MCQ1: The core aspect of a paragraph is its Answer: Main idea MCQ2: The main idea is usually couched in the Answer: Topic sentence MCQ3: Most topic sentences are usually ______ of the paragraph. Answer: At the beginning MCQ4: In most writings, the _____ in a paragraph tends to present the central theme in it. Answer: First sentence MCQ5: When using example as a paragraph development device, you will likely use one of these Answer: For example MCQ6: The central concern of narrative writing is Answer: Telling a story MCQ7: The major focus of a descriptive paragraph is to ______ about a thing or person. Answer: Give details MCQ8: A paragraph providing step by step details of a process of an experiment you just performed will be called _____. Answer: Explanatory MCQ9: “All men are women abusers” is an example of a statement that will be referred to as Answer: Generalisation MCQ10: When you write to the VC of your university, it is a(n) Answer: Formal letter MCQ11: A major way of determining if a letter is informal or not is through the Answer: Language usage MCQ12: If you are writing a letter to your friend, one of the ways you will salute them is to start your letter with Answer: Dear Sam MCQ13: If you are to write a letter to your Faculty Dean, you are expected to write it ____ your Centre Director. Answer: Through MCQ14: When a patient dies of lung cancer attributable to his chain smoking habit, it would be right to say cigarette is ______.of his death. Answer: Cause MCQ15: Letter to the Editor is normally written to Answer: Newspaper houses MCQ16: A letter seeking for job is usually called Answer: Application letter MCQ17: You were offered jobs by two organisations, which letter will you write to the one you did not want to work with? Answer: Letter of acceptance MCQ18: If you have a job offer from more than one organisation, state the type of letter you are going to write to the organisation you do not wish to work with ______. Answer: Letter to decline MCQ19: An essay you write to present your class debate will be written in _____ language. Answer: Formal MCQ20: When you want to write a letter to accept a job offer, it should be done with Answer: Gratitude MCQ21: If you are seeking to further your studies, what sort of letter can your lecturer writer to support your quest? Answer: Reference letter MCQ22: When you want to sign off the letter to your friend, putting your full name and signature will be regarded as ____. Answer: Out of order MCQ23: You have siblings attending the conventional universities, if you are to write to the president to express your opinion on how the current ASUU strike should be handled, you are likely to express it as ________. Answer: Newspaper article MCQ24: If you are addressing a woman with her professional title, it is always better to address her without _________, except she requested otherwise. Answer: Mrs. MCQ25: When your letter ends with ‘Yours sincerely, Chuka’ it is most probably a letter to Answer: Your friend MCQ26: A formal letter is usually expected to have ____ as the summary of its content. Answer: A heading MCQ27: Most letters to the editor tend to contain Answer: complaints MCQ28: If you witnessed an armed robbery incident, the report you will give to the Police is called Answer: A statement MCQ29: An experimental report will likely contain a thing like Answer: Procedure MCQ30: A core requirement for a scientific report is that it MUST be Answer: Objective MCQ31: When you are presenting only the salient points of a passage, you are doing Answer: Summary writing MCQ32: What best way do you think you can develop your summary writing skill? Answer: By practising it daily MCQ33: One good way of developing the summary of a passage is by taking the ____ in each paragraph. Answer: main idea MCQ34: Expansion materials are not acceptable in Answer: A summary passage MCQ35: To really master the summary writing skill, you must _______. Answer: Learn to identify core points in the passage FBQ1: A paragraph that presents a cause should have the ____ too for it to be considered good paragraph development strategy. Answer: effect FBQ2: In this sentence, ‘She has arrived, …?’, its second part will likely be: ____ Answer: hasn’t she FBQ3: An English polar question will most probably be answered with a ____ or _____. Answer: yes FBQ4: A summary passage is expected to be ____ than the passage it was extracted from in terms of length. Answer: shorter FBQ5: When you use comparison in developing a paragraph, it means that, at least, _____ things are the focus of your writing. Answer: two FBQ6: The correct transcription of ‘back’ is _______. Answer: /bӕk/ FBQ7: The transcribed word /ʃelvz/ is lexically written as ________. Answer: shelves FBQ8: The word transcribed as /lʌv/ will be orthographically presented as _________. Answer: love FBQ9: ‘How kind of you!’ is structurally regarded as _________ in the classification of sentences. Answer: simple FBQ10: The transcription /jɔt/ will normally represent ______ word in English. Answer: yacht FBQ11: The transcribed word /kɵum/ here is ______. Answer: comb FBQ12: This word ‘examination’ has the main stress on its ____ syllable. Answer: fourth FBQ13: The word ‘Registrar’ has _____ syllables. Answer: three FBQ14: Transcribe the word ‘children’. Answer: ʧɪldrən FBQ15: Give the transcribed form of the word ‘shot’ ______. Answer: /ʃɔt/ FBQ16: /θɪn/ would be a transcript of ________. Answer: thin FBQ17: /ʃə:t/ is a transcription of ________. Answer: shirt FBQ18: Transcribe the word ‘cloth’ ______. Answer: /klɔθ/ FBQ19: Indicate the number of syllables in this word ‘kingship’ ______. Answer: two FBQ20: The word transcribed as /wɔndə/ is written in English as ____ Answer: wonder FBQ21: ‘I will see you tomorrow, God willing’ will functionally be described as: _____. Answer: A statement FBQ22: ‘Whenever he arrives, tell him to come in’ is functionally regarded as ______ sentence. Answer: command FBQ23: ‘He came, he saw, he conquered’ could be structurally described as ______. Answer: compound sentence FBQ24: ‘The boy that came to visit me is my nephew; he is in the University of Lagos, doing his first degree’ is a sentence that is structurally _______. Answer: compound-complex FBQ25: ‘I just love to read!’ is functionally ____. Answer: exclamation FBQ26: One way of developing paragraphs is by ____ one thing with another, which usually brings together positive features of the two elements. Answer: comparing FBQ27: You can also bring together two things in a negative sense; this is called _____ because it brings side by side negative features of those elements being focused. Answer: contrast FBQ28: When a group of scholars come together to discuss a topic in their department, it is usually known as ______. Answer: seminar FBQ29: To moderate a seminar session, the person to chair is usually expected to be ____ in that field of study. Answer: An expert FBQ30: A seminar cover page is expected to give the ________ of the writer to identify who it is that did the work. Answer: name FBQ31: Seminar presentation is usually the ­­­­­____ end of writing it. Answer: logical FBQ32: When a seminar paper stirs up debate about the topic of discussion it is focused on, it is considered ____. Answer: good FBQ33: A seminar paper that has every point raised acceptable to the audience would be considered _______. Answer: suspect FBQ34: Every culture has its manner of doing ______ in the public, depending on the acceptable way of speaking to its community members. Answer: oratory FBQ 35: ‘I stand on the existing protocols’ appears to be a ___ cultural thing. Answer: Nigerian