ENGLISH STUDIES EXAM QUESTIONS 

EACH QUESTION CARRY EQUAL MARK

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY 

Read the passage below and answer questions 1–10.

Last Saturday, our school organised an inter-school debate competition. Pupils from four different schools came to take part. The topic was “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” Our team won because we spoke clearly and gave good examples. The head teacher congratulated us and promised to take the team on an excursion to the radio station.

1. What type of competition was held?

A. Drama  B. Debate  C. Quiz  D. Spelling Bee

2. How many schools took part in the event?

A. Two  B. Three  C. Four  D. Five

3. What was the topic of the debate?

A. Hard work leads to success

B. Cleanliness is next to Godliness

C. Honesty is the best policy

D. Practice makes perfect

4. Why did the school team win?

A. They arrived early

B. They spoke clearly and gave good examples

C. They shouted loudly

D. They had more pupils

5. What did the head teacher promise?

A. To give the pupils gifts

B. To take them on an excursion

C. To organize another debate

D. To promote all pupils

6. The word “excursion” means —

A. a short trip for pleasure

B. a serious test

C. a classroom lesson

D. a television show

7. The opposite of “won” is —

A. beat  B. lost  C. gained  D. succeed

8. The word “clearly” in the passage is a/an —

A. noun  B. verb  C. adverb  D. adjective

9. The expression “Cleanliness is next to Godliness” means —

A. Only clean people pray

B. Being clean is part of good behaviour

C. God loves soap

D. Cleanliness is for poor people

10. The main idea of the passage is —

A. How our school won a debate competition

B. The importance of speaking loudly

C. The value of sports

D. The work of the head teacher

 

SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE 

Choose the correct word:

11. She ___ a letter to her uncle yesterday.

A. write  B. writing  C. wrote  D. written

12. If he ___ hard, he will pass the exam.

A. study  B. studies  C. studied  D. studying

13. The opposite of “early” is —

A. fast  B. late  C. soon  D. slowly

14. “Ade and Bola ___ going to the market.”

A. is  B. are  C. was  D. be

15. The teacher divided the class ___ groups.

A. in  B. into  C. at  D. on

16. The plural of child is —

A. childs  B. children  C. childes  D. childer

17. Which of these is a noun?

A. run  B. happiness  C. quickly  D. below

18. The boy ran fast. The word fast is a/an —

A. adjective  B. adverb  C. verb  D. noun

19. Which sentence is in the past tense?

A. She is reading

B. She reads

C. She read

D. She will read

20. “I like oranges ___ I don’t like mangoes.”

A. but  B. and  C. so  D. because

21. The opposite of beautiful is —

A. ugly  B. tall  C. fair  D. dark

22. “They ___ football every Saturday.”

A. plays  B. playing  C. played  D. play

23. Which of the following is a question tag?

A. isn’t it?  B. because  C. very  D. really

24. “Tola sings better than Sade.” This shows —

A. comparison  B. action  C. possession  D. location

25. The synonym of angry is —

A. happy  B. glad  C. furious  D. calm

 

SECTION C: LITERATURE / WRITING SKILLS 

Choose the correct word:

26. A short story with a moral lesson is called a —

A. legend  B. poem  C. folktale  D. drama

27. A written conversation between characters in a play is called —

A. prose  B. dialogue  C. rhyme  D. report

28. In a letter, “Yours faithfully” is used in a —

A. formal letter  B. informal letter  C. friendly letter  D. note

29. The person who tells a story is the —

A. writer  B. speaker  C. narrator  D. reader

30. What is the main purpose of letter writing?

A. To decorate paper

B. To exchange ideas and information

C. To fill notebooks

D. To recite poems

31. A poem is written in —

A. sentences  B. paragraphs  C. stanzas  D. essays

32. “Once upon a time” is commonly used in —

A. a folktale  B. a poem  C. a play  D. a news report

33. The main character in a story is called the —

A. actor  B. hero  C. poet  D. teacher

34. In letter writing, the address should be written at the —

A. middle  B. bottom  C. top  D. side

35. The theme of a story means its —

A. title  B. message or lesson  C. author  D. character

 

SECTION D: SPELLING AND VERBAL APTITUDE 

Choose the correctly spelt word:

36. A. enviroment  B. environment  C. envirnment  D. enviromentt

37. A. acheive  B. acheeve  C. achieve  D. achive

38. A. competition  B. compitition  C. competision  D. compitision

39. A. pronounse  B. pronounce  C. pronnounce  D. pronunce

40. The opposite of happy is —

A. joyful  B. sad  C. smiling  D. fine

41. The synonym of clever is —

A. dull  B. foolish  C. intelligent  D. lazy

42. Which word is odd?

A. book  B. pencil  C. chalk  D. singing

43. Which word rhymes with school?

A. fool  B. food  C. flood  D. full

44. “He is a giant.” The underlined word means —

A. small  B. big  C. short  D. tiny

45. Choose the correct meaning of honest:

A. telling lies  B. sincere  C. deceitful  D. tricky

46. Choose the word with the same sound as pair:

A. pear  B. peer  C. par  D. pier

47. Choose the correct article: ___ umbrella is on the table.

A. a  B. an  C. the  D. that

48. Which of these is a vowel sound?

A. /k/  B. /b/  C. /e/  D. /s/

49. The silent letter in knee is —

A. e  B. k  C. n  D. none

50. The plural of woman is —

A. womans  B. womens  C. woman  D. women

 

ANSWER KEY / MARKING GUIDE

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY

Q	Answer	Q	Answer
1	B	6	A
2	C	7	B
3	B	8	C
4	B	9	B
5	B	10	A

 

SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

Q	Answer	Q	Answer
11	C	21	A
12	B	22	D
13	B	23	A
14	B	24	A
15	B	25	C
16	B

 

SECTION C: LITERATURE / WRITING SKILLS

Question	Answer	Question	Answer
26	C	31	C
27	B	32	A
28	A	33	B
29	C	34	C
30	B	35	B

 

SECTION D: SPELLING AND VERBAL APTITUDE

Question	Answer	Question	Answer
36	B	43	A
37	C	44	B
38	A	45	B
39	B	46	A
40	B	47	B
41	C	48	C
42	D	49	B
		50	D