- 1. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The boys .......football every afternoon.
A) Plays
B) Playing
C) Played
D) Play
- 2. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
She has not eaten anything........ morning.
A) From
B) Since
C) For
D) At
- 3. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
If I ....... enough money, I will buy a bicycle.
A) Has
B) Had
C) Having
D) Have
- 4. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The teacher asked us to keep....... during the lesson.
A) queiteness
B) quietly
C) quiet
D) quite
- 5. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
Neither Ade nor his friend....... present yesterday.
A) Were
B) Are
C) Be
D) Was
- 6. Choose the option that best answers the question.
Which of these is a formal letter?
A) A letter to your cousin about your holiday
B) A letter to your friend about her last trip
C) A letter to the principal to request for a transfer certificate
D) A letter to your sister about your exam
- 7. The address of the writer in a formal letter is written at the ...... of the page.
A) Bottom right
B) Middle
C) Top Right
D) Bottom left
- 8. Which of the following is a good topic for a narrative essay?
A) The day I will never forget
B) The importance of education
C) How to Wash your cloth
D) The use of water
- 9. The closing of a friendly letter is usually........
A) Yours yours
B) Yours affectionately
C) Your obedient servant
D) Yours faithfully
- 10. What should come immediately after the date of a formal letter?
A) Salutation
B) Signature
C) Receiver's address
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) Heat
B) Sheep
C) Seat
D) Hit
- 12. The word WRITE begins with a ......sound.
A) /r/
B) /t/
C) /i/
D) /w/
- 13. Which of these words has the silent letter?
A) Knife
B) King
C) Kind
D) Kick
- 14. Which of the following words has three syllables?
A) Table
B) Teacher
C) Banana
D) School
- 15. The stress in the word "photograph" falls on.......
A) First syllable
B) Second syllable
C) Last syllable
D) Third syllable
- 16. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one CAPITALISED.
maCHine
A) shoulder
B) Chief
C) Chuff
D) Measure
- 17. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
kIng
A) Fill
B) Graph
C) Greet
D) Break
- 18. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
bUy
A) Ugly
B) Pant
C) Fry
D) Come
- 19. The following are types of nouns except_______
A) Collective noun
B) Common noun
C) Abstract noun
D) Feature noun
- 20. _______is a term used to describe work of creative imagination.
A) Narrative
B) Writing
C) Composition
D) Literature
- 21. Literature is divided into _______genres
A) Three
B) Five
C) Two
D) Four
- 22. _________is a short well known statement that gives advice or expresses something that is generally true.
A) Descriptive writing
B) Prose
C) Proverb
D) Literature
- 23. What comes immediately after the closing remark in a formal letter?
A) Yours faithfully
B) Signature
C) Full name
D) You're sincerely
- 24. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Femi enjoys playing with the_____brigade.
A) Boys'
B) Boys's
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) Lady's
C) Ladie's
- 26. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Mrs Bako is______mother
A) Rolands's
B) Rolands'
C) Roland's
- 27. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Everyone praised the ________performance.
A) Dancer's
B) Dancers
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) Mine, your
C) My, yours
- 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) You, your
B) Is. your
C) His, Yours
- 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) me
B) mine
C) my
- 32. While in Durban, we stayed with a South African friend of ________
A) my
B) you
C) ours
- 33. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options from the options provided below.
We've had ______lunch. Have they had________?
A) our, theirs
B) my, yours
C) ours, yours
- 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) Is
C) Was
D) Am
- 35. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You____well today
A) Am looking
B) Is looking
C) Were looking
D) Are 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) Is getting
C) Was getting
D) Is got
- 37. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
They _______their homework when they fell asleep.
A) Is doing
B) Did
C) Are doing
D) Were 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) Hurt
C) Was hurting
D) Is 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) On
C) In
D) With
- 40. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The children were tired _____excited.
A) Yet
B) And
C) If
D) Or
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