GST102

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

Dictionaries give the ______________ meanings of words

_____________ brings a change in meaning in English utterances

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

5. Fill in the blank with do or does: _____ you know how to make a cup of tea?

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

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

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

The application letter is a _________to an advertisement

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

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

Apart from _____stress there is also sentence stress

13. Fill in the blanks with have or has: Now, you _______ learnt the secret of happiness.

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

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

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

The use of jargon should be avoided in _____writing

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

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

20. Beginning a paragraph with a topic sentence helps both the ________ and the reader.

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

22. 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 ____

23. The ________situation of a country determines the way a speech is presented.

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

Summarization involves condensing and ____ a large piece of writing

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

Secondary _____is weaker than the primary stress

28. State if this sentence is FORMAL or INFORMAL: She longed for a friend in whom she could confide. _____

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

30. 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 _______

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

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

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

34. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. Choose a car to please yourself, not others. The infinitive phrase is ______

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

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

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

38. Conferences and seminars help to bring ______ in a particular subject together to present their experiences and views.

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

The English language has ______ consonant sounds

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

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

Falling tone is a change in pitch from _________to low tone

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

Without a proper pronunciation of words, your audience may miss out the ______________ you are trying to express 

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

47. "Life is great!" is an example of _______ sentence

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

"For instance" and "as an illustration" are transition devices that give  ____________

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