1.

Study is the pursuit of knowledge through reading, and ……†ans=Observation

2. Organisation, prioritisation are examples of ……….processes of study skills and=minor

3. Reconstructing information is associated with …………process of study skills. Ans=Major

4. The practice of recording information captured from a transient source is called ………
ans=Note taking

5. This is the right order of arrangement; ans=Record, reduce, recite, reflect, review

6. When you distil your opinions from the notes you are involved in …………..process
ans=Reflect

7. Charting is an example of …………note-taking. Ans=Non linear

8. ………………..is a method of taking notes from written material. Ans=SQ3R

9. In note-making, it is advisable to omit des=--7cription and ans=Full explanations

10. The aim of ……………..is to eliminate irrelevant materials from a passage. Ans=summary.

11. The art of ……….entails the removal of supporting ideas from a paragraph ans=Pruning

12. The method of modifying the structure of a sentence is called ans=Recasting

13. The purpose of substitution in summary is ……………………of words ans=economy

14. The art of replacing a word with another is called…………….. ans=Substitution

15. Economy of words is the same thing as ………… ans=Brevity

16. ……….enables you to create a history of your course content. Ans=Note-taking

17. When ideas are written in a tree structure in note – taking, we are involve in ……….
Ans=MappingNotes should consist of key words or …. Anss=Short sentences

18. Identify the option with the correctly spelt words. Ans=Earnest, separate, fabulous, diligent

19. Identify the option with the correctly spelt words ans=Privilege, amateur

20. Identify the sentence that is correctly punctuated ans=It is true that Christians outnumber
Muslims in Delta State

21. Identify the sentence that is correctly punctuated ans=I hope to see you on Tuesday

22. Identify the sentence that is correctly punctuated ans=I am a Born Again Christian

23. We use …………..to break up two independent clauses ans=Comma.

24. Choose the antonym for the underlined word - There was <u> flagrant</u> display of affluence
during the ceremony ans=Inconspicuous

25. The source of information in reading is ans=The printed matter

26. Choose the synonym for the underlined word-\r\nThe medicine will <u>abate</u> the pain
ans=Subside

27. Choose the synonym for the underlined word -\r\nThe success of the year was <u> imputed</u>
to the manager ans=Ascribed

28. Choose the antonym for the underlined word - The doctor performed an <u>acute </u> surgery
on the patient. Ans=Chronic

29. The ------------ and ------------- are the principal operators in reading ans=The eyes and the brain

30. The ---------------- perform a discriminatory function of identifying signals, signs and symbols.
Ans=Eyes

31. Reading impediments include the following except ans=Music

32. The choice of a reading method depends on ans=All of the above

33. The reading method that requires taking a fleeting look is ans=Scanning

34. SQ3R stands for ans=Survey, question, read, recall, review

35. Reading speed at the tertiary level has been put at ans=200-700 WPM

36. Context clues, vocabulary and reading are factors that determine ans=Comprehension

37. In order to identify main ideas in a passage, the reader must locate ans=The topic sentence

38. NAME ans=Vocabulary

39. State the type/meaning of the underlined affix - <u>Sub</u>soil ans=Prefix/under

40. State the type/meaning of the underlined affix- Eat<u>ing</u> ans=Suffix/inflection

41. Identify the morphological units in the underlined portion of word - Mis<u>manage</u>
ans=Root

42. Identify the morphological units in the underlined portion of the word - Faith<u>ful</u>ness
ans=Stem

43. Identify the morphological units in the underlined portion of the word - <u>Go</u>neansRoot

44. Identify the morphological units in the underlined portion of the word - <u>Learn</u>era
ns=Base

45. State the types of morpheme in the word – kindness ans=Free/bound

46. State the types of morpheme in the word – Revisit ans=Bound/free

47. State the types of morpheme in the word – Belonging ans=Free/bound

48. All except one are items of the content words ans=Pronouns

49. Structural words can also be referred to as ans=Minor word class

50. The use of the indefinite article ‘an’ is determined by the pronunciation of a word and
not the spelling ans=TRUE

51. The nominative case deals with the noun functioning as ans=Subject of the sentence

52. The auxiliary verb can broadly be divided into ------- groups ans=Two

53. Mary has never -------------- late to service ans=Come

54. One of the men who often ----------here --------dead ans=Ate/is

55. Ojo ---------to no one about it before he revealed it to me ans=Spoke

56. Identify the type of sentence according to its structure - Ojo and Edna always fast and pray
ans=Simple sentence

57. Identify the type of sentence according to its structure - We came, we saw and we conquered
ans=Compound

58. Identify the type of sentence according to its structure - Although the man looks weak, he is
strong in prayer ans=Complex sentence

