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