- 1. The following are examples of common nouns except .....
A) university
B) hospital
C) Mustapha
D) farmer
- 2. The 1st person personal pronoun plural object is represented by ....
A) me
B) they
C) her
D) us
- 3. The possessive form of the pronoun 'you' is .....
A) theirs
B) ours
C) yours
D) theirs
- 4. The past participle form of the verb 'ring' is .....
A) rung
B) ringing
C) rings
D) rang
- 5. forgive is to forgave as fly is to .....
A) flewed
B) flied
C) flown
D) flew
- 6. Which of the options is not a regular verb?
A) play
B) sleep
C) kick
D) pull
- 7. An adjective is a word that is used to describe or qualify a noun or a/an .....
A) pronoun
B) adjective
C) adverb
D) verb
- 8. ..... is an example of an interrogative pronoun.
A) 'When'
B) 'Each other'
C) 'This'
D) 'Himself'
- 9. 'Ameerah was able to answer all the difficult questions in the exam'. The adjective in the sentence is ..........
A) difficult
B) answer
C) questions
D) able
A) pouch
B) search
C) disc
D) death
A) peak
B) bread
C) flee
D) bird
A) park
B) mat
C) laid
D) clay
- 13. The young man was advised to think about the matter CAREFULLY. The word in capital letters is a/an ........
A) verb
B) adjective
C) adverb
D) pronoun
- 14. 'Mazeeda read hard for the English exam.' The adverb in the sentence is ............
A) hard
B) exam
C) English
D) read
- 15. A formal letter is also called ......
A) an epistle
B) a friendly letter
C) an application letter
D) an official letter
- 16. Requirements of an informal letter include all but one of the following.
A) the salutations
B) receiver's address
C) sender's address
D) the date
- 17. Which of the following expresses the simple past tense?
A) I will see guide you through the manual later.
B) We have not thought it possible.
C) We tried our best in the examination.
D) It is happening right now as we speak.
- 18. Which of the following expresses the present continuous tense?
A) He prefers goat meat to beef.
B) It rained cats and dogs last night.
C) She has informed her parents about the issue.
D) We are serving the guests accordingly.
- 19. A story of someone's life told by another person is called ....
A) memoir
B) fiction
C) autobiography
D) biography
- 20. A narrative composition is a type of writing that ......
A) describes an activity or event
B) gives directions
C) presents an argument
D) tells a story
- 21. Plays are written in .......... and ..........
A) plots and movements
B) acts and scenes
C) chapters and paragraphs
D) lines and stanzas
- 22. "World Apart" is regarded as what genre of literature?
A) fiction
B) poetry
C) play
D) novel
- 23. How many address(es) is/are required in an informal letter?
A) one
B) any
C) two
D) none
- 24. Sodiq .................... when he heard the joke.
A) laugh
B) laughing
C) laughs
D) laughed
- 25. What is the passive form of the statement: 'She has baked the cake'?
A) The cake has been baked by her.
B) The cake is being baked by her.
C) The caked was baked by her.
D) The cake has being baked by her.
- 26. What is the passive voice of the statement: 'He plays the guitar'?
A) The guitar is played by him.
B) The guitar was being played by him.
C) The guitar has been played by him.
D) The guitar was played by him.
- 27. What is the passive form of the statement: 'They were harvesting the crops'?
A) The crops have been harvested by them.
B) The crops were being harvested by them.
C) They are harvesting the crops.
D) The crops was harvested by them.
- 28. What is the passive voice of the statement: 'The scientists will test the new vaccine next week'?
A) The new vaccine will be tested next week.
B) The new vaccine has been tested next week.
C) The new vaccine was tested next week.
D) The new vaccine are being tested next week.
- 29. What is the passive form of the statement: 'He invited us to the party'?
A) We were being invited to the party by him.
B) The party was invited to us by him.
C) We were invited to the party by him.
D) The party has been invited to us by him.
- 30. These boys are stubborn, they have started fighting again, ........................
A) didn't they?
B) weren't they?
C) aren't they?
D) haven't they?
- 31. I made my intention known from the beginning, ______________
A) didn't I?
B) do I?
C) did I?
D) haven't I?
- 32. Let us go to the stadium, ________________
A) shouldn't we?
B) aren't we?
C) won't we?
D) shall we?
- 33. We were not bothered at all, _____________
A) didn't we?
B) isn't it?
C) were we?
D) would we?
- 34. Ashrouf treats his friends with respect, _____________
A) can't he?
B) doesn't he?
C) does he?
D) isn't he?
- 35. Which of the following contains the sound /ɪə/?
A) please
B) clear
C) air
D) height
- 36. Which of the following contains the sound /ɔɪ/?
A) spoil
B) junior
C) lock
D) porter
- 37. Which of the following contains the sound /aɪ/?
A) torch
B) colour
C) paint
D) guide
- 38. Which of the following contains the sound /au/?
A) professor
B) pause
C) powder
D) dawn
- 39. Which of the following contains the sound /eɪ/?
A) pride
B) straight
C) champion
D) despair
- 40. Which of the following contains the sound /ɪə/?
A) fear
B) fence
C) space
D) lie
- 41. Which of the following contains the sound /eə/?
A) beer
B) air
C) star
D) fly
- 42. Which of the following contains the sound /eɪ/?
A) buyer
B) team
C) past
D) faith
- 43. Which of the following contains the sound /aɪ/?
A) fear
B) seat
C) disturb
D) tide
- 44. Which of the following contains the sound /au/?
A) rose
B) dawn
C) south
D) lunch
- 45. ______ the difficult circumstances, they managed to achieve their goal.
A) Apart from
B) Regarding
C) Although
D) In spite of
- 46. The picnic went on ______ the rain.
A) because of
B) due to
C) despite
D) no matter
- 47. ______ his fear of heights, he climbed to the top of the mountain.
A) Regardless of
B) In spite of
C) Instead of
D) Apart from
- 48. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the capitalised word in: 'Today's weather was INTOLERABLE.'
A) manageable
B) predictable
C) unbearable
D) enjoyable
- 49. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the capitalised word in: 'The musician's performance was MAGNIFICENT.'
A) splendid
B) despicable
C) ordinary
D) undeniable
- 50. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the capitalised word in: 'Her performance was EXEMPLARY.'
A) ordinary
B) inadequate
C) misleading
D) outstanding
- 51. Choose the option that is most NEARLY OPPOSITE in meaning to the capitalised word in: 'The student OMITTED a crucial detail in the essay.'
A) disregarded
B) excluded
C) included
D) repeated
- 52. Choose the option that is most NEARLY OPPOSITE in meaning to the capitalized word in: 'She NEGLECTED her responsibilities.'
A) postponed
B) attended
C) disregarded
D) ignored
- 53. Choose the option that is most NEARLY OPPOSITE in meaning to the capitalized word in: 'The company EXPANDED its operations.'
A) extended
B) reduced
C) disbanded
D) enlarged
- 54. She is the __________ girl in the class.
A) taller
B) most tallest
C) tall
D) tallest
- 55. I will go to the store ________ I need to buy some groceries.
A) but
B) or
C) because
D) and
- 56. Choose the option that is most NEARLY OPPOSITE in meaning to the capitalized word in: 'The music SOOTHED the audience.'
A) annoyed
B) calmed
C) deceived
D) excited
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