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GST 105: USE OF ENGLISH 7. Lecturer delivery usually has three parts. These
are;
1. Listening entails; a. Introduction, main lecture and conclusion
a. Specifying what a speaker would say b. Outline, main discussion and question time
b. The ability to identify and understand what a c. Summary, main lecture and expansion of
speaker is saying outlined points
c. Making assertions and statement that guide d. Introduction, revision and conclusion
the speakers speech 8. One of the following is not a recommended
d. Keeping quite so that the speaker is not practice in note taking;
distracted a. Verbatim recording
2. Effective listening requires that; b. Use of personal abbreviations
a. The listener dictates the pace and speed of the c. Logical thinking of ideas
speakers delivery d. Summary of main points
b. The listener must pay total attention to what 9. All but one of the following are necessary in
the speaker is saying getting the best from lectures;
c. The listener thinks critically about what the a. Understanding the lecturers specific approach
speaker is saying b. Determining the three-part structure of the
d. Examining the speakers attitude and lecture
comportment c. Coming to terms with the lecturers accent
3. The skills involved in listening are; pronunciation and delivery of sentences
a. Reading through the topic carefully 10. All but one of the following are bad habits in
b. Preparing ahead of the lecture note taking;
c. Understanding the speaker’s accent, a. Verbatim recording of everything in note taking
vocabulary and presentation of the topic. b. Recording main points with all the illustration
d. Writing down verbatim everything the speaker c. Recording main points and a selection of
says illustrations and examples
4. Which of these does not negatively affect d. Recording all that the lecturer says
listening 11. Note taking involves the following except;
a. Interfering background noise a. Summarizing the main point
b. Unfamiliar accent and speech affectation b. Using inconsistent personal abbreviations
c. Difficult vocabulary c. Making a selection from illustrations
d. Organized and cohesive speech d. Disregarding digressions
5. All but one of the following are necessary in 12. A pre-lecture survey is basically
pre-lecture preparations; a. Asking relevant questions at the beginning of a
a. Conducting surveys of course outlines and topic lecture
before hand b. Listening and taking down notes during a
b. Making intelligent speculations about the lecture
lecturers sources c. Reading up on a topic before the lecture
c. Arrival at lectures ahead of the lecturer d. Discussing a topic with classmates after the
d. A reading of some introductory surveys if the lecture
topic is unfamiliar 13. A course outline is a listing of the
6. The main goal of a lecture is to; a. Specific points raised during a lecture
a. Give course outline to students b. Relevant topics to be treated in a particular
b. Impart knowledge to students course
c. Trade information between lecturer and c. Form and content of a topic
students d. Main points articulated during a lecture
d. Introduce lecturers to students 14. A good note taken from listening to lecturers is
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a. Brief and concise c. Summary, statement of thesis, definition

b. Legible d. None of the above
c. All that is said in class 23. Mechanics of writing consists of;
d. Systemic and orderly a. Punctuation
15. Weeding as a library term means b. Capitalization
a. Dusting the shelves c. Spelling & letter shapes
b. Clearing the tables d. All of the above
c. Screening library users 24. Features of a concluding paragraph include;
d. Removing outdated books a. The idea of concluding
16. A full essay must have 3 main features b. A flashback
a. Appropriate choice of words & acceptable c. A resolution of the thesis
sentences d. All of the above
b. Good paragraphing & grammatical sentences 25. Expository writing includes all but one of the
c. Coherence & use of standard writing following;
conventions a. A police report
d. All of the above b. Annual general meeting report
17. Major features of any good writing include; c. Sport report
a. Introduction, summary, conclusion d. Newspaper article
b. Introduction, middle, conclusion 26. Books are placed on reserve to
c. Preamble, definition, main body a. Minimize wear and tear
d. None of the above b. To prevent them from getting to unregistered
18. In report writing, the situation must be based users
on c. To preserve them for serious-minded library-
a. Hearsay going students
b. Arguments d. To facilitate a rapid and wider circulation of
c. Proof scarce materials among users
d. Facts 27. The circulation section of the library deals with
19. The narrative essay has all but one of the a. Borrowing and returning of books
following feature b. The distribution of books among affiliated
a. Suspense libraries
b. Story line c. The acquisition of new materials
c. Plot d. The cataloguing and classification of acquired
d. Strong argument materials
20. A thesis statement is to an essay what a topic 28. Reference books are those
sentence is to; a. Used to write research papers
a. An introductory paragraph b. That cannot be borrowed
b. A concluding paragraph c. That are quite bulky
c. The paragraph d. They contain a wealth of materials which cut
d. The main paragraph across various disciplines
21. A police statement is an example of; 29. The system of classification in the University of
a. An academic writing Lagos main library is
b. Technical report writing a. The call mark
c. A narrative writing b. The dewey decimal system
d. A research report c. The library of congress system
22. The main features of an introductory paragraph d. The card catalogue
are; 30. One of the following is not part of the card
a. Statement of thesis, setting of tone, plan catalogue in library
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b. Author card 38. If a scholar does not acknowledge all quoted

