- 1. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The boys .......football every afternoon.
A) Play
B) Played
C) Playing
D) Plays
- 2. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
She has not eaten anything........ morning.
A) For
B) At
C) Since
D) From
- 3. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
If I ....... enough money, I will buy a bicycle.
A) Has
B) Had
C) Have
D) Having
- 4. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The teacher asked us to keep....... during the lesson.
A) quite
B) queiteness
C) quiet
D) quietly
- 5. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
Neither Ade nor his friend....... present yesterday.
A) Was
B) Are
C) Be
D) Were
- 6. Choose the option that best answers the question.
Which of these is a formal letter?
A) A letter to your sister about your exam
B) A letter to the principal to request for a transfer certificate
C) A letter to your friend about her last trip
D) A letter to your cousin about your holiday
- 7. The address of the writer in a formal letter is written at the ...... of the page.
A) Top Right
B) Bottom left
C) Middle
D) Bottom right
- 8. Which of the following is a good topic for a narrative essay?
A) The use of water
B) The importance of education
C) The day I will never forget
D) How to Wash your cloth
- 9. The closing of a friendly letter is usually........
A) Yours affectionately
B) Your obedient servant
C) Yours faithfully
D) Yours yours
- 10. What should come immediately after the date of a formal letter?
A) Receiver's address
B) Salutation
C) Subject
D) Signature
- 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) Hit
D) Seat
- 12. The word WRITE begins with a ......sound.
A) /r/
B) /i/
C) /w/
D) /t/
- 13. Which of these words has the silent letter?
A) King
B) Kind
C) Knife
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) Last syllable
B) First syllable
C) Second syllable
D) Third syllable
- 16. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one CAPITALISED.
maCHine
A) Chuff
B) Measure
C) shoulder
D) Chief
- 17. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
kIng
A) Break
B) Graph
C) Fill
D) Greet
- 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) Feature noun
B) Collective noun
C) Common noun
D) Abstract noun
- 20. _______is a term used to describe work of creative imagination.
A) Narrative
B) Writing
C) Literature
D) Composition
- 21. Literature is divided into _______genres
A) Two
B) Five
C) Four
D) Three
- 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) Signature
B) Yours faithfully
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) 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) Lady's
B) Ladie's
C) Ladies'
- 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
B) Dancer's
C) Dancers
- 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) Mine, your
B) My, yours
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) Is. your
B) His, Yours
C) You, 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) me
C) mine
- 32. While in Durban, we stayed with a South African friend of ________
A) my
B) ours
C) you
- 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) ours, yours
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) Are
C) Was
D) Is
- 35. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You____well today
A) Were looking
B) Are looking
C) Is looking
D) Am 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) Has gotten
C) Is got
D) Was getting
- 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) Hurt
B) Was hurting
C) Is hurting
D) Hurts
- 39. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You should not allow anything interefere ______your studies
A) In
B) With
C) On
D) For
- 40. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The children were tired _____excited.
A) If
B) Yet
C) And
D) Or
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