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2017/2018 first semester examination
GSP 1201/2201 – USE OF ENGLISH
Date: 2nd may 2018 time: 2hrs
INSTRUCTION

i. Answer all questions by shading the appropriate boxes on the answer sheet
provided
ii. Shading more than one box invalidates your answer
iii. Time allowed: two hours
iv. All forms of communication between students is strictly prohibited
v. Do not write anything on this question paper
vi. GSM phones are not permitted into the examination hall
vii. Use HB pencil only to shade your OMR answer sheet

From the options provided, choose the correct answer to each of the following questions

1. Effective oral skills in English are needed by ____________ (a) students (b) teachers
(c) broadcasters (d) all of the above
2. IPA means __________________________ (a) International Phonetic Alphabet
(b) International Phonological Alphabet (c) International Phonetic Associate
(d) International Phonological Association
3. In English, the correct way of pronouncing the word ‘student’ is _______________
(a) /stjuent/ (b) /stjudent/ (c) /stju:dnt/ (d) none of the above
4. How many symbols are used for the conventional 5 English vowel letters?
(a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 24
5. The following are closed – classes except ___________________
(a) adverb (b) pronoun (c) preposition (d) article
6. Sentence elements are ______________ in number
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4
7. The following are open – class items except _____________
(a) noun (b) conjunction (c) verb (d) adjective
8. The predominant tense in a narrative essay is ___________ (a) the present tense
(b) the past tense (c) the past perfect tense (d) none of the above
9. A sentence begins with a capital letter and may end with ____________
(a) a question mark (b) a full stop (c) an exclamation mark
(d) all of the above
10. The dictionary provides us with _______________ on how words should be read.
(a) spellings (b) transcriptions (c) inscriptions (d) derivations
11. Words that have similar spelling form but different pronunciation are called ___________

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12. Reports can be _____________
(a) formal (b) semi – formal (c) informal (d) a & c
13. The following are acceptable in an informal letter except ______________
(a) two addresses (b) idiom (c) slang (d) contraction
14. In pronouncing the word ‘vehicle’ ________________ is silent
(a) ‘e’ (b) ‘k’ (c) ‘h’ (d) none of the letters
15. Comprehension means ______________
(a) recitation (b) understanding (c) memorization (d) regulation
16. Reading comprehension is the ability to understand __________________
(a) a written document (b) a reading document (c) listening skills
(d) speaking skills
17. One of the following is not a reading type ________________ (a) skimming
(b) scanning (c) intensive reading (d) speed reading
18. The following are barriers to speed reading except ____________ (a) lisping
(b) head nodding (c) regression (d) refreshment
19. We have _______________ long vowels in English
(a) two (b) eight (c) five (d) nine
20. The combination of two vowel sounds is known as ______________
(a) monophthong (b) diphthong (c) tripthong (d) syllabification
21. The extra pressure added to a part of word while pronunciation is known as __________
(a) syllable (b) long vowel (c) tone pattern (d) stress
22. One of the following is not a sentence type _______________
(a) simple (b) compound (c) complex (d) cohesion
23. _____________ means words that have opposite meaning
(a) antonyms (b) homonyms (c) synonyms (d) homophones
24. Synonyms are words that have _________________ (a) whispering sounds
(b) similar meanings (c) similar sounds (d) different spelling
25. Recursive process is writing includes _______________
(a) pre – writing (b) drafting (c) revision and editing (d) all of the above
26. A good sentence must have _____________ (a) nouns and verbs
(b) unity and coherence (c) adjectives and adverbs
(d) conjunction and interjection
27. One of the following is not an essay type _________________
(a) discursive (b) narrative (c) descriptive (d) expository
28. Correspondence means ____________ (a) letter writing (b) essay writing
(c) reading and writing (d) typing
29. Modifiers are employed in sentence to promote ______________
(a) ambiguity (b) vagueness (c) clarity (d) sharpness
30. Which of the following should be avoided when writing a formal report/letter?
(a) archaism (b) slangs (c) colloquialisms (d) all of the above
31. A form of essay that explains a process or gives an information about something is
called __________ (a) argumentative essay (b) narrative essay
(c) descriptive essay (d) expository essay
32. ___________ meaning is the literal meaning of a word as it is in the dictionary
(a) computational (b) denotative (c) connotative (d) all of the above

