GSP 1201/2201- Use Of English

Compiled Past Questions and Answers for: GSP 1201/2201 Use of English 1.

users sometimes place a strong pressure on a particular sound to give emphasis to it. That is called:

A: Syllables

B: Sounds

C: Stress

D: Emphasis

STRESS

  • Which of the following should be avoided when writing a formal report/letter?

A: Archaism

B: Slangs

C: Colloquialisms

D: All of the above

D: All of the above

  • Which section of the outline presents the findings 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

C: Conclusion.

  • Pick out the odd word:

A: Preposition

B: Pronoun

C: Verb

D: Phrase

D: Phrase

  • 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

D: expository essay

  • Which of the following is not among the issues to be indicated in report writing?

A: Terms of reference

B: Method of investigation

C: Findings and conclusions

D: Final submission

D: Final submission

  • The following words except one are usually not stressed:

A: Pronouns

B: Articles

C: Prepositions

D: Verbs

D: Verbs

  • ___________ is use to separate sentences which are closely connected in thought.

A: Comma

B: Full stop

C: Semi-colon

D: Exclamation mark

C: Semi-colon

  • ___________ 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

B: Denotative

  • _____________ are two word phrases, consisting of a verb and a particle.

A: Syllables

B: Idioms

C: Phrasal verbs

D: Synonyms

C: Phrasal verbs

  • The sentence ‘Muhammad attends the wedding’ is an example of

A: Present simple tense

B: Present perfect

C: Future perfect

D: Future Continuous

A: Present simple tense

Indicate the correct stress pattern in the following words from question 12-14

  • guardroom:

A: GUARDroom

B: guardROOM

C: GUardroom

D: GUARDROOM

A: GUARDroom

  • plenty:

A: PLenty

B: PLENty

C: plenTY

D: PLENTY

B: PLENty

  • madam:

A: MAdam

B: maDAM

C: maDam D: MADAM

A: MAdam

The main essence of the use of English is not to train students to be specialists in English but to raise their linguistic and ____________ competence.

  • syntactic 
  • communicative 
  • morphological 
  • literary

communicative 

  • As the bricks for language building, words are categorized into

_____________________

  1. parts of speech and word classes 
  2. major and minor classes
  3. open and minor classes 
  4. open and closed classes

open and closed classes

Read, write, sleep, do, go change in their participle forms because they are

  1. transitive verbs 
  2. finite verbs 
  3. irregular verbs 
  4. regular verbs

irregular verbs 

Elements in sentences determine their ____________________

  1. grammaticality 
  2. objectivity 
  3. patterns 
  4. importance

grammaticality 

The following are the features of adverbial element in sentences or clauses except _________

  1. optionality 
  2. mobility 
  3. multiplicity 
  4. constant nature

constant nature

In terms of hierarchy, the term clause precedes ________________

  1. paragraph 
  2. phrase 
  3. sentence 
  4. word

phrase 

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The following are the aspects of language except _______________

  1. writing 
  2. reading 
  3. thinking 
  4. listening

thinking 

. Reading as a skill enhances the following except _______________

  1. syntactic structure 
  2. retentive memory 
  3. spelling 
  4. stunted

stunted

Which of the following is not a function of controlling ideas in paragraph development?

  1. presenting viewpoints 
  2. exemplifying 
  3. promoting topic sentence 
  4. illustrating

promoting topic sentence 

All of the following are examples of narrative essay except ____________

  1. autobiography 
  2. novel 
  3. biography 
  4. poetry

poetry

Writing as a process emphasizes much on the following except __________

  1. pre-writing 
  2. linguistic units 
  3. brainstorming 
  4. editing

linguistic units 

Which of the following pairs serve as particle(s) in phrasal verb construction?

  1. adjectives and articles 
  2. adverbs and adjectives
  3. prepositions and adjectives 
  4. adverbs and prepositions

adverbs and prepositions

. The following are reading strategies except ________________

  1. skimming 
  2. speed 
  3. intensive reading 
  4. scanning

speed 

Pick out a word with silent letter in one of its syllables

  1. edition 
  2. plumber 
  3. sociology 
  4. mechanical

plumber 

The following are types of conjunction except __________________

  1. correlatives 
  2. coherence 
  3. coordinatives 

subordinatives

coherence 

Dictionaries equip readers with obvious knowledge of the following areas except ________

