GST 102 MOCK

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

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

A. half formal

B. informal

C. formal

D. semi-formal

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Apart from _____stress there is also sentence stress

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

A. summarise

B. plagarise

C. paraphrase

D. decode

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

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

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

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

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12. “It is advised that prison conditions should be improved.” What kind of subject is in the sentence?

A. general

B. personal

C. appositive

D. impersonal

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13. Fill in the blank with do or does: How _______ we get there?

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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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15. 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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16. One of the following is the correct stress pattern for the word 'commerce'

A. comerce

B. co'mmrce

C. co'mmerce

D. commerce

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

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18.

Dictionaries give the ______________ meanings of words

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19.

The words "pocket", "pretend" and "docket" all have ____

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20. She longed for a friend in whom she could confide' is an example of _____ statement.

A. informal

B. semi-formal

C. formal

D. demi-formal

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

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

A. yawn

B. yoke

C. yacht

D. joke

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

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24.

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

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

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27.

Secondary _____is weaker than the primary stress

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

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29.

Constant ___________of the English sounds makes you a good speaker English

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30.

The application letter is a _________to an advertisement

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31. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. Think about what you can do to know more about automobiles. The infinitive phrase is ______

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32.

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

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33.

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

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34.

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

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35.

Transition devices also bring ___________in a paragraph

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36.

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

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37.

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

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

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

A. first

B. fourth

C. second

D. third

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41.

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

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

A. do it practically

B. listen carefully to a summary lecture

C. learn together in groups

D. learn it off-hand

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

A. future

B. present

C. past

D. present continuous

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44.

__________ are used to represent sounds in the dictionary

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

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

A. wrist

B. card

C. feet

D. cold

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49.

The English language has ______ consonant sounds

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50.

Contracted forms of language use are allowed in ___________

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