c. Subject and borrowed ideas as he reads and writes, he
d. Title card is guilty of
31. The encyclopedia is a. Perjury
a. A book or a set of books on Britain b. Plagiarism
b. A book or a set of books on America c. Permutation
c. A book or a set of books on one or all branches d. Permissiveness
of knowledge 39. The dictionary contain all but information on
d. A book or a set of books compiled by chambers a. The meaning of words
32. Books put in the reserve section of the library b. The pronunciation of words
a. Are intended for use by library staff only c. Etymology
b. Cannot be borrowed d. The year the words become obsolete
c. Can only be borrowed by permission
d. Out of the reach of students VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
33. Prescribed text usually
40. Who ______ the telephone?
a. Contain all the topics to be treated in a subject
a. Discovered
b. Constitute the lecturers sole sources
b. Invented
c. Direct the reader to supplementary texts
41. The judge was _____ that the man was guilty
d. Contain most of the topics to be treated or the
a. Persuaded
basis for discussion in the lectures
b. Convinced
34. Which one of these is not recommended for
42. He _____ a prize for his diligence
efficient studying
a. Took
a. Reading with pre-conceived ideas
b. Received
b. Generation of guide questions as you read
43. It is not wise to _____ family quarrels
c. Adoption of flexible reading speed
a. Interfere in
d. Employing memory enhancing devices
b. Interfere with
35. Supplementary texts are usually given so that
44. She did not _____ to go
a. Students may have a wide reading list
a. Accept
b. Students can have the opportunity to acquire
b. Agree
additional information for their courses
45. A butcher _____ meat
c. Students can fully understand the topics
a. Deals with
treated in their course
b. Deals in
d. Students educational experience may be
46. How does that man _____ his living?
balanced
a. Earn
36. Selective reading is important to students
b. Win
because
47. Please ____ me to give the money back
a. It will be in line with qualitative education
a. Remember
b. It reduces the stress campus rigors
b. Remind
c. It may be either impossible or a waste of time
48. The judge _____ the wrong done to the child
to read everything in the text
a. Avenged
d. It reinforces the importance of reading
b. Revenged
37. Direct quotation can be distinguished from
49. Some people _______ freedom so much that
paraphrase in note taking by
they are ready to die for it
a. Underlining the quotation
a. Love
b. Using quotation marks
b. Like
c. Writing the quotation in capital letter
50. One of these is a punctuation mark used in
d. Writing in capital letters as well as underlining
dialogue after a speakers name
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a. Full stop 59. Capitalization is necessary in all but one of the