59. Identify the sentence type according to its function - God is good always ans=Declarative

60. Identify the sentence type according to its function - Kindly give me a lift ans=Imperative

61. Clipping of words is ans=The act of deleting one or more syllables from a word

62. The major types of compounds are ans=Exocentric and endocentric

63. All except one are types of compounding ans=Bracing

64. Intransitive verbs are verbs that ans=Do not take objects

65. All except one are types of conjunctions ans=Subjectives

66. Transposition and coordination are methods of..................... ans=Recasting

67. Study skills are also called….. skills ans=Library

68. Identify the underlined elements in the sentence - \tMary presented <u>the audience</u> a
special number ans=Indirect object

69. Identify the underlined elements in the sentence - \tThe lady looks <u> quite </u> beautiful
ans=Adverbial

70. Every writing process starts with the art of ans=Brainstorming

71. ……..is achieved when ideas are arranged in a logical and chronological order ans=Coherence

72. Paragraph development cannot be achieved through ……. Ans=Content of paragraph

73. The use of one idea on a paragraph is an example of ……… in writing ans=Unity

74. Topic outline ideas are written out in …… ans=Words and phrases
75. A group of sentences that has a unit of thought is a …….. ans=Paragraph

76. Transitional expressions are used to achieve ……….in writing ans=Coherence

77. …………is not a technique of paragraph development ans=Cohesion

78. ………..is a layout of points which an essay would entail ans=Outline

79. The words; food, women and people belong to _____________________ types of nouns
ans=Common

80. .……………….. essay gives a factual or personal detail. Ans=Expository

81. In persuasive essays, a vital technique for persuasion is………………. Ans=Logic

82. “Coherence” in writing simply means……………. Ans=Fitting together of ideas

83. Paragraphs can be developed in different ways except with………….. ans=Capitalizations

84. The part of an essay that contains the highest number of paragraphs is ……………..
ans=The body

85. A good essay must have all except…………………… ans=Middle

86. The topic “How I Spent my Summer Holiday” is an example of

a…………………essay. Ans=Narrative

87. ……………… is a major feature of an introduction in essays. Ans=Thesis statement

88. An essay can be defined as ……………….. ans=An organized collection of ideas

89. One of the following is not a good example of a transitional word ans=More

90. The purpose of an expository writing is to………………….. ans=Explain

91. “Brainstorming” is a technique in writing which enables a writer to ans=Ask constructive

and creative questions

92. “Process Analysis” in descriptive essays has all the following steps except ans=Division of
details

93. He, she and they are examples of ……………… ans=Third person point of view

94. Topic outlines are often written in……………………… ans=Words and phrases

95. The use of metaphors, similes and analogies in persuasive writings ans=Helps drive home the
writer’s points

96. A topic sentence can be stated ......................... ans=At the beginning, middle or end of a
paragraph

97. One of the following words and phrases does not show spatial relationship ans=Nevertheless

98. When you use historical events and dates to develop your paragraphs, you are
adopting…….…….. technique.\r\n ans=Development with facts
99. A good paragraph develops---------- ans=One topic

100. The article said that the causes of inflation are easy to find __________________ the
cure for inflation is not so easy to prescribe ans=However

101. Rising wages is one of the primary causes of inflation ___________________ the
government should take action to control wages. Ans=Therefore

102. In physics, the weight of an object is the gravitational force with which earth attracts it;
_______________, if a man weighs 150 pounds, this means that earth pulls him down with a
force of 150pounds. Ans=For example

103. The farther away from earth a person is , the less the gravitational force of earth,
------------- a man weighs less when he is 50,000 miles from earth than when he is only 5,000
miles away. Ans=Therefore

104. We can use examples from our own personal experience as supporting details to
support our ideas when writing an essay. Ans=TRUE

105. Quotations from reliable and knowledgeable sources are good supporting details.
Ans=Absolutely true

106. We capitalize the first word of a quotation as well as the first word of the sentence
ans=Absolutely True

107. If you omit words, use an ellipsis of ________________ asn=Three spaced period

108. If you add words in a quotation put _________ around the words you have added.
Ans=Square brackets

109. We use single quotation marks to enclose a quotation within a quotation ans=true

110. If your quotation is four lines or longer_____Indent it one inch from the left hand
margin