  1. pronunciation 
  2. inflection 
  3. discourse 
  4. meaning

discourse 

Pick out the optional element in the following

  1. subject 
  2. object 
  3. adverbial 
  4. complement

adverbial 

Pick out the odd one in the following

  1. may 
  2. am 
  3. have 
  4. write

write

Points discussed in essays are summed up in _____________

  1. narratives 
  2. summaries 
  3. conclusions 
  4. body

conclusions 

Voice quality is an important feature of __________________

  1. listening 
  2. reading 
  3. thinking 
  4. speaking

speaking

35. Mode as a variable of register denotes_______________

  1. Spoken text 
  2. Written text 
  3. Medium of the text 
  4. Field of discourse

Medium of the text 

Particles in phrasal verbs can be all of the following except _____________

  1. Conjunction 
  2. preposition 
  3. Adverb 
  4. Adverb and Preposition

Conjunction 

Multi-word verbs can be the following except ________________

  1. Separable 
  2. Transitive 
  3. Idiomatic 
  4. Adverbial

Adverbial

The following are among the traditional word classes except ___________

  1. Interjection 
  2. Pronoun 
  3. Article 
  4. Conjunction

Article 

. Identify the punctuation mark that is used in introducing a list

  1. Semi-colon 
  2. Comma 
  3. Dash 
  4. Colon

Colon

Sentences according to function can have the following mood except

  1. Declarative 
  2. Imperative 
  3. Correlative 
  4. Interrogative

Correlative 

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__________________ is the technique of reading that is used in searching for a specific piece of information.

  1. Scanning 
  2. Extensive reading 
  3. Skimming 
  4. Intensive reading

Scanning 

In summary writing, ____________________________ is the most important item.

  1. Supporting sentences 
  2. Topic sentence 
  3. Paragraph 
  4. Unity

Topic sentence 

. Letters are written for the following purposes except ___________

  1. Reference 
  2. Complaint 
  3. Apology 
  4. Complimentary close

Complimentary close

Decisions in organizations are made and send down from management to other staff through the following channels except___________________

  1. Memos 
  2. Circulars 
  3. Letters 
  4. Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

The following are the genres of literature except ______________________

  1. Play 
  2. Prose 
  3. Poetry 
  4. Personification

Personification

The description of consonant sounds observes the following levels except_______________

  1. Manner of articulation 
  2. Articulation of phonemes 
  3. State of the glottis 
  4. Place of articulation

Articulation of phonemes 

A phrasal verb whose meaning cannot be derived from the constituent words is known as ___________ phrasal verb.

  1. Literal 
  2. Idiomatic 
  3. Transitive 
  4. Intransitive

Idiomatic 

. Sit down, stand up, answer back and wait behind are examples of _______________ phrasal verb.

  1. Literal 
  2. Idiomatic 
  3. Transitive 
  4. Intransitive

Literal 

How many addresses are written in a business letter?

  1. One 
  2. Two 
  3. Three 
  4. Four

Two 

A writer of a descriptive essay uses a lot of __________ and ___________ to describe an object as clearly as possible in an attempt to create a clear portrait in the mind of reader.

  1. Nouns and Pronouns
  2.  Nouns and Adverbs 
  3. Adjectives and Adverbs
  4. Adjectives and Conjunctions

Adjectives and Adverbs

While Prepositions are used to relate nouns or pronouns with other words in sentences, __________ are used to join items of grammatical equivalence.

  1. Interjection 
  2. Preposition 
  3. Demonstratives 
  4. Conjunctions

Conjunctions

Zeal, seal, deal, meal and heal are examples of ____________________

  1. Phonological elements 
  2. Word segments 
  3. Intervening vowels
  4. Minimal pairs

Minimal pairs

When I entered the class, the teacher had started the lecture. This is an example of _______________ sentence.

  1. Simple 
  2. Compound 
  3. Complex 
  4. Compound-complex

Complex 

. ________________ is a process through which a new word is created by joining two or more words together.

  1. Acronymy 
  2. Blending 
  3. Compounding 
  4. Reduplication

Compounding 

Traditional grammarian classify parts of speech into ____________ groups.

  1. 7 
  2. 8 
  3. 9 
  4. 10

8 

All the following are impediments to reading except__________________

  1. Scanning 
  2. Lisping 
  3. Regression 
  4. Finger pointing

Scanning 

. ________________ simply means reading a text very quickly so as to note only the important points.

  1. Intensive reading 
  2. Scanning
  3. Extensive reading 
  4. Skimming 

Skimming 

Which of the following words does not contain a silent letter?

