GST102 TMA2 Answers

Q1 The only way to learn how to summarise is for one to __________.

Tremble

Communicate

Demonstrate

Practice

Q2 In the sentence, 'She was always out of school during the weekends in her undergraduate days' the

tense form is_______

simple past tense

simple tense

past tense

past continuous

Q3 One of the following is NOT correct about writing reports of experiments ______

It should be informal and private

It should follow a logical order

It should be clear, brief and to the point

It should avoid ambiguous statements

Q4 The language used in reporting an experiment should be_______

impersonal

objective

informal

formal

Q5 Which of the following words contain the sound /a:/

add

calm

want

daughter

Q6 The ________ is commonly found in formal writing.

active voice

open voice

passive voice

closed voice

Q7 Which of the following may not form the topic sentence of a paragraph?

a statement

a problem

a good rhyme scheme

a generalisation

Q8 In the sentence, 'The fishermen have been fishing all night long', the tense form is_________

present

present continuous

present perfect

present perfect continuous

Q9 He had a serious accident while getting off a ________ bus.

move

going

movement

moving

Q10 Beginning a paragraph with a topic sentence ________

makes the paragraph more interesting

helps both the reader and the writer

allows the building of the sentence to the topic

allows for an effective summary

Q11 which of the following does not have /ts/ in its initial sound

chaos

champion

church

choose

Q12 One of the following words does not have /:/ as in 'birds'

bed

perk

urge

dear th

Q13 Neither Peter nor his wife______ considerate

are

is

were

his

Q14 Maiduguri was occupied by _______ soldiers.

an

a

the

them

Q15 I am not _______ good judge of poetry.

an

a

the

some

Q16 The extra force used in speaking, on a particular word or syllable in English is ___________ .

Word Stress

Speech Stres s

Word Force

Word Streng th

Q17 One of the following is NOT usually used in descriptive writing ______

place and position; direction

temporal issues

measurements: weight, size, volume, distance

shapes and patterns

Q18 Examples are used in paragraph development to __________.

persuade the reader that the generalization is correct

present the writer’s perspective

identify issues

expand the writing

Q19 Letters of request and letters of complaint are types of _________ letters

retrieval

order

formal

reformal

Q20 Re-' in letter writing indicates that the letter is _________

reply to an earlier letter

reply to a new issue

a reference letter

a referral letter