- 1. The type of noun that names things that can neither be touched nor seen is called ......
A) Abstract noun
B) Collective noun
C) Proper noun
D) Common noun
- 2. The 1st person personal pronoun singular (subject) is represented by .....
A) 'we'
B) 'us'
C) 'me'
D) 'I'
- 3. The possessive form of the pronoun 'they' is .....
A) them
B) its
C) themselves
D) theirs
- 4. The 3rd person personal pronoun plural (object) is represented by ....
A) 'me'
B) 'they'
C) 'us'
D) 'them'
- 5. Which of these statements expresses the simple past tense?
A) Bilal has travelled to Qatar.
B) Abubakar loves football.
C) Abdulmannan invited us to a dinner.
D) The small cat was chasing a tiger.
A) receipt
B) cupboard
C) account
D) member
A) kindness
B) sandwich
C) paddle
D) bridge
A) cup
B) push
C) cook
D) blue
A) above
B) flat
C) blood
D) are
A) leopard
B) perch
C) bleach
D) phoenix
- 11. The past participle form of the verb 'come' is .....
A) gone
B) came
C) went
D) come
- 12. Which of the following statements expresses the simple present tense?
A) Bilal will leave for Dubai tomorrow.
B) Nofisat complained about her seat.
C) Allah loves pious people.
D) Abdulqadir is climbing a pawpaw tree.
- 13. Mr Easy couldn't climb THE MOUNTAIN. The words in capital letters exemplify ......
A) a prepositional phrase
B) an adjectival phrase
C) a noun phrase
D) an adverbial phrase
- 14. The bridge leading to the border is under construction. 'Leading to the border' in the statement is a/an.....
A) Adjectival phrase
B) Adverbial phrase
C) Noun phrase
D) Verb phrase
- 15. Mus'ab exhausted all his snacks before the end of the term. 'Before the end of the term' is an adverbial phrase of......
A) manner
B) place
C) reason
D) time
- 16. Choose the one without /t/ sound.
A) paint
B) dropped
C) listen
D) slapped
- 17. Which of the options contains /b/ sound?
A) humble
B) subtle
C) tomb
D) plumber
- 18. Which of the options contains 'sh' sound as in 'shop'?
A) chores
B) path
C) champagne
D) beach
- 19. One of these is not a feature of an informal letter.
A) Date
B) Opening greetings
C) Writer's address
D) Title of the letter
- 20. Invariably, Mastura ended the letter to her friend with '.....'
A) Yours' faithfully,
B) Yours faithfully,
C) Your's sincerely,
D) Yours sincerely,
- 21. An informal letter is also called a/an ...... letter.
A) friendly
B) family
C) request
D) official
- 22. Which of the options means the same as 'triumph'?
A) integrity
B) favour
C) excllence
D) victory
- 23. WITHIN A TWINKLE OF THE EYES, all his hopes and aspirations were dashed to the ground. The words in upper cases exemplify an adverbial phrase of .....
A) reason
B) place
C) manner
D) time
- 24. They were looking SUSPICIOUSLY at all quiet people as if they were quiet in order to appear innocent. The word in upper cases is a/an ......
A) adjective
B) verb
C) adverb
D) object
- 25. Any DECENT man will know that it is not good to raise his hand to beat a woman. The word in upper cases is a/an.....
A) adjective
B) subject
C) preposition
D) adverb
- 26. The man waved to the passers with defeated reluctance. The adjective in the sentence is .....
A) waved
B) reluctance
C) defeated
D) passers
- 27. An adverb is a word that is used to modify a verb, an adjective or another.......
A) adjective
B) word
C) adverb
D) pronoun
- 28. The past form of the verb 'ride' is ......
A) ridden
B) rodden
C) raid
D) rode
- 29. An adverbial phrase performs the same function as a/an ......
A) verb
B) adverb
C) prepositional phrase
D) adjective
- 30. Which of the options means the same thing as 'disclose'?
A) administer
B) discard
C) reveal
D) possess
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