b. Semi-colon following
c. University a. Sentence initial position
d. Colon b. Names of common nouns
51. Interior punctuation marks can neither be c. Isolated 'I'
_____ or ______ d. Names of deities and sacred contexts
a. Terminal: extensive 60. The word here that can take the suffix, -NESS,
b. Separative: terminal by way of spelling is;
c. Separative: parental: parenthetical a. Apt
d. Parenthetical: terminal b. Sadly
52. The ____ is used to mark off initials c. Comfort
a. Semi-colon d. Just
b. Full stop 61. Which of the following is used to indicate
c. Bracket possession in English?
d. Dash a. Inverted commas
53. One of the following punctuation marks is used b. Hyphen
in pairs c. Apostrophe
a. Question mark d. Quotation marks
b. Hyphen
c. Aprostrophe In this section, choose the option, in each
d. Quotation question, that has the SAME STRESS PATTERNS
54. Brackets are used to enclose as the one set out at beginning.
a. A reference
62. 'humble:
b. Main ideas
a. Report
c. Book titles
b. Regret
d. A&B
c. Standard
55. A full entry in a bibliography must show:
d. Return
a. Authors name & year of publication
63. Com'plaint:
b. Title of work & place of publication
a. success
c. Publisher
b. saddle
d. All of the above
c. punish
56. Exclamation marks are used for
d. marvel
a. Listings
64. 'happy:
b. Interjections
a. Acclaim
c. Confessions
b. Special
d. Music
c. Demand
57. The arrangement of bibliography is
d. Defend
a. Chronological
65. A 'vow:
b. Idiosyncratic
a. Order
c. Alphabetical
b. Carpet
d. Whimsical
c. Depend
58. One of the following is used to introduce
d. Marvel
additional information
66. 'generous:
a. Full stop
a. Carnival
b. Apostrophe
b. Celebrate
c. Dash
c. Impossible
d. Hyphen
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a. pretext c. Lecturers
b. combine d. All of the above
c. compact 77. Section one of the book, "Communicative Skills
68. pro'fessor in English and Study Skills" focuses on ____
a. creator a. Study skills
b. activist b. Rapid review of grammar
c. company c. Basic tools
69. indi'cation d. Writing
a. ambition 78. A basic tool required by a student for effective
b. reaction study in the university is ___
c. education a. A good dictionary
70. 'capitalism b. A well equipped library
a. Occurrence c. A good encyclopedia
b. Insurance d. None of the above
c. Regionalism 79. All except the following are included in the
course outline of GST105: Use of English
In the following section, choose the option, in a. Use of the library
each question, that has the CONSONANT and b. Grammar
VOWEL SOUND set out at the beginning: c. Phonology
d. Epistemology
71. /θ/
80. The Dewey Decimal classification system
a. Trap
assigns numbers in the following manner
b. Cribs
a. 000 - 909
c. Things
b. 001 – 099
d. Ties
c. 010 – 990
72. /Z/
d. 000 – 999
a. Visit
81. In the library of congress classification system,
b. Listen
law and languages take the following letters
c. Street
a. A and K
d. Miss
b. P and K
73. /^/
c. K and P
a. Shot
d. A and P
b. Cord
82. During the reading process the saccadic and
c. Shut
regressive eye movements are
d. Boss
a. Defective reading technique
74. /ȝ:/
b. Complementary reading technique
a. World
c. Retrogressive reading technique
b. Course
d. Natural reading technique
c. Felt
83. A very important part of a paragraph is
d. Born
a. The topic outline
75. /i:/
b. The topic sentence
a. Lip
c. Sentence structure
b. Leap
d. Paragraph outline
c. Stripe
84. _____ forms the building block of a sentence
d. Milk
a. Sounds
76. The course outline is usually provided by ____
b. Letters
a. The department
c. Thoughts
b. Course representatives
d. Words

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85. The punctuation mark used for interrogative a. Car manual

sentence is ____ b. Love poems
a. Exclamation c. Police reports
b. Period d. Law reports
c. Question mark 94. Poetic meaning of an expression is usually
d. Colon a. Expressive
86. Another name for the period is ___ b. Denotative
a. Semi-colon c. Figurative
b. Hyphen d. Discursive
c. Full-stop 95. Denotative words are
d. Exclamation a. Words which refer to the past
87. Brainstorming is one of the fundamentals of b. Listing words in alphabetical order
____ c. Words used scientifically
a. Writing a good essay d. Words which make direct reference
b. Passing an examination 96. The bibliography is usually located at ___ part
c. Writing a good sentence of a research work
d. Paragraph improvement a. The beginning
88. To ensure that the different paragraphs of an b. The middle
essay are properly related, you must use c. The end
a. Lexical equivalence d. The preliminary
b. Introductory remarks 97. Which of the following is not one of the main
c. Linking expressions divisions of the writing process
d. Descriptive expressions a. Writing stage
89. To mark off two or more independent clauses b. Proof-reading stage
in a sentence, you should use a ___ c. Publishing stage
a. Paired commas d. Pre-writing stage
b. Semi-colon 98. In technical writing, the acronym SME means
c. Emphasis a. Some subject example
d. Parenthesis b. Some managerial expertise
90. Which of the following is not a common essay c. Subject matter expert
type d. Simple marketing expert
a. Descriptive 99. Which of the following would you write under
b. Narrative subscription in a letter
c. Expository and argumentative a. Addressee designation
d. Proposal b. Yours faithfully
91. A faithful account of an activity in which the c. Salutation
writer participated can be labeled d. Body of the letter
a. Report 100. One of the following will provide
b. Memo information to influence our decisions and
c. Prolegomena actions
d. Episode a. Reports
92. A high degree of objectivity is normally b. Memorandum
expected in c. Agenda
a. Scientific writing d. Anecdotes
b. Informal writing
c. Formal writing
d. Doctor-patient writing
93. Technical writing may not include

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