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Hi Steemians, 


Are you good in English Language?? 

Here's a little assessment to keep your brains running. Cheers. 




Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. 


It was Pa Lasisi who first heard the faint cries of the baby earlier in the morning when he had gone to inspect his traps. The old farmer had been sad and surprised at the extent of the destruction of his maize farm by the flood which had come from the city of Ibadan, about fifteen kilometers away.


He was inspecting the debris which the flood had deposited on his farmland when the faint cry of a human being startled him. Looking around him, he could not see anybody. He was on the verge of dismissing the sound when his eyes caught the orange colored plastic bucket which looked out of place among the debris. As he waded through the swamp towards the bucket, the cry rang out clearly like that of an infant. Cautiously, the old man bent down and opened the cover of the spring-operated bucket. Staring into his weather-beaten face was a little wrinkled creature that was crying and sucking his fingers. For a few seconds, all that Pa Lasisi could do was stare at the baby. He could not believe what he was seeing.
However, having lost his two children seven years before in a similar flood disaster, his paternal instinct quickly overcame him and he recollected himself. He picked up the crying child from the water that had collected at the bottom of he bucket, and was glad the baby was still alive.



1) What was Pa Lasisi doing when he heard the faint cries of the baby?


2) Why was he sad and surprised?


3) Why was the farmer startled at the faint cries of the baby on his farmland?


4) Where did the flood come from?

5) Why did the plastic bucket look 'out of place' among the debris on the farm?


A) Because Pa Lasisi did one expect to find such a thing on his farm.
B) Because the plastic industry is fifteen kilometers away.
C) Because he uses metal buckets on his farm.
D) Because plastic buckets are not in his house.


6) The word 'waded'as used in the second paragraph could be replaced by

A) talked
B) saw
C) viewed
D) walked


7) The word' deposited'as used in the first paragraph means

A) to withdraw.
B) to put down in a particular place.
C) to put money down.
D) to wrap something.


8) What important lesson can be learned from the passage?

A) To always search things well during a flood in case money may be found.
B) To have a humanitarian spirit.
C) To pray against flood.
D) To fence one's farm against flood.


Underline the verbs in the following sentences and indicate whether it is being used as transitive or intransitive verb.

9) The boy ran well to meet the bus.


10) The man bought a new car

11) She sells goods in the market.

12)The students swept their classrooms.

13) Janet wept in church.

14) She speaks English eloquently.

15) The school opens at 8:00 am daily.



Add the necessary question tag to the following statements.

16) I haven't seen you, ——?

17) You remember the day, ——?

18) They waited in vain, ——?

19)We shall find out, ——?

20)All politicians are not liars, —?


Change the following positive sentences into negative sentences.

21) The news travelled fast.

22) Many Muslims can pray five times daily. 

23) The principal is a kind man.

24) He got the job.

25) The boy was laughing.


Change the following direct statements to reported speech.

26) 'I will not tolerate any in discipline,' he warned.

27) 'Scholar resumes on Monday,' the Principal announced.

28) 'My result has not been released', the boy complained.

29) 'Come here', the teacher ordered the students.

30) 'The criminal will be taken to court next week,' the policeman tod the press.


Give the correct plural forms of the words below.

31) passer-by

32) girlfriend

33) gentleman

34) head of department

35) deputy governor


State the functions of the underlined nouns below.


36) John is a comedian.

37) A dog is an animal.

38) We made him the king.

39) He gave the money to the police.

40) Jane gave the book to James.


Identify each of the following sentences by writing declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamation in the spaces provided.


41) This classroom is dirty.——

42) Leave me alone. ——

43) Why do you want me? ——

44) How awful they looked! ——

45) You needn't follow me. ——



Correcting the following spelling errors.


Wrong             Right

46) deceive        ——--

47) truely        —————

48) arguement       ————

49) occassion       ————

50) pronounciation  ————



Write out five words each that contain the following sounds:

51) /k/

53) /g/

54) /t/

55) /d/