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33. Which of the following is correct ________________ (a) I am hearing you
(b) I can hear you (c) I can be hearing you (d) none of the above
34. All the following are types of essay except _______________ (a) narrative essay
(b) descriptive essay (c) intensive essay (d) argumentative essay
35. The following are language skills except ________________
(a) reading (b) writing (c) skimming (c) speaking
36. ______________ are two words/phrases, consisting of a verb and a particle
(a) phrasal verb (b) idioms (c) syllables (d) synonyms
37. Identify the punctuation mark that is used in introducing a list
(a) semi – colon (b) comma (c) colon (d) dash
38. The description of consonant sounds observes the following levels except ____________
(a) manner of articulation (b) articulation of phonemes
(c) place of articulation (d) state of glottis
39. The process through which two or more words are joined together to create a new
word is ________________ (a) compounding (b) inflection (c) derivation
(d) prefixation
40. Which of the following pair are receptive skills of language?
(a) reading/writing (b) speaking/writing (c) reading/listening
(d) listening/speaking
41. Which of the following is not a closed class item?
(a) noun (b) preposition (c) conjunction (d) interjection
42. The following are impediments to effective reading, except _________________
(a) scanning (b) regression (c) lisping (d) finger pointing
43. He will write his exam tomorrow. The underline word is example of adverb of ________
(a) time (b) place (c) manner (d) degree
44. Direct statements end in _________________
(a) question mark (b) comma (c) full stop (d) colon
45. Complex sentences are formed by ______________ and _______________
(a) hierarchical and simple (b) main and subordinate (c) coordination and
subordination (d) embedded and dependent
46. Consonant sounds are classified based on _______________ and ________________
(a) bilabial and fricative (b) manner of articulation and place of articulation
(c) voicing and rounding (d) alveolaridge and soft palate
47. /p/, /t/, and /k/ are known as _______________ (a) voiced bilabials
(b) voiceless bilabials (c) voiceless fricatives (d) voiced fricatives
48. The defining features of a stress include ______________ (a) length, vowel quality
loudness and pitch (b) onset, nucleus, peak and coda (c) minimal pair, nucleus,
coda and peak (d) length pitch, vowel and consonant
49. In English grammar, adverb and adjective share _______________ feature
(a) intensifying (b) comparative (c) modifying (d) agents
50. Adverb and adjective phrases have the structure of _______________
(a) noun phrase (b) preposition phrase (c) verb phrase
(d) infinitive phrase
51. One factor that influences connotative meaning is __________________ (a) synonymy
(b) cultural associations (c) none of the above (d) all of the above

