- 1. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The boys .......football every afternoon.
A) Play
B) Playing
C) Played
D) Plays
- 2. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
She has not eaten anything........ morning.
A) From
B) For
C) At
D) Since
- 3. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
If I ....... enough money, I will buy a bicycle.
A) Have
B) Has
C) Had
D) Having
- 4. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The teacher asked us to keep....... during the lesson.
A) quiet
B) quietly
C) quite
D) queiteness
- 5. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
Neither Ade nor his friend....... present yesterday.
A) Be
B) Are
C) Were
D) Was
- 6. Choose the option that best answers the question.
Which of these is a formal letter?
A) A letter to your sister about your exam
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 cousin about your holiday
- 7. The address of the writer in a formal letter is written at the ...... of the page.
A) Bottom right
B) Bottom left
C) Middle
D) Top Right
- 8. Which of the following is a good topic for a narrative essay?
A) The day I will never forget
B) How to Wash your cloth
C) The use of water
D) The importance of education
- 9. The closing of a friendly letter is usually........
A) Yours yours
B) Yours affectionately
C) Yours faithfully
D) Your obedient servant
- 10. What should come immediately after the date of a formal letter?
A) Salutation
B) Receiver's address
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) Sheep
B) Heat
C) Seat
D) Hit
- 12. The word WRITE begins with a ......sound.
A) /r/
B) /t/
C) /w/
D) /i/
- 13. Which of these words has the silent letter?
A) King
B) Kind
C) Knife
D) Kick
- 14. Which of the following words has three syllables?
A) Table
B) School
C) Banana
D) Teacher
- 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) shoulder
B) Measure
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) Break
C) Fill
D) Greet
- 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) Feature noun
B) Collective noun
C) Abstract noun
D) Common noun
- 20. _______is a term used to describe work of creative imagination.
A) Composition
B) Literature
C) Writing
D) Narrative
- 21. Literature is divided into _______genres
A) Two
B) Five
C) Four
D) Three
- 22. _________is a short well known statement that gives advice or expresses something that is generally true.
A) Prose
B) Literature
C) Descriptive writing
D) Proverb
- 23. What comes immediately after the closing remark in a formal letter?
A) Yours faithfully
B) You're sincerely
C) Full name
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) Roland's
B) Rolands'
C) Rolands's
- 27. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Everyone praised the ________performance.
A) Dancers
B) Dancer's
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) 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) You, your
C) Is. 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) my
B) ours
C) you
- 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) ours, 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) Are
B) Was
C) Am
D) Is
- 35. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You____well today
A) Am looking
B) Are 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) Was getting
C) Is got
D) Is getting
- 37. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
They _______their homework when they fell asleep.
A) Did
B) Were doing
C) Is doing
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) Hurts
B) Is hurting
C) Hurt
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) For
B) In
C) On
D) With
- 40. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The children were tired _____excited.
A) If
B) And
C) Yet
D) Or
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