These ENGLISH LANGUAGE questions and answers were pulled from our book (ENGLISH LANGUAGE questions for Primary 5); Compiled to serve as a reference material to help teachers draw up test and exam questions faster. It could also help students assess their level of exam preparation. Each sample question includes correct answers.
Sample ENGLISH LANGUAGE Exam Questions and Answers
1. Golden Garden Estate,
House 2, Road 218
Woji, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
2nd of October, 2010.
Mrs. Oyinkoro Tawari,
The Headmistress,
Pinacle International School,
3 Agudama Street,
Elelenwo, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
Dear Sir,
PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT
I ask for permission to be absent on Friday, the 12th of November, 2010 so as to go to the hospital for a medical check up. I will be grateful if I am granted permission. Thank you for considering me.
Yours faithfully,
Ngozi Okolo.
______ is the writer of the letter.
A. Golden Garden Estate
B. Ngozi Okolo
C. Oyinkoro Tawari
D. Pinacle International School
2. Golden Garden Estate,
House 2, Road 218,
SWoji, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
2nd of October, 2010.
Mrs. Oyinkoro Tawari,
The Headmistress,
Pinacle International School,
3 Agudama Street,
Elelenwo, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
Dear Sir,
PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT
I ask for permission to be absent on Friday, the 12th of November, 2010 so as to go to the hospital for a medical check up. I will be grateful if I am granted permission. Thank you for considering me.
Yours faithfully
Ngozi Okolo.
Ngozi Okolo seeks permission to ______.
A. be absent for a day
B. visit a doctor in a hospital
C. go for a health check up
D. be absent on the 2nd of October
3. Golden Garden Estate,
House 2, Road 218,
Woji, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
2nd of October, 2010.
Mrs. Oyinkoro Tawari,
The Headmistress,
Pinacle International School,
No.3 Agudama Street,
Elelenwo, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
Dear Sir,
PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT
I ask for permission to be absent on Friday, the 12th of November, 2010 so as to go to the hospital for a medical check up.
I will be grateful if I am granted permission. Thank you for considering me.
Yours faithfully,
Ngozi Okolo.
All of the following can be found in an informal letter, EXCEPT the ____.
A. address of the recipient
B. body of the letter
C. date of the letter
D. address of the writer
4. Golden Garden Estate, House 2, Road 218,
Woji, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
2nd of October, 2010.
Mrs. Oyinkoro Tawari,
The Headmistress,
Pinacle International Scho
No.3 Agudama Street,
Elelenwo, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
Dear Sir,
PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT
I ask for permission to be absent on Friday, the 12th of November, 2010 so as to go to the hospital for a medical check up.
I will be grateful if I am granted permission. Thank you for considering me.
Yours faithfully,
Ngozi Okolo.
‘Going for a medical check up’ means ______.
A. going to collect medicines at the hospital
B. going to show the doctor the medicines collected from the chemist
C. going to a doctor for a thorough physical examination
D. going to the hospital to pay medical bills
5.Golden Garden Estate,
House 2, Road 218,
Woji, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
2nd of October, 2010.
Mrs. Oyinkoro Tawari,
The Headmistress,
Pinacle International School,
No.3 Agudama Street,
Elelenwo, Port Harcourt,
Rivers State.
Dear Sir,
PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT
I ask for permission to be absent on Friday, the 12th of November, 2010 so as to go to the hospital for a medical check up.
I will be grateful if I am granted permission. Thank you for considering me.
Yours faithfully,
Ngozi Okolo.
All of the following can be found in an informal letter, EXCEPT the ____.
A. salutation
B. title of the letter
C. body of the letter
D. closing of the letter
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Read the passage and answer the question below.
6.THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL FLAG
The Nigerian flag was designed in 1959. It was first officially hoisted on Independence day, October 1, 1960. It comprises a combination of two colours: green and white. The green bands represent the forests and abundant natural wealth of Nigeria while the white band represents peace.
The national flag was a selection of the winning entry in a competition held in 1959. The original design had a red sun with streaming rays placed at the top of the white stripe. This was removed by the judges and the flag has not been altered since.
The designer of the national flag is known as Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi. He is an indigene of Owu in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He was a student of Norwich Technical College, England when he saw the advertisement in a national daily. Entries were being accepted for the design of a new National Flag. Akinkunmi quickly prepared his entry and sent it to Lagos. It was eventually picked in 1958 as the best.
The flag was used to celebrate the Nigerian Independence on October 1, 1960. “The Union Jack” (Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) was lowered for the Nigerian Flag to take its place on the flagpole.
Pa Akinkunmi as he is presently called, has received numerous awards from both individuals and organisations, and presently lives in Ibadan.
Culled from Wikipedia
Michael Taiwo Akinkumi was a student of _____________.
A. Norwich Technical College, England
B. Norwich Technical College, Ethiopia
C. Norwich Technical College, Nigeria
D. Norwich Technical College, South Africa
7 .Reading books about people’s adventures to different parts of the world is one of Soibifa’s hobbies. Within the past three months, she has read Gulliver’s Travel, King Solomon’s Mines, and Round the World in Eighty Days; a book in a month. Soon, at her leisure time, she is going to start reading The Treasure Island.Although she has never travelled outside Nigeria before, she knows quite a lot about the different places she has read about.Soibifa wonders what the world really looks like outside the pictures of her books.
‘Soibifa wonders what the world really looks like outside the pictures of her books’. This means that ______.
A. the pictures in her books are not real pictures, but drawings and paintings
B. the pages of her books are filled with pictures only
C. Soibifa is curious about how the real world looks
D. the world is different from the world she reads about in books
8 .Reading books about people’s adventures to different parts of the world is one of Soibifa’s hobbies. Within the past three months, she has read Gulliver’s Travel, King Solomon’s Mines, and Round the World in Eighty Days; a book in a month. Soon, at her leisure time, she is going to start reading The Treasure Island.Although she has never travelled outside Nigeria before, she knows quite a lot about the different places she has read about.Soibifa wonders what the world really looks like outside the pictures of her books.
Soibifa has read all of the following books, EXCEPT _____.
A. The Treasure Island
B. Round the World in Eighty Days
C. Gulliver’s Travel
D. King Solomon’s Mines
9 Ada was the only child of her parents. As a growing child, she had always imagined what having a brother or a sister would be like. She thought of all the things she would have done with her sister, if she had one. She would have taken her out to visit beautiful places, made her hair, told her stories, and shared things with her. If she had a brother, she would have loved to play games like scrabble, chess and monopoly with him. She would also have taught him all what he needed to know.Ada was very close to her parents and only shared her thoughts with them.Now, Ada is a grown woman and is married to Chinedu. They love each other and are very close. She shares everything with Chinedu. They both hope to have two children with whom they will share all that they desire.
Which of these sentences is true?
A. Ada is married and has two children.
B. Ada teaches games such as scrabble, chess and monopoly.
C. Ada is an orphan.
D. Ada is married to Chinedu.
10. Reading books about people’s adventures to different parts of the world is one of Soibifa’s hobbies. Within the past three months, she has read Gulliver’s Travel, King Solomon’s Mines, and Round the World in Eighty Days; a book in a month. Soon, at her leisure time, she is going to start reading The Treasure Island.Although she has never travelled outside Nigeria before, she knows quitea lot about the different places she has read about.Soibifa wonders what the world really looks like outside the pictures of her books.
Which of these sentences is NOT true?
A. Within the past three months, Soibifa has read three books.
B. Soibifa likes to read.
C. Soibifa is yet to read The Treasure Island.
D. Soibifa read King Solomon’s Mines in three months
