50 Selected English Exam Questions for Practice

It will not be possible to do a whole paper at one time. Your teacher will tell you how much of each paper to do in a lesson. If you are working alone or with friends, you will find no difficulty with Paper 2 because, on the paper itself, candidates are told how many minutes to spend on each question. Paper 1 contains 100 items. You should have 45 minutes to tackle the 60 objective questions in Paper 3. You are expected to spend one hour on the 100 questions. It is advisable that you do the questions whose answers you are sure of first. Also, you have to read the whole sentence before providing the answer. We believe that with constant practice of likely questions of objective tests, you will get familiar with them and pass your exams. The various objective questions have been set for practice. All the students should study the questions and get familiar with them.

Choose the best option to fill the gap in each of the following sentences.

There is an obvious need to …………………… enemy attacks.

1. ward away
2. ward against
3. ward of

The principal will be going away on leave. In his absence, the vice-principal will ……………… the school.

1. carry on
2. care for
3. look after
4. take over.

The boycott of classes last year by undergraduates………………….. the temporary closure of Nigerian universities.

1. resulted to
2. resulted in
3. resulted from
4. resulted into.

I am travelling by the 6.30 train tomorrow morning. Will you …….. me ……….?

1. see/off
2. look/up
3. see/to
4. take/down.

You have been absent from classes for four months. How can you ……………… for the lost time? 1. make in

2. make up

3. make off

4. make out.

As a result of the injury sustained on the football field, Segun was ………………. With a broken leg for months.

1. laid down
2. laid up
3. laid off
4. laid out.

He looked ……….. everyone in authority as an enemy.

1. on
2. at
3. in
4. against.

Maimuna wrote to ask if I could ……. her…… for the night.

1. a. put/in
2. put/out
3. put/up
4. put/off.

………… your watch, it is half an hour fast.

1. Put away
2. Put up
3. Put forward
4. Put back.

She used to be very tidy but she has ……….. it now.

1. grown out of
2. grown from
3. grown away with
4. grown by.

The Head of the department is away at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport and asked Dr Haruna to ………….

1. stand out
2. stand in
3. stand on
4. stand across

While the worshippers closed their eyes in prayer, a thief ………… with the collection.

1. made out
2. made away
3. made up
4. made through.

Children’s clothes have to be strong to ………….. rough use.

1. stand in through
2. stand in for
3. stand up to
4. stand up for

The young man looked carefully at the long document, but he couldn’t ……….. what it meant.

1. make up
2. make out
3. make do
4. make though.

The principal advised that we pursue this case cautiously, otherwise, we are bound to be …………. by Ada’s lies.

1. taken away
2. taken out
3. taken in
4. taken off.

The old politicians were discredited because they tried to …………… the people’s ignorance.

1. cash in on
2. catch in with
3. catch in on
4. cash in with.

Jubril found that thieves had entered his house in his absence. He went to the police to report the ………….

1. break out
2. break up
3. break in
4. break into

‘Darling, do send the children to bed. I can’t …………. Their noise any longer,’ he said to his wife. A. put down with

1. put off with
2. put up with
3. put through with.

The villagers ……….. their leaders for good examples.

1. looked up to
2. looked on to
3. looked up at
4. looked forward to.

Despite all preparations, the wedding did not …………

1. come along.
2. come off.
3. come on.
4. come up.

The editor was not happy that the Nigerian press was …………..

1. hemmed up
2. hemmed over
3. hemmed across
4. hemmed in.

Our culture does not allow one to ………….. when an elderly person is speaking.

1. cut off
2. cut in
3. cut of
4. cut on.

Lagos witnessed the largest …………. of writers at the recently concluded convention.

1. turn on
2. turn out
3. turn over
4. turn around.

One of the three candidates contesting the union election was obliged to ………..

1. step out
2. step off
3. step down
4. step in.

The handset was faulty and so it was impossible to ………… them by phone.

