GST102
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"won", "one", "take", "sit", "bit", "peak" and "come" are all ___________
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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 English unlike in Nigerian languages there is not perfect ________ between spelling and sound
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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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A letter to your study centre director of your missing scores it is called a letter of _______
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F. A defining relative clause is so called because they define or specify the _______ which they qualify.
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G. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. Choose a car to please yourself, not others. The infinitive phrase is ______
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Combining two or three _____of a passage into one will help condense the passage
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__________ is the extra effort used in speaking or pronouncing a word
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To make your formal letter __________use the same font and the same font size
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K. "Life is great!" is an example of _______ sentence
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Sounds in the English language can broadly be divided into _____________and consonants
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M. In the sentence, 'The girl had accidentally been harrassed by the agents’ the tense form is _________
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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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O. One of the following is the correct stress pattern for the word 'commerce'
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P. Which of the following words does NOT have a short vowel?
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In a word, the part that has the stress is pronounced with _____force
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R. Complete the sentence with the appropriate relative pronoun: Chinua Achebe was the author _______ wrote "Things Fall Apart".
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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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T. Which vowel is represented in the word 'whack'?
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Dictionaries give the ______________ meanings of words
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Secondary _____is weaker than the primary stress
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W. 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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The main _________between the formal and informal letter is in the use of language
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The substitution of one _____for another can bring about a change in meaning
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Z. The ________situation of a country determines the way a speech is presented.
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Homophones are ___________that have the same pronunciation but differ a little in spelling
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Deletion is an avoidable thing you must do when ______a passage
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AC. 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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AD. _______is a form of direct statement whereby the subject of a sentence takes an object without any inversion.
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AE. In the sentence, 'She was singing happily' the tense form is __________.
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------------- entails keeping the rules, customs and conventions that are observed in our society
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AG. The ________ is used to describe past events, and emphasise their effect on the speaker's present situation.
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Words are made up of separable ______units referred to as Syllables
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The English vowels and consonants are very important to ______ spoken English
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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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Transition devices is used to link sentences in __________
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AL. 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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Formal letters are --------- in their styles and phraseology
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The ---------- of a paragraph may be a problem, statement or a Generalization
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In a formal letter, the signature comes before the __________of the sender
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In Nigeria languages tone that brings about a change in the meaning while in English a change in meaning is as a result of _________
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AQ. It has been observed that students who want to be well-focused in their writing, need to learn how to _____
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In a_________, the author takes the reader logically and smoothly from one idea to another
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Complex sentences with ______clauses are deployed in summary writing to make the passage shorter
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AT. Official reports, business letters, legal documents are often written in ______ language.
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The words "pocket", "pretend" and "docket" all have ____
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AV. The only way you can learn how to summarise is for you to ______
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AW. The present tense forms of the verb 'do' are ________
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AX. a' and 'an' are called ______ articles
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AY. In the sentence, 'I have been waiting for sometime now' the tense form is_________.
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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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Being able to _________ yourself well in an interview gives you greater chances of getting the job
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Repetition of_________, ideas and wishes is not necessary in doing a summary
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BC. The word 'important' carries stress on its ________ syllable
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BD. She longed for a friend in whom she could confide' is an example of _____ statement.
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One difficulty about English pronunciation is that there is no perfect correspondence between _________and sounds
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BF. A defining relative clause begins with a relative _____
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BG. 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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BH. State if this sentence is FORMAL or INFORMAL: Which street d'you live in?
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Apart from _____stress there is also sentence stress
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BJ. The opening sentence in a paragraph, states the central __________of that paragraph for the reader.
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Summarization involves condensing and ____ a large piece of writing
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The application letter is a _________to an advertisement
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BM. Fill in the blank with do or does: How _______ we get there?
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The document containing the bio data of the sender of an application letter is called _________
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BO. Fill in the blanks with have or has: _______ he arrived already?
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BP. In the sentence, 'The President arrives from China tomorrow', the tense form is __________.
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BQ. 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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BR. Fill in the blanks with have or has: Now, you _______ learnt the secret of happiness.
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