Answer All questions

TENSES A. by

B. on
1. As at yesterday, only nomination papers
C. for
in respect of three candidates _____.
D. through
A. have been filed

B. are being filed REPORTED SPEECH

C. had been filed

Change from direct to indirect speech
D. has been filed
5. “I am going to the park,” she said.
2. The lady _____ here tomorrow.
A. She says she is going to the
A. arrive
park.
B. arriving
B. She said that she was going to
C. arrives
the park.
D. arrived
C. She said she is going to the
PREPOSITIONS
park.

3. You will need to commit the formula ____ D. She says she will be going to the

memory. park.

A. to 6. Indirect Speech: He said that he would

B. by call me later.

C. on What is the correct direct speech for this

D. in sentence?

4. Mariam said she was acting _____ the A. “I will call you later,” he said.

instructions of the principal. B. “I would call you later,” he said.

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 C. “He will call me later,” he said. D. They went to the beach, but it

D. “I would call me later,” he said. started to rain.

CONJUNCTIONS: Coordinating Conjunction 2nd TERM: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

7. Which of the following sentences 9. Which of the following is the correct

correctly uses a coordinating passive voice transformation of the

conjunction? sentence: “The chef cooked a delicious

A. She wanted to go to the park, or meal”?

it was raining heavily. A. A delicious meal was cooking by

B. He was tired, yet he continued to the chef.

work. B. A delicious meal is cooked by

C. They studied hard, so they failed the chef.

the exam. C. A delicious meal was cooked by

D. I enjoy reading books, nor I the chef.

dislike watching movies. D. The chef was cooking a

delicious meal.
Subordinating Conjunction
DEGREES OF ADJECTIVES
8. Which sentence correctly uses a
10. Ngozi is by far ____ of the girls.
subordinating conjunction?
A. a most brilliant
A. I will go to the party, for I am
B. the most brilliant
invited.
C. the more brilliant
B. She didn’t go to school, and she
D. more brilliant
was sick.
11. Which of the two questions is _____?
C. He stayed home because he
A. most difficult
was feeling unwell.
B. the much difficult

C. the most difficult

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 D. more difficult B. Even

C. Although
ADJECTIVAL ORDER
D. When
12. That book belongs to the _____ lady.
CONCORD
A. tall American black

B. American tall black 16. Neither Adamu nor Musa ____ at home

C. tall black American when Idris arrived.

D. black tall American A. was

B. were
PUNCTUATION MARKS
C. are
13. Punctuate the sentence below:
D. is
can you help me with this asked Raphael
17. The President, with members of his

CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS cabinet _____ visiting our establishment

this afternoon.
14. Which sentence correctly uses a
A. are
conjunctive adverb?
B. was
A. I wanted to go to the park;
C. were
however, it started to rain.
D. is
B. I wanted to go to the park,
18. The President _____ his wife and
however it started to rain.
children is leaving for Paris.
C. I wanted to go to the park;
A. or
however it started to rain.
B. and
D. I wanted to go to the park
C. with
however, it started to rain.
D. despite
15. _______ he is learned, he is fraudulent.

A. Since MODAL VERBS

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 19. At that time when the economy was D. quite

good, a young school leaver _____

CLAUSES
easily get a job.
23. Identify the main clause and any other
A. could
subordinate clauses in the following
B. can
sentence: “Although it was raining, we
C. should
decided to go for a hike, and we enjoyed
D. them
it a lot.”
20. Mary _____ passed the examination

without the extra lessons she had. SPEECH

A. might not
From the words lettered A to D, choose the
B. couldn’t have
word that contains the sound represented by
C. would not
the given phonetic symbol.
D. will not have
24. /æ/
INTENSIFIERS
A. land

21. The dress she wore was ______ B. start

appropriate for the party. C. mark

A. quite D. taste

B. too 25. /a:/

C. much A. park

D. more B. cap

22. The woman walked _____ fast that the C. player

little girl couldn’t catch up with her. D. alone

A. too 26. /ɔɪ/

B. very A. yellow

C. so B. claw

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 C. point 30. “under the weather” means?

D. short A. Feeling happy and energetic

27. /h/ B. Feeling slightly ill and unwell

A. hospital C. Being outside in a bad weather

B. vehicle D. Having good luck.

C. honest

D. hour

LITERATURE

28. what does the expression “break the ice”

mean?

A. To cause an argument

B. To start a conversation in a

social setting

C. To perform a dance

D. To literally break ice.

29. “To hit the nail on the head” means?

A. To hurt someone

B. To precisely identify or

understand something.

C. To build something quickly.

D. To make a mistake

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