GST102

Category: GST102

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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Transition devices also bring ___________in a paragraph

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

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Contracted forms of language use are allowed in ___________

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Falling tone is a change in pitch from _________to low tone

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

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

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A formal letter must have the __________of the sender and the receiver

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9. It has been observed that students who want to be well-focused in their writing, need to learn how to _____

A. paraphrase

B. summarise

C. plagarise

D. decode

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10.

One difficulty about English pronunciation is that there is no perfect correspondence between _________and sounds

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

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

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Homophones are ___________that have the same pronunciation but differ a little in spelling

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The English language has ______ consonant sounds

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

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16. Identify the word that does NOT have this consonant / j /.

A. yoke

B. joke

C. yacht

D. yawn

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

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

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19.

_____________ brings a change in meaning in English utterances

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A longer sentence is usually divided into ____or sense groups, these can also be called tone groups

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21.

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

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22. In the sentence, 'She was singing happily' the tense form is __________.

A. past

B. past perfect

C. past continuous

D. continuous

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In English language there are more sounds than there are letters in the __________

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24. 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 ____

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When you are bringing out the differences in two items in paragraph development you are using ____________ technique

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

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27.

------------- entails keeping the rules, customs and conventions that are observed in our society

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The substitution of one _____for another can bring about a change in meaning

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29.

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

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30.

__________ is the extra effort used in speaking or pronouncing a word

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31.

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

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32. A defining relative clause begins with a relative _____

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33.

To make your formal letter __________use the same font and the same font size

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

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

A. past

B. present continuous

C. future

D. present

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36.

In English unlike in Nigerian languages there is not perfect ________ between spelling and sound

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

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38.

A word that replaces another with the same meaning is called a ___________

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39.

Formal letters are --------- in their styles and phraseology

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

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A paragraph is a piece of writing which is unified by a central, controlling idea or _____________

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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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Wrongly ____a word can lead to wrong meaning being expressed

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The tone of your letters should be____________  and considerate

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The application letter is a _________to an advertisement

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46. Fill in the blanks with have or has: _______ he arrived already?

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47. 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 _______

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"won", "one", "take", "sit", "bit", "peak" and "come" are all ___________

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49. The type of error contained in this sentence 'I was awakened by loud cry' is called ________

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The use of jargon should be avoided in _____writing

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