GST102
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------------- entails keeping the rules, customs and conventions that are observed in our society
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The application letter is a _________to an advertisement
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C. a' and 'an' are called ______ articles
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The use of the passive voice is more common in ___________
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E. 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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A paragraph is a piece of writing which is unified by a central, controlling idea or _____________
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In a_________, the author takes the reader logically and smoothly from one idea to another
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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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Apart from _____stress there is also sentence stress
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J. “It is advised that prison conditions should be improved.” What kind of subject is in the sentence?
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K. Which of the following words does NOT have a short vowel?
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L. The only way you can learn how to summarise is for you to ______
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M. A defining relative clause begins with a relative _____
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N. She longed for a friend in whom she could confide' is an example of _____ statement.
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Constant ___________of the English sounds makes you a good speaker English
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The main _________between the formal and informal letter is in the use of language
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"For instance" and "as an illustration" are transition devices that give ____________
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R. The ________ is used to describe past events, and emphasise their effect on the speaker's present situation.
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S. 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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__________ is the extra effort used in speaking or pronouncing a word
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U. 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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V. A long sentence is usually divided into what may be called breath groups, or_________ groups.
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W. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. You may need to do some research. The infinitive phrase is _____
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X. _______is a form of direct statement whereby the subject of a sentence takes an object without any inversion.
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Y. 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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Deletion is an avoidable thing you must do when ______a passage
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In English language there are more sounds than there are letters in the __________
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One difficulty about English pronunciation is that there is no perfect correspondence between _________and sounds
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A word that replaces another with the same meaning is called a ___________
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Homophones are ___________that have the same pronunciation but differ a little in spelling
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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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AF. In the sentence, 'I have been waiting for sometime now' the tense form is_________.
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__________ are used to represent sounds in the dictionary
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AH. The type of error contained in this sentence 'I was awakened by loud cry' is called ________
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A longer sentence is usually divided into ____or sense groups, these can also be called tone groups
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In a word, the part that has the stress is pronounced with _____force
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In a formal letter, the signature comes before the __________of the sender
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Falling tone is a change in pitch from _________to low tone
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Wrongly ____a word can lead to wrong meaning being expressed
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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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AO. Fill in the blank with do or does: How _______ we get there?
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Repetition of_________, ideas and wishes is not necessary in doing a summary
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AQ. The opening sentence in a paragraph, states the central __________of that paragraph for the reader.
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AR. In the sentence, 'She was singing happily' 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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AT. Which street d'you live in? is an example of _____ statement.
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Formal letters are --------- in their styles and phraseology
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The words "pocket", "pretend" and "docket" all have ____
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The letter written to the INEC chairman asking for clarification on voting procedure is a ----------
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AX. Conferences and seminars help to bring ______ in a particular subject together to present their experiences and views.
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AY. 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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AZ. No sentence can be correct in English without proper sequence of _______
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BA. Placing a topic sentence at the end of a paragraph _________
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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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Well-articulated discussion is possible with one another because we have adequate _____________
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BD. In the sentence, 'The girl had accidentally been harrassed by the agents’ the tense form is _________
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Dictionaries give the ______________ meanings of words
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The ---------- of a paragraph may be a problem, statement or a Generalization
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BG. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. Choose a car to please yourself, not others. The infinitive phrase is ______
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The English language has ______ consonant sounds
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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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The document containing the bio data of the sender of an application letter is called _________
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BK. Identify the word that does NOT have this consonant / j /.
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The primary stress is on the _____ syllable in the word "locomotion".
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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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The Memorandum is used for __________communication in an organization
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In English unlike in Nigerian languages there is not perfect ________ between spelling and sound
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Sounds in the English language can broadly be divided into _____________and consonants
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BQ. One of the following is the correct stress pattern for the word 'commerce'
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In a _________ instead of using "I beg to state" use enquiry instead
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