ATTENTION:
Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.
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GST102
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In English language there are more sounds than there are letters in the __________
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2. “It is advised that prison conditions should be improved.” What kind of subject is in the sentence?
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After doing a summary of a ________, it becomes shorter
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4. The opening sentence in a paragraph, states the central __________of that paragraph for the reader.
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The main _________between the formal and informal letter is in the use of language
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6. The ________ is used to describe past events, and emphasise their effect on the speaker's present situation.
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Repetition of_________, ideas and wishes is not necessary in doing a summary
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8. Fill in the blank with do or does: _____ you know how to make a cup of tea?
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Transition devices is used to link sentences in __________
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10. Identify the voice of the underlined verb in the sentence as active or passive. It is preferred to basketball. The verb is ______
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Complex sentences with ______clauses are deployed in summary writing to make the passage shorter
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In a _________ instead of using "I beg to state" use enquiry instead
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Contracted forms of language use are allowed in ___________
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The tone of your letters should be____________ and considerate
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15. Which vowel is represented in the word 'whack'?
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Transition devices also bring ___________in a paragraph
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17. _______is a form of direct statement whereby the subject of a sentence takes an object without any inversion.
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In speech, there is always the movement of the ____of the speaker's voice from high to low or from low to high
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19. She longed for a friend in whom she could confide' is an example of _____ statement.
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20. A defining relative clause begins with a relative _____
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The word "pretend" can be an adjective as well as a _____________
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22. The type of error contained in this sentence 'I was awakened by loud cry' is called ________
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The English vowels and consonants are very important to ______ spoken English
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24. Fill in the blanks with have or has: Now, you _______ learnt the secret of happiness.
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25. Identify the word that does NOT have this consonant / j /.
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Dictionaries give the ______________ meanings of words
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27. Indicate the sentence type, simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. Kara loves to go to the beach. This is a ________ sentence
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Connection between the sentences is one of the elements that go into the _________of a good paragraph
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Combining two or three _____of a passage into one will help condense the passage
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Beginning a paragraph with the topic sentence helps the _________to immediately know what the paragraph is about
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The use of the passive voice is more common in ___________
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Summarization involves condensing and ____ a large piece of writing
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A formal letter must have the __________of the sender and the receiver
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34. Complete the sentence with the appropriate relative pronoun: Chinua Achebe was the author _______ wrote "Things Fall Apart".
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A letter to your study centre director of your missing scores it is called a letter of _______
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36. State if this sentence is FORMAL or INFORMAL: Which street d'you live in?
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In English unlike in Nigerian languages there is not perfect ________ between spelling and sound
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38. In the sentence, 'The President arrives from China tomorrow', the tense form is __________.
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39. Fill in the blanks with have or has: _______ he arrived already?
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40. The ________situation of a country determines the way a speech is presented.
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41. A defining relative clause is so called because they define or specify the _______ which they qualify.
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The letter to your sister describing a tourist site your visited during the last Christmas is an -----------
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43. In the sentence, 'I have been waiting for sometime now' the tense form is_________.
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Without a proper pronunciation of words, your audience may miss out the ______________ you are trying to express
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45. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. Think about what you can do to know more about automobiles. The infinitive phrase is ______
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46. One of the following is the correct stress pattern for the word 'commerce'
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The words "pocket", "pretend" and "docket" all have ____
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The document containing the bio data of the sender of an application letter is called _________
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One difficulty about English pronunciation is that there is no perfect correspondence between _________and sounds
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_________________ qualifies nouns
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