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