- 1. What type of noun must begin with a capital letter, no matter where it occurs in a sentence?
A) common noun
B) abstract noun
C) proper noun
D) collective noun
- 2. The following are examples of common nouns except .....
A) school
B) Zenith Bank
C) hospital
D) farmer
- 3. One of these is not an example of a speech organ.
A) The teeth
B) The lips
C) The tongue
D) The jaw
- 4. The three elements of any composition comprises __________, _____________ and _________________.
A) the title, the body of the letter and the final salutation
B) the introduction, the body and the conclusion
C) the starting, the finishing and the summary
D) the introduction, the middle and the solution
- 5. The 1st person personal pronoun plural (subject) is represented by .....
A) I
B) we
C) him
D) us
- 6. The 3rd person personal pronoun plural object is represented by ....
A) her
B) them
C) we
D) they
- 7. The possessive form of the pronoun 'we' is .....
A) theirs
B) theirs
C) ours
D) yours
- 8. The past participle form of the verb 'ride' is .....
A) raid
B) rode
C) ridden
D) rodden
- 9. The simple past form of the verb 'sing' is .....
A) sings
B) song
C) sang
D) sung
- 10. drive is to driven as bear is to .....
A) bored
B) beared
C) borne
D) bore
- 11. One of these is not a regular verb.
A) pull
B) kick
C) play
D) come
- 12. An adjective is a word that is used to describe or qualify a noun or a/an .....
A) adverb
B) pronoun
C) verb
D) adjective
- 13. ..... is an example of an interrogative pronoun.
A) 'This'
B) 'When'
C) 'Each other'
D) 'Himself'
- 14. ..... is an example of an indefinite pronoun.
A) 'Nobody'
B) 'Ourselves'
C) 'What'
D) 'Those'
- 15. 'Ameerah was able to answer all the difficult questions in the exam'. The adjective in the sentence is ..........
A) answer
B) able
C) difficult
D) questions
A) bread
B) peck
C) dye
D) peak
A) sport
B) cut
C) coup
D) cook
A) search
B) pouch
C) death
D) disc
A) bread
B) bird
C) peak
D) flee
A) mat
B) laid
C) park
D) clay
- 21. One of these is not a type of pronoun.
A) Qualitative pronoun
B) Demonstrative pronoun
C) Interrogative pronoun
D) Reflexive pronoun
- 22. The following are all types of adjectives except......
A) adjective of number
B) adjective of manner
C) adjective of colour
D) adjective of quality
- 23. The young man was advised to think about the matter CAREFULLY. The word in capital letters is a/an ........
A) adverb
B) verb
C) adjective
D) pronoun
- 24. Ashrouf loves RIPE mangoes. The word in capital letters is a/an ................
A) verb
B) preposition
C) adverb
D) adjective
- 25. 'Mazeeda read hard for the English exam.' The adverb in the sentence is ............
A) exam
B) read
C) hard
D) English
- 26. Which of the options is not an irregular verb?
A) serve
B) sleep
C) leave
D) go
- 27. Which of the options means the same as 'vomit'?
A) react
B) throw up
C) hold down
D) pass out
- 28. The objective case of the pronoun 'we' is ...........
A) us
B) them
C) him
D) I
- 29. Which of the following is a feminine gender pronoun?
A) you
B) him
C) I
D) she
A) fence
B) Lord
C) pass
D) sun
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