- 1. An article is used to modify a.....in the sentence
A) Noun
B) Adverb
C) Pronoun
D) Adjective
- 2. .... is a definite article
A) An
B) The
C) A
D) They
- 3. ....is an example of an indefinite article
A) The
B) Thus
C) They
D) An
- 4. Fill in the blank space: Mr. Ibrahim needs....pen
A) a
B) the
C) they
D) an
- 5. ..... umbrella was presented to me
A) A
B) An
- 6. Call .... gateman quickly
A) the
B) a
C) an
- 7. Fill in the blank space: ....... food is on the table.
A) Whose
B) Whom
C) Who
- 8. I am sure the book is ......
A) your's
B) your
C) you
D) yours
- 9. An adverb modifies a....
A) pronoun
B) noun
C) article
D) verb
- 10. A formal letter is the letter we write to
A) Our mother
B) Our relatives
C) Our principal
D) Our friend
- 11. .....is used in a formal letter
A) Yours truly
B) Yours faithfully
C) Yours lovely
D) Yours sincerely
- 12. A word that is synonymous to pleasantries is
A) Greetings
B) Admonitions
C) Remarks
D) Salutations
- 13. The superlative adjective of cool
A) Cooler
B) Coolest
C) Cooling
D) More cool
- 14. The comparative adjective of late is
A) Most late
B) Later
C) Latest
D) More late
- 15. The comparative adjective of hurriedly is
A) Hurriedliest
B) Most hurriedly
C) More hurriedly
D) Hurriedlier
- 16. David was the....of the twins
A) Smart
B) Smarter
C) More smart
D) Smartest
- 17. The man lifted the.....end of road
A) Most thicker
B) More thicker
C) Thickest
D) Thicker
- 18. Literature helps to ....the bad things of the society
A) educate
B) interrogate
C) liken
D) criticize
- 19. There are...genres of literature
A) 3
B) 5
C) 2
D) 4
- 20. There are.... parts of a sentence
A) 4
B) 2
C) 5
D) 3
- 21. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter: The land is BARREN
A) fertile
B) rough
C) new
- 22. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter:He had a NATURAL look but his wife has.......one
A) a beautiful
B) an artificial
C) a fine
- 23. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter: We seek for PEACE not......
A) problem
B) war
C) unrest
- 24. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter: Yemisi puts on LOOSE garments on Sundays but on week days
A) clean
B) torn
C) tight
- 25. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter: The PLAINTIFF proved his case beyond any doubt unlike the.........
A) lawyer
B) judge
C) defendant
- 26. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: Chinua Achebe is a RENOWNED novelist
A) witty
B) famous
C) wonderful
- 27. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: When we could not find the boy,we suspected that he must have been ABDUCTED
A) arrested
B) killed
C) kidnapped
- 28. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: The students were told to be HARDWORKING
A) serious
B) diligent
C) industrious
- 29. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: The boy was ANXIOUS to see his benefactor
A) eager
B) afraid
C) happy
- 30. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: Because of a probable Denton one's image, some old politicians now ABHOR corruption
A) admire
B) love
C) hate
- 31. Fill in the blank space with a correct expression:My father's brother is my......
A) sibling
B) cousin
C) uncle
- 32. The doctor specializes.....the treatment of chest diseases
A) over
B) on
C) in
- 33. Have you......the newspaper today
A) ride
B) read
C) red
- 34. A......of people gathered at the accident scene
A) crowd
B) host
C) colony
- 35. You prefer soccer to volley ball,.... you
A) will
B) don't
C) won't
- 36. There were........ cars at the motor park
A) lots
B) many
C) much
- 37. I object...... your joining our school team
A) at
B) on
C) to
- 38. Adeola has no parents so,he is........
A) an outcast
B) a bastard
C) an orphan
- 39. The accused person was.......in prison
A) punished
B) detained
C) remanded
- 40. The cloth was...... blue with the indigo by the designer
A) dyed
B) died
C) sewn
- 41. All these words have three syllables except....
A) students
B) cemetery
C) frequency
- 42. There are...... consonant sounds in English
A) 26
B) 20
C) 24
- 43. Choose the word that contains the sound represented by each phonetic symbol: /:/
A) cod
B) cock
C) cord
- 44. Choose the word that has the same sound as:/k/
A) character
B) knotty
C) knit
- 45. Choose the word that has the same sound as/h/
A) house
B) honest
C) hour
- 46. Choose the word that has the same sound as friENd
A) said
B) thief
C) serve
- 47. Choose the word that has the same sound as like
A) machine
B) stick
C) bright
- 48. Choose the word that has the same sound as villAge
A) blame
B) class
C) women
- 49. Choose the word that has the same sound as Cake
A) break
B) cease
C) chair
- 50. Choose the word that has the same sound as nOw
A) low
B) faeces
C) fowl
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