- 1. An article is used to modify a.....in the sentence
A) Noun
B) Pronoun
C) Adverb
D) Adjective
- 2. .... is a definite article
A) The
B) A
C) They
D) An
- 3. ....is an example of an indefinite article
A) They
B) The
C) An
D) Thus
- 4. Fill in the blank space: Mr. Ibrahim needs....pen
A) an
B) the
C) they
D) a
- 5. ..... umbrella was presented to me
A) An
B) A
- 6. Call .... gateman quickly
A) an
B) the
C) a
- 7. Fill in the blank space: ....... food is on the table.
A) Whose
B) Who
C) Whom
- 8. I am sure the book is ......
A) yours
B) your
C) you
D) your's
- 9. An adverb modifies a....
A) pronoun
B) article
C) noun
D) verb
- 10. A formal letter is the letter we write to
A) Our relatives
B) Our friend
C) Our mother
D) Our principal
- 11. .....is used in a formal letter
A) Yours faithfully
B) Yours lovely
C) Yours truly
D) Yours sincerely
- 12. A word that is synonymous to pleasantries is
A) Admonitions
B) Greetings
C) Salutations
D) Remarks
- 13. The superlative adjective of cool
A) More cool
B) Coolest
C) Cooling
D) Cooler
- 14. The comparative adjective of late is
A) Latest
B) Later
C) More late
D) Most late
- 15. The comparative adjective of hurriedly is
A) Hurriedliest
B) More hurriedly
C) Hurriedlier
D) Most hurriedly
- 16. David was the....of the twins
A) Smart
B) Smartest
C) Smarter
D) More smart
- 17. The man lifted the.....end of road
A) Thickest
B) Most thicker
C) More thicker
D) Thicker
- 18. Literature helps to ....the bad things of the society
A) liken
B) interrogate
C) educate
D) criticize
- 19. There are...genres of literature
A) 2
B) 5
C) 4
D) 3
- 20. There are.... parts of a sentence
A) 3
B) 5
C) 2
D) 4
- 21. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter: The land is BARREN
A) new
B) fertile
C) rough
- 22. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter:He had a NATURAL look but his wife has.......one
A) an artificial
B) a fine
C) a beautiful
- 23. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter: We seek for PEACE not......
A) war
B) unrest
C) problem
- 24. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter: Yemisi puts on LOOSE garments on Sundays but on week days
A) clean
B) tight
C) torn
- 25. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter: The PLAINTIFF proved his case beyond any doubt unlike the.........
A) defendant
B) judge
C) lawyer
- 26. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: Chinua Achebe is a RENOWNED novelist
A) witty
B) wonderful
C) famous
- 27. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: When we could not find the boy,we suspected that he must have been ABDUCTED
A) arrested
B) killed
C) kidnapped
- 28. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: The students were told to be HARDWORKING
A) industrious
B) diligent
C) serious
- 29. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: The boy was ANXIOUS to see his benefactor
A) afraid
B) eager
C) happy
- 30. Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letter: Because of a probable Denton one's image, some old politicians now ABHOR corruption
A) love
B) hate
C) admire
- 31. Fill in the blank space with a correct expression:My father's brother is my......
A) sibling
B) uncle
C) cousin
- 32. The doctor specializes.....the treatment of chest diseases
A) on
B) in
C) over
- 33. Have you......the newspaper today
A) red
B) ride
C) read
- 34. A......of people gathered at the accident scene
A) crowd
B) host
C) colony
- 35. You prefer soccer to volley ball,.... you
A) don't
B) will
C) won't
- 36. There were........ cars at the motor park
A) much
B) lots
C) many
- 37. I object...... your joining our school team
A) on
B) to
C) at
- 38. Adeola has no parents so,he is........
A) an outcast
B) an orphan
C) a bastard
- 39. The accused person was.......in prison
A) punished
B) remanded
C) detained
- 40. The cloth was...... blue with the indigo by the designer
A) dyed
B) sewn
C) died
- 41. All these words have three syllables except....
A) students
B) frequency
C) cemetery
- 42. There are...... consonant sounds in English
A) 26
B) 20
C) 24
- 43. Choose the word that contains the sound represented by each phonetic symbol: /:/
A) cod
B) cock
C) cord
- 44. Choose the word that has the same sound as:/k/
A) character
B) knotty
C) knit
- 45. Choose the word that has the same sound as/h/
A) house
B) hour
C) honest
- 46. Choose the word that has the same sound as friENd
A) thief
B) serve
C) said
- 47. Choose the word that has the same sound as like
A) machine
B) stick
C) bright
- 48. Choose the word that has the same sound as villAge
A) women
B) blame
C) class
- 49. Choose the word that has the same sound as Cake
A) chair
B) cease
C) break
- 50. Choose the word that has the same sound as nOw
A) faeces
B) fowl
C) low
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