Category: GST102 0 GST102 1 / 50 State if this sentence is FORMAL or INFORMAL: She longed for a friend in whom she could confide. _____ Check 2 / 50 Official reports, business letters, legal documents are often written in ______ language. half formal formal informal semi-formal 3 / 50 Conferences and seminars help to bring ______Â in a particular subject together to present their experiences and views. Check 4 / 50 Secondary _____is weaker than the primary stress Check 5 / 50 Summarization involves condensing and ____ a large piece of writing Check 6 / 50 Transition devices also bring ___________in a paragraph Check 7 / 50 The word "pretend" can be an adjective as well as a _____________ Check 8 / 50 The English vowels and consonants are very important to ______ spoken English Check 9 / 50 The letter to your sister describing a tourist site your visited during the last Christmas is an ----------- Check 10 / 50 In speech, there is always the movement of the ____of the speaker's voice from high to low or from low to high Check 11 / 50 Homophones are ___________that have the same pronunciation but differ a little in spelling Check 12 / 50 Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. Think about what you can do to know more about automobiles. The infinitive phrase is ______ Check 13 / 50 Connection between the sentences is one of the elements that go into the _________of a good paragraph Check 14 / 50 In Nigeria languages tone that brings about a change in the meaning while in English a change in meaning is as a result of _________ Check 15 / 50 Constant ___________of the English sounds makes you a good speaker English Check 16 / 50 Beginning a paragraph with a topic sentence helps both the ________Â and the reader. Check 17 / 50 Well-articulated discussion is possible with one another because we have adequate _____________ Check 18 / 50 Wrongly ____a word can lead to wrong meaning being expressed Check 19 / 50 The words "pocket", "pretend" and "docket" all have ____ Check 20 / 50 __________ are used to represent sounds in the dictionary Check 21 / 50 Being able to _________ yourself well in an interview gives you greater chances of getting the job Check 22 / 50 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 _______ Check 23 / 50 A word that replaces another with the same meaning is called a ___________ Check 24 / 50 In a_________, the author takes the reader logically and smoothly from one idea to another Check 25 / 50 In a word, the part that has the stress is pronounced with _____force Check 26 / 50 She longed for a friend in whom she could confide' is an example of _____ statement. informal semi-formal demi-formal formal 27 / 50 A longer sentence is usually divided into ____or sense groups, these can also be called tone groups Check 28 / 50 Sounds in the English language can broadly be divided into _____________and consonants Check 29 / 50 It has been observed that students who want to be well-focused in their writing, need to learn how to _____ plagarise summarise paraphrase decode 30 / 50 _______is a form of direct statement whereby the subject of a sentence takes an object without any inversion. Check 31 / 50 The substitution of one _____for another can bring about a change in meaning Check 32 / 50 Identify the voice of the underlined verb in the sentence as active or passive. It is preferred to basketball. The verb is _____ Check 33 / 50 Without a proper pronunciation of words, your audience may miss out the ______________ you are trying to express Check 34 / 50 In English unlike in Nigerian languages there is not perfect ________ between spelling and sound Check 35 / 50 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 ____ Check 36 / 50 The ________situation of a country determines the way a speech is presented. Check 37 / 50 Contracted forms of language use are allowed in ___________ Check 38 / 50 The method of development of the paragraph you choose should be the one that will most effectively put across the ________you want to make Check 39 / 50 State if this sentence is FORMAL or INFORMAL: Which street d'you live in? Check 40 / 50 ------------- entails keeping the rules, customs and conventions that are observed in our society Check 41 / 50 The main _________between the formal and informal letter is in the use of language Check 42 / 50 The word 'important' carries stress on its ________ syllable fourth third second first 43 / 50 Formal letters are --------- in their styles and phraseology Check 44 / 50 In a formal letter, the signature comes before the __________of the sender Check 45 / 50 One difficulty about English pronunciation is that there is no perfect correspondence between _________and sounds Check 46 / 50 When you are bringing out the differences in two items in paragraph development you are using ____________ technique Check 47 / 50 Repetition of_________, ideas and wishes is not necessary in doing a summary Check 48 / 50 The application letter is a _________to an advertisement Check 49 / 50 _________________ qualifies nouns Check 50 / 50 Which street d'you live in? is an example of _____ statement. semi-formal informal demi-formal formal Restart quiz Rate this quiz Send feedback
