National Common Entrance Exam | State and Modern Collages Mock and Common Entrance Exam for Primary 6 (Basic 6) Questions and Answers

SECTION 3 – STRUCTURE

23. I think that you’ve put too ______ salt in this soup; it is almost inedible.

A. many

B. much

C. some

D. every

E. a lot

 

24.The child was so afraid of the dark ______ she refused to sleep alone.

A. if

B. that

C. so

D. but

E. as

 

25. The man is ______ tall to fit through the doorway.

A. that

B. too

C. to

D. very

E. so

 

26. Please put the books over ______ on that shelf for now.

A. their

B. they

C. the

D. they’re

E. there

 

27. ______ penguins nor ostriches can fly.

A. Either

B. Neither

C. Both

D. All

E. Never

 

28. The dog ran in circles for such a long time that it wore ______ out.

A. it

B. itself

C. themselves

D. ourselves

E. him

 

29. You should try to ______ all of the clothes in this pile so that they don’t take up so much space.

A. flat

B. flatten

C. flattened

D. flattening

E. flatter

 

30. She is telling the truth, ______ she?

A. wasn’t

B. is

C. was

D. isn’t

E. couldn’t

 

31. ______ is that person over there?

A. What

B. Which

C. Who

D. Whom

E. Where

 

32.Have you ______ a formal letter before?

A. wrote

B. write

C. writing

D. written

E. writ

 

33. We won’t have time to do that today, ______ we?

A. won’t

B. will

C. wouldn’t

D. can

E. shall

 

34. The traffic was so thick that it was faster to travel ______ foot.

A. on

B. with

C. by

D. under

E. our

 

35. I  prefer mangoes ______ bananas.

A. more

B. less

C. over

D. than

E. then

 

36.The child was ______ impatient but also lazy.

A. also

B. as well as

C. not only

D. very

E. so

 

37. The superlative form of beautiful is ______.

A. more beautiful

B. beautiful

C. most beautiful

D. beautifully

E. beauty

 

38. We ______ dinner when we heard a loud knock at the door.

A. are eating

B. are

C. were eating

D. eat

E. had eating

 

39. Some animals fight predators, others tend to run away and hide.

A. or

B. also

C. nor

D. but

E. even though

 

40. These necklaces were made ______ hand in Kano.

A. on

B. of

C. with

D. by

E. from

 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ANSWER KEY 

1. C 2. B 3. E 4. D 5. C

6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. D

11. D 12. D 13. D 14. A

15. B 16. B 17. B 18. D

19. C 20. C 21. D 22. B

23. B 24. B 25. B 26. E

27. B 28. B 29. B 30. D

31. C 32. D 33. B 34. A

35. C 36. C 37. C 38. C

39. D 40. D