- 1. 1. It is a shame that Yasmin and Aisha have..... They used to be such good friends
A) broken away
B) broken off
C) broken up
D) broken down
- 2. 2. He claimed that they....known each other for three years
A) have
B) has
C) had
D) knew
- 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) put in with
C) see through to
D) check for
- 5. 5. Would you......the volume of that player?
A) turn in
B) turn down
C) turn off
D) turn around
- 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) many others as such
B) other such many
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) Stress
B) Intonation
C) Oral sound
D) Syllables
- 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) Did it drizzle last night?
B) Was everywhere dry last night?
C) Did it rain all day last week?
D) For how long did it rain yesterday ?
- 13. 13. I wonder how he will … being
absent from school for a long time.
A) make in
B) make through
C) make off
D) make up
- 14. 14. The baby......with malaria last week.
A) come up against
B) come along with
C) come along
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) Progressive or regressive
B) Root words and linking words
C) Inflectional or derivational
D) Adjuncts or prefixes
- 19. 19. The team 'is playing' very well. ( is playing is what type of tense in the sentence)
A) Present tense
B) Present continuous tense
C) Past tense
D) Simple future tense
- 20. 20. I have played soccer when I was a child
A) Future continuous tense
B) Continuous tense
C) Present tense
D) Perfect 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) Transitive phrasal verb
C) Prepositional phrase
D) Intransitive 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) Collocation
B) Phrasal verbs
C) Adverbs
D) Adverb of concession
- 23. 23. ......are words that sound similar to another word but have different meaning and spellings.
A) Homophones
B) Etymology
C) Antonyms
D) Homographs
- 24. 24. ...... suffixes show the comparative if adjective .
A) Inflectional
B) Derivational
C) Regressive
D) Progressive
- 25. 25. Bear and Bare is an example of
A) etymology
B) coining
C) acronyms
D) homophones
- 26. 26. ......is a phrase or an expression that has a figurative, rather than literal meaning
A) Idioms
B) Anagrams
C) Hyperbole
D) Palindrome
- 27. 27. The word 'joint account' is an example of
A) phrasal verb
B) coining
C) collocation
D) Enthusiasm
- 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) Simple tense
B) Future tense
C) Present continuous tense
D) Past tense
A) jest
B) haste
C) joy
D) yellow
A) sieze
B) gale
C) said
D) nine
- 33. 33. The test seemed........ simple that we thought we would pass
A) very
B) so
C) over
D) too
- 34. 34. Tayo: I think I can now solve the problem. Essien:.......
A) So do i
B) Neither can i
C) So can i
D) Either do i
- 35. 35. The .....were decorated with flowers.
A) girls shoe
B) girl's shoes
C) girls' shoes
D) girl shoes
A) bend
B) water
C) shears
D) earth
- 37. 37. An act of cleanliness is to dispose.... useless items
A) many
B) of
C) away
D) off
- 38. 38. Graduates find it difficult to secure....... nowadays
A) few employment
B) employments
C) employment
D) am employment
- 39. 39. The man gave the girl a ........ fountain pen.
A) blue new small
B) small blue new
C) small new blue
D) blue small new
A) measure
B) change
C) chalet
D) charm
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