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52. A linking verb takes __________________ (a) adverbial (b) complement
(c) object (d) subject
53. A subordinate sentence consists of _________________ (a) embedded clauses
(b) coordinated clauses (c) a concrete sentence (d) an abstract sentence
54. ___________ is a kind of essay which requires a copious use of adjectives and adverbs
(a) argumentative essay (b) expository essay (c) descriptive essay
(d) general composition
55. Word classes can be divided into two major types:________________ and ______________
(a) active and non-active words (b) open and closed
(c) singular and plural words (d) mass and count words
56. _____________ tense makes use of HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE (PP) (a) past perfect
continuous (b) past perfect (c) past simple (d) past continuous
57. _________________ is logical sequence of events that develops a story
(a) theme (b) plot (c) ballad (d) setting
58. The examples of non-fiction genre of literature are ________________
(a) diary and journal (b) autobiography and monologue
(c) travelogue and tragedy (d)diary and media
59. _______________ and _____________ are examples of literary elements
(a) imagery and hyperbole (b) plot and setting
(c) conflict and personification (d) all of the above
60. The words: build, feel and take are examples of ________________ (a) irregular verbs
(b) strong verbs (c) weak verbs (d) a and b above
61. An important characteristic of verbs is that they change ____________________
(a) time of action (b) place of action (c) a and b above
(d) none of the above
62. _______________ have open and closed class items (a) the English sound system
(b) essay writing (c) parts of speech (d) a and c above
63. The following are examples of weak verbs except __________________
(a) help (b) move (c) call (d) see
64. All the following belong to the open – class items except _________________
(a) adjective (b) adverb (c) preposition (d) verb
65. The present simple tense expresses actions that _______________ (a) happen regularly
(b) are in progress (c) are yet to happen (d) have happened
66. The two basic parts of a sentence are ______________ (a) subject and object
(b) subject and verb (c) subject and predicate (d) b and c
67. The items bag, bread, chalk, and table are among the examples of __________________
(a) the masculine gender (b) the feminine gender (c) the common gender
(d) the neuter gender
68. Which among the following is true? (a) countable nouns can be used in the
singular and plural (b) uncountable nouns can only be used in the singular
(c) words like trousers, alms, cattle, and scissors are only the plural
(d) all of the above
69. The consonant sounds are described in term of _______________ (a) voicing
(b) place and manner of articulation (c) time of articulation (d) a and b
70. The phonetic sounds /p/ and /b/ can be described as ________________ (a) voiceless
(b) bilabial plosives (c) voiced (d) none of the above
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71. The phonetic sounds /ei/, /ua/, /ea/, and /oi/ are ________________
(a) vowels (b) glides (c) monopthongs (d) all of the above
72. Basically there are ____________________________ types of tenses
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) 3
73. Which of the following is not among the five (5) units of the English sentence?
(a) adjunct/adverb (b) predicator (c) verb (d) subject
74. Supporting sentences in a paragraph provide _______________
(a) exemplifications (b) illustrations (c) viewpoints (d) all of the above
75. Are you a student? This sentence is an example of _________________
(a) an interrogative sentence (b) an exclamatory sentence
(c) an imperative sentence (d) a declarative sentence
76. A form of essay that gives an explanation or information about something is called ___
(a) argumentative essay (b) narrative essay (c) descriptive essay
(d) expository essay
77. Which of the following should be avoid in writing a formal letter?
(a) contraction (b) slang (c) abbreviation (d) all of the above
78. Failure to stress a word correctly may lead to ___________________
(a) ambiguity (b) misunderstanding (c) vagueness (d) all of the above
79. Article, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection are called closed – system items
because ___________ (a) they have no provision for admitting new members
(b) they are old parts of speech (c) they are new parts of speech
(d) none of the above
80. A _______________ summarises a particular paragraph in which it appears
(a) subject (b) object (c) topic sentence (d) subject sentence
81. The terminal punctuations include___________________ (a) the full stop
(b) the question mark (c) the exclamation mark (d) all of the above
82. The /f/ sound is found in all the following but ___________________
(a) rough (b) beef (c) sip (d) cough
83. The type of sentence that contained two simple sentences joined together by
coordinating conjunction is known as ____________________ (a) simple sentence
(b) complex sentence (c) compound sentence (d) compound-complex
84. ______________ is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relationship with
some other words in a sentence (a) noun (b) preposition (c) verb
(d) conjunction
85. A two-word phrases, consisting of a verb and a particle are called _________________
(a) particles (b) phrases (c) phrasal verbs (d) verbs
86. In English we have _________________ and ___________________ (a) 26 consonants
(d) 20 consonants and 20 vowels
87. All but one of the following form part of the functional classification of a sentence
(a) interrogative (b) declarative (c) generative (d) imperative
88. __________ are group of words whose meaning in different from the meaning of the
individual words (a) idioms (b) dictionary (c) sentences (d) phrases
89. Which of the following verbs takes addition of -ed in its past form? (a) regular
(b) auxiliary (c) transitive (d) event

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90. All but one of the following are essential features of curriculum vitae (CV) (a)
personal profile (b) a headshot (c) employment history (d)
education/qualification
91. For someone to send or receive an email, he or she must have all the following except
(a) an email address (b) a computer or cellphone (c) internet connection
(d) files
92.
93. ________________ is a word formation process in which two or more words are
combined to form one word (a) coining (b) compounding (c) blending (d)
acronymy
94. A writer writing for a formal purpose is expected to avoid all but one of the following
(a) clichés (b) archaism (c) punctuations (d) contractions
95. _____________ are sounds which are produced when the air stream flows from the lungs
to the oral cavity without any friction or obstructions (a) consonants (b)
vowels (c) bilabials (d) sonorants
96. The idiom “to eat a humble pie” means ________________ (a) to admit you are wrong
(b) to think you are right (c) to enjoy a meat pie (d) to eat a piece of meat
97. The difference between phrase and clause is the presence of ___________________
(a) non-finite verb (b) finite verb (c) particle (d) infinitive
98. _____________ is a sequence of consonants without an intervening vowel (a)
consonant cluster (b) vowel cluster (c) consonant contrast (d) contrast
99. Falling tone is used for all but one of the following purposes (a) to give a
statement (b) to give a command/instruction (c) for exclamation (d) for
request

