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

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

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

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

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

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The application letter is a _________to an advertisement

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

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

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

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

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

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12.

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

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

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

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The tone of your letters should be____________  and considerate

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

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

A. present continuous

B. future

C. past

D. present

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

A. joke

B. yawn

C. yoke

D. yacht

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

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The English vowels and consonants are very important to ______ spoken English

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

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

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

A. learn it off-hand

B. listen carefully to a summary lecture

C. learn together in groups

D. do it practically

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

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25.

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

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26.

Transition devices also bring ___________in a paragraph

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Constant ___________of the English sounds makes you a good speaker English

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

A. makes the paragraph more interesting

B. allows for an effective summary

C. allows for all the sentences to be built up to the topic

D. helps both the reader and the writer

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

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

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

A. informal

B. demi-formal

C. semi-formal

D. formal

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32.

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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33.

Falling tone is a change in pitch from _________to low tone

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34. In the sentence, 'I have been waiting for sometime now' the tense form is_________.

A. present perfect continuous

B. Past tense

C. past continuous

D. present continuous

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35.

__________ are used to represent sounds in the dictionary

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

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Well-articulated discussion is possible with one another because we have adequate _____________

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38.

Wrongly ____a word can lead to wrong meaning being expressed

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39.

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

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

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Words are made up of separable ______units referred to as Syllables

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42. A defining relative clause begins with a relative _____

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43. In the sentence, 'The girl had accidentally been harrassed by the agents’ the tense form is _________

A. past continuous

B. past perfects

C. past perfect

D. simple past

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_____________ brings a change in meaning in English utterances

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

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

A. plagarise

B. decode

C. summarise

D. paraphrase

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47.

The letter to your sister describing a tourist site your visited during the last Christmas is an -----------

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48.

Beginning a paragraph with the topic sentence helps the _________to immediately know what the paragraph is about

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

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

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