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