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 TEAM 2MORE
2016/2017 SESSION SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
GSP 1201/2201 – USE OF ENGLISH
TH
DATE: 18 OCTOBER, 2017 TIME: 9:00-12NOON
INSTRUCTION
i. Answer ALL question by shading the appropriate boxes on answer sheet provided
ii. Shading more than one box invalidates your answer
iii. Time allowed: Two Hours
iv. All forms of communication between students is strictly prohibited
v. Do not write anything on this question paper
vi. GSM phones are not permitted into the examination hall
vii. Us HB – pencil to shade your OMR answer sheet.
From the option provided, choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. In English phonology, there are ________ consonants and _____ vowels

a) 24/20 b)20/24 c)24/24 d) 20/20
2. ______ are sounds which are produced when air stream from the lungs passes through
the oral cavity without any obstruction. a) consonants b) vowels c) Tone
d) intonation
3. The term Institutionalism” has ______ syllables ? a) 7 b) 8 c) 9 d) 10
4. The force or emphasis which is put on a particular syllable of a word is called ______
a) Tone b) intonation c) Sound d) Stress
5. ______ is when a series of consonants appear in a word without an interning vowel
between them. a) consonants contrast b) consonants cluster c) consonants
serial d) consonant sample
6. Which of the following pairs of word does not constitute minimal pairs. a)
Cough/Rough b) Quiz/Quit c) Break/Threat d) clash/crash
7. While stress is used at the level of word, intonation is used at the level of _______
a) word b) phrase c) clause d) sentence
8. Which type of intonation is used when giving command and instruction? a) rising
tune b) Falling tune c) Raising –falling tune d) falling –rising tune
9. “ Musa has passed his Post –UTME exams” which tense is used in this sentence a)
past tense b) past perfect c) present perfect d) past simple
10. _________ tense shows an action that was completed in the past a) present simple
b) past simple c) future simple d) past perfect
11. ________ is the type of adverb which shows where an action takes place a) adverb of
manner b)adverb of time c) adverb of place d) adverb of degree
12. ________ pronoun show an exchange of action between two or more people
a) Reciprocal b) Relative d) Reflexive d) Demonstrative
13. Nouns like drivers, children, students and teachers, belong to which of the following
gender?
a) Masculine b) Feminine c) Neuter d) Common
14. A topic sentence summarizes the ___________ in which it appears a) Paragraph b)
passage c) story d) Essay
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15. The act of interpreting and making meaning out of a written text is called _______ a) writing
b) speaking c) listening d) Reading
16. Correspondence through which information is shared among members of an organization is
called a/an ______ a) letter b) Essay c) Memorandum d) Report
17. In letter writing the complementary close is also known as _________ a) subscription b)
ascription c) Description d) prescription
18. The abbreviation “Ms” can be used for which of the following: a) married woman only b)
widowed woman only c) Divorced woman only d) Woman whose marital identity is not
19. ________ is a newest and the most sophisticated forms of correspondence between
individuals and organization. a) Letter b) Circular c) Memo d) Email
20. ________ is a speech which is delivered without any prior preparation a) written speech
b) Impromptu Speech c) Extemporaneous Speech d) Memorized Speech
21. The abbreviation “SMS” stands for_________ a) Short Message Service b) Short
Message Sent c) Super Message Sent d) Super Message Sent
22. Which of the following types of letter requires the writer to show familiarity of closeness
with the recipient. a) Formal Letter b) Informal Letter c) Semi – Formal Letter d)
Semi Informal Letter
23. Hocus-pocus, higgledy-piggledy and helter-skelter are examples of which word formation
process ? a) Acronymy b) Clipping c) Reduplication d) compounding
24. In _________ two or more words are joined together to form a new word a) Blending
b) Compounding c) Back –formation d) Abbreviation
25. ____________ is a process through which a morpheme is attached to a word to create a new
word a) Affixation b) Prefixation c) Suffixation d) Infixation
26. A Phrasal verb construction can constitute which of the following combination ? a) verb and
adverb b) Verb and preposition c) verb, adverb and preposition d) Any of a,b or c
27. _________ Phrasal verb necessarily attracts an object. a) Transitive b) Intransitive c)
Literal d) Metaphorical
28. Which of the following punctuation marks is used to introduce a list ? a) Full stop b)
Comma c) Colon d) Semi-Colon
29. Terminal punctuation marks appear at which part of the sentences ? a) beginning b)
Middle c) End d) Everywhere
30. _________ is used to indicate quotation or someone else’s speech. a) Exclamation mark b)
inverted comma c) question mark d) full stop
31. Two types of complex sentences are _______ and _______ a) hierarchical and simple b)
main and subordinate c) compound and subordinate d) embedded and dependent
32. Two ways of distinguishing consonants sound are ______ and _____ a) bilabial and fricative
b) manner of articulation and place of articulation c) voicing and rounding d) alveolar ridge
and soft palate
33. / dӡ /, / ӡ / /v/ and /z/ are known as _________ a) voiced fricatives b) voiced affricatives
c) voiceless fricatives d) voiceless affricatives