1. get at
2. get over to
3. get through to
4. get on to.

Femi has a ……….. appetite

1. vivacious
2. loquacious
3. suspicious
4. voracious.

Gindiri in Plateau State has a …………..

1. rural, well-contented, small population
2. well-contented, small, rural population
3. small, well-contented, rural population
4. well-contented, rural, small population

Many students hardly remember the ………….

1. administration civilian ousted.
2. civilian ousted administration.
3. ousted administration civilian.
4. ousted civilian administration.

The gentleman had on ………… watch.

1. a gold, very expensive, Rolex
2. a gold, Rolex, very expensive
3. a very expensive, Rolex, gold
4. a very expensive, gold, Rolex.

Kwame bought a ………… bag

1. large, white, leather
2. leather, white, large
3. white, leather, large
4. large, leather, white

I have never seen …………..

1. so talented young a player.
2. much a talented young player.
3. such a talented young player.
4. more young talented player.

Mary is ………… girl I have ever seen

1. the very beautiful
2. a most beautiful
3. the most beautiful
4. a very beautiful.

Amadi is the ………… teacher.

1. European History modern
2. European modern History
3. Modern History European
4. Modern European History

Bisi is ………… of the three girls.

1. easily the most beautiful
2. the most beautiful easily
3. most easily beautiful
4. easily beautiful the most.

Our twenty-year-old car is ………… than most new cars.

1. much stronger
2. strong
3. more stronger
4. strongest

Three ………… soldiers are guarding the governor’s office.

1. heavily-armed, tall, wild-looking
2. wild-looking, heavily-armed, tall
3. wild-looking, tall, heavily-armed
4. tall, wild-looking, heavily-armed

She attended the ceremony in a ………… dress.

1. blue beautiful silk party
2. party beautiful blue silk
3. beautiful blue silk party
4. beautiful blue party silk

As things are now, I have to look for …………. tyre

1. a cheap, second-hand, rubber
2. a cheap, rubber, second-hand
3. a rubber, cheap, second-hand
4. a second-hand, rubber cheap.

The ………….. came here last week.

1. handsome tall young man
2. young tall handsome man
3. tall handsome young man
4. young handsome tall man

The ………….. is in the class.

1. lecturer American History
2. History American lecturer
3. American History lecturer
4. lecturer History American

Three weeks after ……………, the village had not recovered from the frightening experience.

1. another police surprise raid
2. another surprise police raid
3. police surprise another raid
4. another raid police surprise

Nigeria has signed the ………… agreement.

1. new cocoa international
2. new international cocoa
3. international new cocoa
4. cocoa new international

There is to be …………… from Kainji to Niamey.

1. 720-km transmission power line
2. transmission 720-km power line
3. power transmission 720-km line
4. transmission power 720-km line

There is …………. Of 70 percent of candidates taking the exam.

1. an alarming failure high rate
2. a high alarmingly failure rate
3. a high failure alarmingly rate
4. an alarmingly high failure rate

I want a car with …………… seats.

1. luxurious front fully-reclining
2. fully-reclining front luxurious
3. luxurious fully-reclining front
4. front luxurious full-reclining.

He bought his wife a …………. dress.

1. pretty blue silk party
2. blue pretty silk party
3. silk blue pretty party
4. party blue silk pretty

My father has …………. car.

1. an old blue Peugeot
2. an old Peugeot blue
3. a Peugeot blue old
4. a blue old Peugeot.

Please, include …………. sites for our excursions.

1. all the interesting, many, historical
2. the many, all interesting, historical
3. the all historical, many, interesting
4. all the many, interesting, historical.

She bought a ………… handbag.

1. red beautiful leather
2. beautiful leather red
3. beautiful red leather
4. leather beautiful red.

The country has bought ………… fighter jet.

1. a new supersonic small American
2. a new small American supersonic
3. a supersonic new American small
4. a small supersonic new American.