  1. Listen 
  2. Teacher 
  3. Plumber 
  4. Subtle

Teacher 

The pronunciation of ch in character, chair and charlatan exemplifies

  1. the inconsistency of the English language
  2. the consistency of the English language
  3. all of the above
  4. none of the above

the inconsistency of the English language

I wish she ________ my wife

A: is

B: was

C: are

D: were

D: were

Ask for repetition of what you do not understand politely by saying

A: come again

B: what?

C: I beg your pardon?

D: I am lost

C: I beg your pardon?

Strategies for effective reading include:

  1. Lisping
  2. Underlining and annotation
  3. Sub-vocalisation
  4. Regression

Underlining and annotation

Buhari is the president of Nigeria. This sentence is an example of

A: Interrogative sentence

B: Exclamatory sentence

C: Imperative sentence

D: Declarative sentence

D: Declarative sentence

The following should be avoided in writing a formal letter except

A: contraction

B: coherence

C: colloquialism

D: clichés

B: coherence

Yesterday was a black Friday. The word “black” is used in this sentence with a:

A: connotative meaning

B: denotative meaning

C: none of the above

D: all of the above

A: connotative meaning

Words such as heel and heal; knight and night are called

A: Best friends

B: Worst Friends

C: True Friends

D: False Friends

D: False Friends

He is older than ______

A: I

B: me

C: him

D: her

A: I

A ______________ condenses clearly and accurately what you have read.

  1. Comprehension
  2. Topic Sentence
  3. Summary
  4. Memorandum

Summary

The police arrested him, and he begged for mercy. This sentence has

  1. Two clauses
  2. No clause
  3. Three clauses
  4. One clause

Two clauses

She cried an ocean of tears. This sentence is an example of:

  1. Simile
  2. Hyperbole
  3. Personification
  4. Metaphor

Hyperbole

Textual mechanical features may include ___________ 

  1. punctuation
  2. spelling 
  3. a and b above 
  4. none of above

a and b above 

Register in grammar refers to a set of professional terminologies peculiar to disciplines, for example, the following set belongs to the register of _______ club, quarter-final, players, trophy, team, tournament, referee, goal kick 

  1. politics
  2. sports 
  3. business 
  4. law

sports 

.Inverted commas can be used in all the following ways except _________

  1. to separate direct speech from the rest of the sentence 
  2. to enclose the title of films or books 
  3. to show that a word or phrase is being used in an unusual way
  4. to show that some words have been omitted from a direct quotation

to show that some words have been omitted from a direct quotation

Which among the following is a feature of a report? 

  1. address 
  2. topic sentence 
  3. term of reference 
  4. work experience

term of reference 

.In writing a curriculum vitae, one is expected to provide all the following except _______ 

  1. signature 
  2. education and qualification 
  3. skills 
  4. interest

signature 

Which of the following vowels are formed through the gliding of the articulators from one vowel position to another? 

  1. /ᴂ/ 
  2. /℮i/ 
  3. /ᴈ:/ 
  4. /ð/

/℮i/ 

.Which of the following compound words have a double stress? 

  1. vicepresident 
  2. earthquake 
  3. post-office 
  4. a and c above

vicepresident 

Which of the following clusters is a verbal group? 

  1. in the morning 
  2. of the writing
  3. has come 
  4. defending champions

has come 

Both primary and modal auxiliaries are referred to as ____________ 

  1. helping verbs
  2. operators 
  3. auxiliary verbs 
  4. all of the above

all of the above

The expressive use of language in which words are used not just in their literal sense in order to suggest a picture, image or some other special effects is called __________

  1. figures of speech 
  2. parts of speech 
  3. fundamentals of speech 
  4. indirect speech

figures of speech 

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“The Aso Rock has plans for the economy.” In this sentence, the underlined phrase is an example of __________ 

a) metaphor 

  • apostrophe 
  • synecdoche 
  • hyperbole

synecdoche 

A comparison between two distinctly different things indicated by the word

“like” or “as” is called _______

  1. metaphor
  2.  personification 
  3. paradox 
  4. simile

simile

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

A: Drafting

Language users sometimes place a strong pressure on a particular sound to give emphasis to it. That is called:

A: Syllables

B: Sounds

C: Stress

D: Emphasis

C: Stress

  • __________ is the rendition of the meaning of an author without quoting him directly.

A: Summary

B: Comprehension

C: Paraphrase

D: Topic sentence

C: Paraphrase

  • Dictionaries normally show all except one of the following features of a word:

A: Stress pattern

B: Syllable

C: Meaning

D: Future

D: Future

  • Which section of the outline presents the findings 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

C: Conclusion.

