- 1. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The boys .......football every afternoon.
A) Played
B) Playing
C) Plays
D) Play
- 2. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
She has not eaten anything........ morning.
A) Since
B) At
C) For
D) From
- 3. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
If I ....... enough money, I will buy a bicycle.
A) Have
B) Having
C) Had
D) Has
- 4. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
The teacher asked us to keep....... during the lesson.
A) quiet
B) queiteness
C) quite
D) quietly
- 5. Choose the correct option from the given alternatives.
Neither Ade nor his friend....... present yesterday.
A) Be
B) Are
C) Were
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 sister about your exam
C) A letter to your cousin about your holiday
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) Bottom right
B) Top Right
C) Bottom left
D) Middle
- 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 day I will never forget
D) The use of water
- 9. The closing of a friendly letter is usually........
A) Yours faithfully
B) Yours affectionately
C) Yours yours
D) Your obedient servant
- 10. What should come immediately after the date of a formal letter?
A) Salutation
B) Signature
C) Receiver's address
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) Sheep
B) Seat
C) Hit
D) Heat
- 12. The word WRITE begins with a ......sound.
A) /w/
B) /i/
C) /r/
D) /t/
- 13. Which of these words has the silent letter?
A) Kind
B) Kick
C) Knife
D) King
- 14. Which of the following words has three syllables?
A) Table
B) Teacher
C) School
D) Banana
- 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) Measure
D) shoulder
- 17. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
kIng
A) Fill
B) Break
C) Graph
D) Greet
- 18. From the options provided, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one CAPITALISED.
bUy
A) Fry
B) Ugly
C) Pant
D) Come
- 19. The following are types of nouns except_______
A) Abstract noun
B) Feature noun
C) Common noun
D) Collective noun
- 20. _______is a term used to describe work of creative imagination.
A) Composition
B) Narrative
C) Literature
D) Writing
- 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) Signature
B) You're sincerely
C) Full name
D) Yours faithfully
- 24. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Femi enjoys playing with the_____brigade.
A) Boys'
B) Boys's
C) Boy'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) Ladies'
C) Lady's
- 26. Fill in the possessive form of the nouns given in the options provided below.
Mrs Bako is______mother
A) Roland's
B) Rolands'
C) Rolands'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) Girl
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) You, yours
B) My, 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) 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) me
B) mine
C) my
- 32. While in Durban, we stayed with a South African friend of ________
A) ours
B) my
C) you
- 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) ours, yours
C) our, theirs
- 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) Is
B) Was
C) Am
D) Are
- 35. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
You____well today
A) Are looking
B) Am looking
C) Is looking
D) Were looking
- 36. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
We have to leave now, it____ late.
A) Was getting
B) Is getting
C) Has gotten
D) Is got
- 37. From the options provided below, choose the word that best completes the sentence.
They _______their homework when they fell asleep.
A) Did
B) Are doing
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) Is hurting
B) Hurt
C) Was 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) And
B) Yet
C) Or
D) If
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