34. A typically syllable structure is made up of _______ a) conset, peak/nucleus and coda
b) peak/nucleus, onset and coda c) coda peak/nucleus and onset d) onset coda and
peak/nucleus
35. In English Grammer, adverb ad adjective functions as _______ a) intensifiers b) actors
c) modifiers d) agents

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36. ______ is often found in the structure of adverbials and adjectival a) Noun phrase b)
prepositional phrase c) verb phrase d) infinitive phrase
37. The structure of a phrasal verb consist f _______ a) verb phrase b) prepositional phrase
c)verb and preposition d) adverb phrase
38. Intransitive verb takes ______ or _______ a) complement or adverbial b)
complement of object c) object or adverbial d) subject or object
39. A Complex – compound sentence consist of ________ a) embedded clauses b) clauses
joined by coordinating conjunctions c) a compound sentence and dependant clauses d) an
abstract and a concrete sentences.
40. ________ is a kind of essay which requires a copious use of adjectives and adverbs a)
argumentative essay b) expository essay c) descriptive essay d) general composition
41. Word classes can be divided into two major types ______ and ______ a) active and non
active words b) content and function words c) singular and plural words d) mass and
count words
42. ________ tense makes use of HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE (PP) a) past perfect b) present
perfect c) past simple d) past continuous
43. ________ is a long lyrical poem with a serious subject matter a) elegy b) ode c) ballad
d) lyric
44. Limerick has its rhyming scheme as follows: ______ a) AABBA b) ABABC c) AAABB
d) ABABA
45. ________ and _____ are examples of literacy elements a) imaginary and hyperbole b) plot
and setting c) conflict and personification d) all of the above
46. The process of writing involves four distinct but related steps which include prewriting
_____ revising and editing a) drafting b) pre-drafting c) re-revising d) re-writing
47. The inter-related steps of writing are also known as ______ a) aggressive project b) the
recursive process c) the progressive process d) the retrogressive process
48. Writing should not be thought of, or treated as ______ effort which produces a written
document at a single sitting. a) double shot b) triple shot c) single shot d) quadruple shot
49. _____ include anything one does before the writing of a draft of an essay. a) pre-drawing
b) post-writing c) reading d) prewriting
50. In drafting ______ are logically connected. a) options b) ideas c) propositions d) point
51. Preparing _______ may be necessary in most writing task a) an outline b) a paragraph
c) a sentence d) an abstract
52. Which section of the outline present the finding of the essay or even a solution or an
approach to the solution of the problem initially stated? a) main body b) introduction c)
conclusion d) opening paragraph
53. An outline may be written in sentence form, or the main point to be in ________ a)
chronological order b) haphazard order c) alphabetical order d) first come order
54. Writing process is indubitably ________ and therefore largely personalized to the individual
writer a) Imperative b) Superlative c) Decisive d)Creative
55. The _________stage is where grammar mechanics and spelling, etc are checked a)
Interrogative b)revision c) drafting d) editing
56. Give me your book. This sentence is an example of _______a)Interrogative sentence b)
Exclamatory sentence c)Imperative sentence d) Declarative sentence
57. A form of essay that gives an explanation or information about something is
called_________ a) argumentative essay b) narrative essay c)descriptive essay
d)expository essay
58. UNESCO, WHO, INEC and AIDS are examples of _________ a)synonyms b) acronyms
c) antonyms d)abbreviation
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59. The following should be avoided in writing a formal letter except__________ a) contraction
b)slang c)punctuation d)abbreviation
60. Failure to stress a word correctly may lead to_________ a) ambiguity b)misunderstanding
c) vagueness d) all of the above
61. Article pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection are called closed-system items
because___________ a) they have no provision for admitting new members b) they are
old parts of speech c) they are new parts of speech d) none of the above
62. The terminal punctuation include, ________ a) the full stop b) the question mark c) the
exclamation mark d) all of the above
63. The /f/ sound is found in all the following except ______ a) Rough b) beef c) sip d) cough