Pick out the odd word:

  1. Preposition 
  2. Pronoun 
  3. Verb 
  4. Phrase

Phrase

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

D: expository essay

In learning language speaking skills, one should do the following except

A: avoid first language based interference in pronunciation

B: overcome inhibition

C: learn to stress properly

D: how to use punctuation marks

D: how to use punctuation marks

The process of writing involves the following except

A: Pre-revising

B: Pre-writing

C: Drafting

D: Editing

A: Pre-revising

In learning language speaking skills, one should do the following except

A: avoid first language based interference in pronunciation

B: overcome inhibition

C: learn to stress properly

D: how to use punctuation marks

D: how to use punctuation marks

Give me your book. This sentence is an example of

A: Interrogative sentence

B: Exclamatory sentence

C: Imperative sentence

D: Declarative sentence

C: Imperative sentence

Preparing _________ may be necessary in most writing tasks.

A: An outline.

B: A paragraph

C: A sentence

D: An abstract

A: An outline.

Writing should not be thought of, or treated as a __________ effort which produces a written document at a single sitting.

A: Double shot

B: Triple shot

C: Single shot

D: Quadruple shot

C: Single shot

An outline may be written in sentence form, for the main points to be in __________.

A: Chronological order.

B: Haphazard order

C: Alphabetical order

D: First come order

A: Chronological order.

  • Writing process is indubitably _________ and therefore largely personalised to the individual writer.

A: Imperative

B: Superlative

C: Decisive

D: Creative.

D: Creative.

The _________ stage is where grammar, mechanics and spelling etc., are checked.

A: Spelling

B: Revision

C: Drafting

D: Editing.

D: Editing.

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

D: expository essay

UNESCO, WHO, INEC and AIDS are examples of

A: synonyms

B: acronyms

C: antonyms

D: abbreviation

B: acronyms

When reading, one should use the dictionary as

A: soon as he comes across an unfamiliar word

B: he feels like doing

C: his last resort

D: none of the above

C: his last resort

The following should be avoided in writing a formal letter except

A: contraction

B: slang

C: punctuation

D: abbreviation

C: punctuation

Failure to stress a word correctly may lead to

A: ambiguity

B: misunderstanding

C: vagueness

D: all of the above

D: all of the above

The following are bad reading habits except

A: regression

B: finger-pointing

C: re-reading

D: sub-vocalization

C: re-reading

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

A: they have no provision for admitting new members

A ________________ summarizes a particular paragraph in which it appears.

A: subject

B: object

C: topic sentence

D: subject sentence

C: topic sentence

The terminal punctuations include:

A: The full stop (.)

B: The question mark (?)

C: The exclamation mark (!)

D: All of the above

D: All of the above

Reading for academic analysis belongs to ____________ kind of reading.

A: extensive

B: intensive

C: skimming

D: scanning

B: intensive

In dictionary, readers can get the following except

A: the future of words

B: the etymology of words

C: the meaning of words

D: the pronunciation of words

A: the future of words

The /f/ sound is found in all the following but

  1. Rough
  2. Beef
  3. Sip
  4. cough

Sip

A ________________ summarizes a particular paragraph in which it appears.

A: subject

B: object

C: topic sentence

D: subject sentence

C: topic sentence

The terminal punctuations include:

A: The full stop (.)

B: The question mark (?)

C: The exclamation mark (!)

D: All of the above

D: All of the above

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

D: expository essay

Reading for academic analysis belongs to ____________ kind of reading.

A: extensive

B: intensive

C: skimming

D: scanning

B: intensive

She visits her sister every two week

A: daily

B: weekly

C: fortnightly

D: forth-rightly

C: fortnightly

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 sentence

C: Compound sentence

____________ 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

B: Preposition

A two-word phrases, consisting of a verb and a particle are called:

A: Particles

B: Phrases

C: Phrasal verbs

D: Verbs

C: Phrasal verbs

In English we have ________________ and __________________.

A: 26 consonants and 24 vowels

B: 24 consonants and 20 vowels

C: 16 consonants and 17 vowels

D: 20 consonants and 20 vowels

B: 24 consonants and 20 vowels

All but one of the following form part of the functional classification of a sentence:

A: Interrogative

B: Declarative

C: Generative

D: Imperative

C: Generative

_______________ are group of words whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words.

A: Idioms

B: Dictionary

C: Sentences

D: Phrases

A: Idioms

The process through which two or more words are joined together to create a new word is called________________

A: prefix

B: Derivation

C: Inflection

D: Compounding

D: Compounding

____________ is the most difficult of the four language skills.

A: Writing

B: Reading

C: Listening

D: Speaking

A: Writing

Which of the following is an example of terminal punctuation:

A: Comma

B: Hyphen

C: Full stop

D: Semi-colon

C: Full stop

Identify the odd one out of the following:

A: /i/

B: /e/

C: /p/

D: /o/

C: /p/

Which of the following verbs takes addition of –ed in its past form?

