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