- 1. 1. It is a shame that Yasmin and Aisha have..... They used to be such good friends
A) broken off
B) broken down
C) broken up
D) broken away
- 2. 2. He claimed that they....known each other for three years
A) had
B) have
C) knew
D) has
- 3. 3. If Bola had come earlier, she.....met the special guest
A) will
B) would
C) may have
D) would have
- 4. 4. Madam Kate couldn't......Tolani's attitude.
A) put up with
B) see through to
C) put in with
D) check for
- 5. 5. Would you......the volume of that player?
A) turn off
B) turn around
C) turn down
D) turn in
- 6. 6. The duty of Our teacher is to give instructions;......is to obey
A) our
B) ours'
C) our's
D) ours
- 7. 7. Those novels are interesting. I wonder if you can get me ........
A) other such many
B) many others as such
C) many such as others
D) such many others
- 8. 8. Close the door quickly; is an example of what ....... intonation
- 9. 9.......is refer to how voices can change pitch to convey meaning
A) Intonation
B) Stress
C) Syllables
D) Oral sound
- 10. 10.. What are you doing? This is an example of....... intonation
- 11. 11. Did you have fun at the park? This is an example of......intonation
- 12. 12. It rained HEAVILY last night.
A) Was everywhere dry last night?
B) For how long did it rain yesterday ?
C) Did it drizzle last night?
D) Did it rain all day last week?
- 13. 13. I wonder how he will … being
absent from school for a long time.
A) make off
B) make up
C) make in
D) make through
- 14. 14. The baby......with malaria last week.
A) come up against
B) come along
C) come along with
D) come down
- 15. 15. Before the assembly, I will discuss the matter with Mrs.Aliu.(Write out the prepositional phrase)
- 16. 16. My aunt told me she will be coming to Nigeria in the month of November.( Write out the adverbial phrase)
- 17. 17.On the way to the hospital, I met my friend from school.( Write out the adverbial phrase)
- 18. 18.Suffixes can be .......or......
A) Adjuncts or prefixes
B) Inflectional or derivational
C) Progressive or regressive
D) Root words and linking words
- 19. 19. The team 'is playing' very well. ( is playing is what type of tense in the sentence)
A) Present continuous tense
B) Past tense
C) Simple future tense
D) Present tense
- 20. 20. I have played soccer when I was a child
A) Perfect tense
B) Continuous tense
C) Present tense
D) Future continuous tense
- 21. 21........is a phrase that combined a verb with a preposition or adverb that function as a verb whose meaning is different from the combined meaning.
A) Phrasal verb
B) Prepositional phrase
C) Intransitive phrasal verb
D) Transitive phrasal verb
- 22. 22. ........ is a group of two or more words that are almost always put together to create a specific meaning using a different combination of words.
A) Phrasal verbs
B) Collocation
C) Adverbs
D) Adverb of concession
- 23. 23. ......are words that sound similar to another word but have different meaning and spellings.
A) Homographs
B) Etymology
C) Antonyms
D) Homophones
- 24. 24. ...... suffixes show the comparative if adjective .
A) Progressive
B) Regressive
C) Derivational
D) Inflectional
- 25. 25. Bear and Bare is an example of
A) etymology
B) acronyms
C) coining
D) homophones
- 26. 26. ......is a phrase or an expression that has a figurative, rather than literal meaning
A) Anagrams
B) Idioms
C) Palindrome
D) Hyperbole
- 27. 27. The word 'joint account' is an example of
A) Enthusiasm
B) phrasal verb
C) coining
D) collocation
- 28. 28. Identify the adverbial clauses in the sentence: He worked so hard that he soon fell sick.
- 29. 29. Identify the adverbial clause in this sentence. Ada saw him when she came to his office.
- 30. 30. The boy is speaking the truth.
A) Past tense
B) Present continuous tense
C) Future tense
D) Simple tense
A) jest
B) yellow
C) joy
D) haste
A) said
B) gale
C) sieze
D) nine
- 33. 33. The test seemed........ simple that we thought we would pass
A) so
B) over
C) very
D) too
- 34. 34. Tayo: I think I can now solve the problem. Essien:.......
A) Either do i
B) So can i
C) Neither can i
D) So do i
- 35. 35. The .....were decorated with flowers.
A) girls shoe
B) girl shoes
C) girls' shoes
D) girl's shoes
A) bend
B) shears
C) earth
D) water
- 37. 37. An act of cleanliness is to dispose.... useless items
A) many
B) away
C) off
D) of
- 38. 38. Graduates find it difficult to secure....... nowadays
A) am employment
B) employments
C) few employment
D) employment
- 39. 39. The man gave the girl a ........ fountain pen.
A) small new blue
B) blue small new
C) small blue new
D) blue new small
A) charm
B) chalet
C) measure
D) change
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