GST102

Dictionaries give the ______________ meanings of words

2. Identify the voice of the underlined verb in the sentence as active or passive. Today, football is been played by both men and women. The verb is _______

Secondary _____is weaker than the primary stress

4. The word 'important' carries stress on its ________ syllable

The word "pretend" can be an adjective as well as a _____________

Summarization involves condensing and ____ a large piece of writing

In a _________ instead of using "I beg to state" use enquiry instead

Connection between the sentences is one of the elements that go into the _________of a good paragraph

9. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. You may need to do some research. The infinitive phrase is _____

In Nigeria languages tone that brings about a change in the meaning while in English a change in meaning is as a result of _________

11. Complete the sentence with the appropriate relative pronoun: Chinua Achebe was the author _______ wrote "Things Fall Apart".

Repetition of_________, ideas and wishes is not necessary in doing a summary

Sounds in the English language can broadly be divided into _____________and consonants

_____________ brings a change in meaning in English utterances

Combining two or three _____of a passage into one will help condense the passage

The main _________between the formal and informal letter is in the use of language

In a word, the part that has the stress is pronounced with _____force

18. Fill in the blank with do or does: How _______ we get there?

19. In this senetence 'The man THAT YOU SAW YESTERDAY WAS the former President of Nigeria' the capitalised group of words is called a ________

The tone of your letters should be____________  and considerate

21. Which of the following words does NOT have a short vowel?

The application letter is a _________to an advertisement

23. a' and 'an' are called ______ articles

24. Which street d'you live in? is an example of _____ statement.

Being able to _________ yourself well in an interview gives you greater chances of getting the job

26. The opening sentence in a paragraph, states the central __________of that paragraph for the reader.

Words are made up of separable ______units referred to as Syllables

28. Official reports, business letters, legal documents are often written in ______ language.

Apart from _____stress there is also sentence stress

30. In the sentence, 'The President arrives from China tomorrow', the tense form is __________.

31. A defining relative clause is so called because they define or specify the _______ which they qualify.

32. The topic sentence is most frequently found at the _______ of the paragraph.

33. Identify the voice of the underlined verb in the sentence as active or passive. It is preferred to basketball. The verb is _____

34. The present tense forms of the verb 'do' are ________

Complex sentences with ______clauses are deployed in summary writing to make the passage shorter

A letter to your study centre director of your missing scores it is called a letter of _______

 The letter written to the INEC chairman asking for clarification on voting procedure is a ----------

For correct pronunciation you must learn to use the ___________every time you come across any new word

39. The only way you can learn how to summarise is for you to ______

40. No sentence can be correct in English without proper sequence of _______

41. Placing a topic sentence at the end of a paragraph _________

42. Identify the voice of the underlined verb in the sentence as active or passive. The game of football will keep Nigerians glued to their television sets for a long time to come. The verb is _______

In a_________, the author takes the reader logically and smoothly from one idea to another

44. Which vowel is represented in the word 'whack'?

45. Identify the voice of the underlined verb in the sentence as active or passive. The art of football commentary was developed along with the sport. The verb is ____

46. State if this sentence is FORMAL or INFORMAL: Which street d'you live in?

47. The ________ is used to describe past events, and emphasise their effect on the speaker's present situation.

Falling tone is a change in pitch from _________to low tone

The primary stress is on the _____ syllable in the word "locomotion".

50. _______is a form of direct statement whereby the subject of a sentence takes an object without any inversion.