64. Diphthongs are otherwise known as ________ a) pure vowels b) main vowels c) real
vowels d) Natural vowels
65. Which of the following verbs takes addition of –ed in its past form a) auxiliary b) transitive
c) Event d) Regular
66. The process through which two or more words are joined together to create a new word is
called ________ a) coining b) derivation c) compounding d) inflection
67. The student goes to the library. This an example of a _________ a) simple present tense b)
present continuous tense c) present perfect tense d) present perfect continuous
tense
68. Connotative meaning of some lexical items is also called ____ a) impartial meaning b)
primary meaning c) objective meaning d) associative meaning
69. _______ is an aspect of register that centers on features which observe interpersonal relations
in texts. a) Culture b) time c) tenor d) mood
70. Punctuation marks are classified broadly into ______ a) ending and initial b) old and new
c) medial and terminal d) terminal and initial
71. The meaning of grammatical word classes is ______ a) relative b) independent c)
objective d) denotative
72. Comprehension is mainly archived through _______ reading a) extensive b) effective
c) intensive d) informative
73. The following are importance part of curriculum vitae except _______ a) subscription
b) interest c) work experience d) personal information
74. Business letters are are example of _____ letters. a) formal b) informal c) official
d) Semi – formal
75. Most Igbo speakers of English have problem with one of these sets of sounds a) /p/ and /f/
b) /I/ and /m/ c) /r/ and /y/ d) /v/ and /b/
76. The following are examples of minimal pairs except ______ a) Freak/break b) Let/ Lit
c) Book/boot d) look/through
77. Careful selection of words in a literary piece is termed ________ a) plot b) diction c)
theme d) suspense
78. A stylistic device in which part is used to represent the whole is called ______ a) synecdoche
b) Assonance c) Metaphor d) paradox
79. The comparative and superlative of the adjective word ‘busy’ are ______ a) more busy
&most busy b) more busy & much busy c) busier & busiest d) All
80. Reports can be ________ a) formal b) Semi-formal c) Informal d) a and c
81. The following are acceptable in an informal letter except _____ a) slang b) contraction
c) idiom d) two address
82. In pronouncing the word ‘indictment’ ____ is silent a) ‘d’ b) ‘t’ c) ‘c’ d) none of the above
83. ‘ in lame duck’ is an idiom which means_______ a) in excess b) in a dance c) in trouble
d) in abundance
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84. The following are open-class items except _______ a) conjunction b) noun c) verb
d) adjective
85. The predominant tense in an expository essay is _______ a) the future tense b) the past
tense c) the past perfect tense d) the present tense
86. A sentence begins with capital letter and may end with ______ a) a question mark b) a full
stop c) an exclamation mark d) all of the above
87. Which of the following stress pattern is correct ? a) highGRADE b) HIGHgrade c)
HIGHGRADE d) none of the above
88. Which of the is correct ? a) I am hearing you b) I can hear you c) I can be hearing
you d) none of the above
89. ‘professional’ is an adjective to make it a verb it becomes _____ a) professionate b)
professionalate c) professionalise d) professionalizable
90. The word ‘peace’ and ‘piece’ are ______ a) homophone b) opposite c) homograph
d) antonyms
91. ‘we shall talk on the blower’ means _______ a) we shall talk later b_ we shall talk now
c) we shall talk on the issue d) we shall talk on the phone
92. The plural form of furniture and laughter is, ______ a) furnitures and laughter b)
furnitute and laughters c) furniture and laughter d) furnitures and laughers
93. Finite verb can stand alone in a _____ and make sense a) non-finite verb b) sentence
c) modal auxiliary verb d) auxiliary verb
94. Phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and _____ a) particle b) article c) adjective
d) noun
95. _____ can be separable or inseparable a) phrasal verb b) idioms c) verb phrase d)
metaphor
96. The following are terminal punctuations except ______ a) full stop b) question mark
c) comma d) Exclamation mark
97. The difference between phrase and clause is the presence of ______ verb a) infinitive
b) transitive c) regular d) finite
98. Sentence type can be classified as to structure and as to ______ a) phrase b) function
c) clause d) word
99. A figure of speech in wich there is coparison by using ‘as’ r like is called _______
a) simile b) metaphor c) paradox d) irony
100. __________ is a bilabial sound a) /f/ b) /v/ c) /b/ d) /I/

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