
B) me
C) mine
- 32. While in Durban, we stayed with a South African friend of ________
A) ours
B) my
C) you
- 33. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options from the options provided below.
We've had ______lunch. Have they had________?
A) our, theirs
B) my, yours
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) Am
B) Was
C) Are
D) Is
- 35. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You____well today
A) Were looking
B) Are looking
C) Am 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) Is got
B) Is getting
C) Was getting
D) Has gotten
- 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) Are doing
D) Did
- 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) Hurts
C) Hurt
D) Is hurting
- 39. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You should not allow anything interefere ______your studies
A) On
B) In
C) With
D) For
- 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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