A: Regular

B: Auxiliary

C: Transitive

D: Event

A: Regular

A topic sentence appears in all of the following positions in a sentence except: A: End

B: Middle

C: Beginning

D: Bracket

D: Bracket

Which of the following grammarians recognise nine (9) parts of speech?

A: Rodney Huddleston (1996)

B: Randolph Quirk and Sidney Greenbaun (2006)

C: Noam Chomsky (2012)

D: Karl Levis (1990

A: Rodney Huddleston (1996)

The parts of speech are broadly divided in to two groups as follows:

A: Closed system and open-class system

B: Regular and irregular

C: Countable and Uncountable

D: Transitive and intransitive

A: Closed system and open-class system

All of the following are examples of sentence elements except:

A: Subject

B: Complement

C: Phrase

D: Verb

C: Phrase

In the academic context, continuous writing involves writing a composition which can be in any of the following forms except

  1. Essay 
  2. Passage 
  3. Letter 
  4. Report

Passage 

Paragraph simply means a collection of _________________ which discuss a particular idea.

  1. Sentences 
  2. Clauses 
  3. Phrases 
  4. Words

Sentences 

_________________ summarizes a particular paragraph in which it appears.

  1. a sentence
  2.  a phrase 
  3. a topic sentence 
  4. a topic phrase

a topic sentence 

A kind of essay which persuades or convinces the reader to believe in a particular point of view is known as

  1. Narrative essay 
  2. Descriptive essay 
  3. Expository essay 
  4. Argumentative essay

Argumentative essay

A topic sentence appears at which position of the paragraph?

  1. Beginning of the paragraph 
  2. Middle of the paragraph 
  3. End of the paragraph
  4. Any position of the paragraph

Any position of the paragraph

___________________ essay requires the writer to narrate or recall an event or experience that has happened.

  1. Narrative 
  2. Descriptive 
  3. Expository 
  4. Argumentative

Narrative 

The purpose, structure and scope of a formal report are contained in which of the following?

  1. Terms of reference 
  2. Method of investigation 
  3. Findings and conclusions
  4. Recommendation

Terms of reference 

Application letters, letters of enquiry and government/official letters are examples of which type of letter?

  1. Formal letter 
  2. Informal letter 
  3. Semi-formal letter 
  4. Semi-informal letter

Formal letter 

Formal letters contain how many address(es)?

  1. One 
  2. Two 
  3. Three 
  4. Four

Two 

In letter writing, a complimentary close is otherwise known as

_____________

  1. Substitution 
  2. Subscription 
  3. Substantiation 
  4. Subsection

Subscription 

All but one of the following should be avoided when writing a formal letter.

  1. Slangs 
  2. Clichés 
  3. Clauses 
  4. Archaism

Clauses 

All but one of the following punctuation marks indicate pause in speech.

  1. The full stop 
  2. The colon 
  3. CThe comma

The apostrophe 

All but one of the following end in full stops.

  1. Direct statements 
  2. Indirect questions 
  3. Polite request 
  4. Interrogative sentences

Interrogative sentences

UNESCO, ECOWAS, NITEL, JAMB and NEPA are example of _______

  1. Acronyms 
  2. Homonyms 
  3. Antonyms 
  4. Abbreviations

Acronyms 

Which of the following punctuation marks is represented by three dots?

  1. The full stop 
  2. The colon 
  3. The semi-colon 
  4. The ellipsis

The ellipsis

__________________ is a sentence that lacks a finite verb or an obvious subject, and therefore not strictly allowed as a sentence.

  1. Defective sentence 
  2. Declarative sentence 
  3. Imperative sentence
  4. Exclamatory sentence

Defective sentence 

Which of the following punctuation marks is used to separate items in a list?

  1. The full stop 
  2. The comma 
  3. The question mark 
  4. The apostrophe

The comma 

Which of the following pair are receptive skills of language?

  1. Reading/Writing 
  2. Speaking/Writing 
  3. Reading/Listening 
  4. Listening/Speaking

Reading/Listening 

Which of the following is not a closed class item?

  1. Noun
  2. Preposition
  3. Conjunction 
  4. Interjection

Noun

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