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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The letter to your sister describing a tourist site your visited during the last Christmas is an -----------
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2. The type of error contained in this sentence 'I was awakened by loud cry' is called ________
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3. The topic sentence is most frequently found at the _______ of the paragraph.
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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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Wrongly ____a word can lead to wrong meaning being expressed
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Transition devices is used to link sentences in __________
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The English language has ______ consonant sounds
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The word "pretend" can be an adjective as well as a _____________
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9. 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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10. “It is advised that prison conditions should be improved.” What kind of subject is in the sentence?
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11. 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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In English unlike in Nigerian languages there is not perfect ________ between spelling and sound
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13. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. You may need to do some research. The infinitive phrase is _____
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The English vowels and consonants are very important to ______ spoken English
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15. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. Choose a car to please yourself, not others. The infinitive phrase is ______
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In a_________, the author takes the reader logically and smoothly from one idea to another
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Secondary _____is weaker than the primary stress
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18. The ________situation of a country determines the way a speech is presented.
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19. 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 _______
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A formal letter must have the __________of the sender and the receiver
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21. Fill in the blank with do or does: How _______ we get there?
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22. In the sentence, 'The girl had accidentally been harrassed by the agents’ the tense form is _________
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Complex sentences with ______clauses are deployed in summary writing to make the passage shorter
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24. 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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In a _________ instead of using "I beg to state" use enquiry instead
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The application letter is a _________to an advertisement
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27. The word 'important' carries stress on its ________ syllable
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_____________ brings a change in meaning in English utterances
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Falling tone is a change in pitch from _________to low tone
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A paragraph is a piece of writing which is unified by a central, controlling idea or _____________
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31. State if this sentence is FORMAL or INFORMAL: Which street d'you live in?
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32. In the sentence, 'I have been waiting for sometime now' the tense form is_________.
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To make your formal letter __________use the same font and the same font size
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34. Beginning a paragraph with a topic sentence helps both the ________ and the reader.
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Homophones are ___________that have the same pronunciation but differ a little in spelling
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36. Indicate the sentence type, simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. Naturally, Joy does not enjoy chopping firewood, killing mosquitoes, and cooking over an open fire. This is a __________ sentence
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"For instance" and "as an illustration" are transition devices that give ____________
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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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Contracted forms of language use are allowed in ___________
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__________ are used to represent sounds in the dictionary
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41. She longed for a friend in whom she could confide' is an example of _____ statement.
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In a formal letter, the signature comes before the __________of the sender
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43. One of the following is the correct stress pattern for the word 'commerce'
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Summarization involves condensing and ____ a large piece of writing
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Being able to _________ yourself well in an interview gives you greater chances of getting the job
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46. Which street d'you live in? is an example of _____ statement.
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Constant ___________of the English sounds makes you a good speaker English
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Repetition of_________, ideas and wishes is not necessary in doing a summary
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Formal letters are --------- in their styles and phraseology
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50. The English word 'Afterwards' is stressed on the _________ syllable
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