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. The type of error contained in this sentence 'I was awakened by loud cry' is called ________
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The method of development of the paragraph you choose should be the one that will most effectively put across the ________you want to make
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3. The present tense forms of the verb 'do' are ________
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4. State if this sentence is FORMAL or INFORMAL: Which street d'you live in?
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One difficulty about English pronunciation is that there is no perfect correspondence between _________and sounds
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6. The word 'important' carries stress on its ________ syllable
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7. A defining relative clause begins with a relative _____
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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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9. 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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10. In the sentence, 'The girl had accidentally been harrassed by the agents’ the tense form is _________
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11. In the sentence, 'I have been waiting for sometime now' the tense form is_________.
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Transition devices also bring ___________in a paragraph
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13. A defining relative clause is so called because they define or specify the _______ which they qualify.
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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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Connection between the sentences is one of the elements that go into the _________of a good paragraph
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16. Fill in the blanks with have or has: _______ he arrived already?
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In a _________ instead of using "I beg to state" use enquiry instead
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The words "pocket", "pretend" and "docket" all have ____
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"won", "one", "take", "sit", "bit", "peak" and "come" are all ___________
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Wrongly ____a word can lead to wrong meaning being expressed
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Secondary _____is weaker than the primary stress
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22. A long sentence is usually divided into what may be called breath groups, or_________ groups.
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23. “It is advised that prison conditions should be improved.” What kind of subject is in the sentence?
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"For instance" and "as an illustration" are transition devices that give ____________
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The English vowels and consonants are very important to ______ spoken English
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Transition devices is used to link sentences in __________
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Being able to _________ yourself well in an interview gives you greater chances of getting the job
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A formal letter must have the __________of the sender and the receiver
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Words are made up of separable ______units referred to as Syllables
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Summarization involves condensing and ____ a large piece of writing
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31. 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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The tone of your letters should be____________ and considerate
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The use of jargon should be avoided in _____writing
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A paragraph is a piece of writing which is unified by a central, controlling idea or _____________
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A letter to your study centre director of your missing scores it is called a letter of _______
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The substitution of one _____for another can bring about a change in meaning
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------------- entails keeping the rules, customs and conventions that are observed in our society
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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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A word that replaces another with the same meaning is called a ___________
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In a_________, the author takes the reader logically and smoothly from one idea to another
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_____________ brings a change in meaning in English utterances
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42. Identify the voice of the underlined verb in the sentence as active or passive. It is preferred to basketball. The verb is ______
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Contracted forms of language use are allowed in ___________
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44. Identify the word that does NOT have this consonant / j /.
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45. a' and 'an' are called ______ articles
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46. She longed for a friend in whom she could confide' is an example of _____ statement.
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Dictionaries give the ______________ meanings of words
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For correct pronunciation you must learn to use the ___________every time you come across any new word
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Formal letters are --------- in their styles and phraseology
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50. The opening sentence in a paragraph, states the central __________of that paragraph for the reader.
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