FBQ1: Words are made up of separable ______________units referred to as Syllables Answer: *Pronounceable* FBQ2: Deletion is an avoidable thing you must do when ______________a passage Answer: *Summarising* FBQ3: Apart from _________stress there is also sentence stress Answer: *Word* FBQ4: Transition devices is used to link sentences in __________ Answer: *Paragraphs* FBQ5: The use of jargon should be avoided in ___________writing Answer: *Formal* FBQ6: ___________ is the extra effort used in speaking or pronouncing a word Answer: *Stress* FBQ7: A longer sentence is usually divided into ________or sense groups, these can also be called tone groups Answer: *Breath* FBQ8: In a word, the part that has the stress is pronounced with _____________force Answer: *Greater* FBQ9: In speech, there is always the movement of the __________of the speaker’s voice from high to low or from low to high Answer: *Pitch* FBQ10: Secondary ___________is weaker than the primary stress Answer: *Stress* FBQ11: The words ‘pocket’, ‘pretend’ and ‘docket all have ____________ Answer: *Two syllables* FBQ12: Being able to _______ yourself well in an interview gives you greater chances of getting the job Answer: *Express* FBQ13: Summarization involves condensing and ____________ a large piece of writing Answer: *Shortening* FBQ14: In Nigeria languages tone that brings about a change in the meaning while in English a change in meaning is as a result of ____________ Answer: *Stress* FBQ15: One difficulty about English pronunciation is that there is no perfect correspondence between ________and sounds Answer: *Letters* FBQ16: Complex sentences with ______________clauses are deployed in summary writing to make the passage shorter Answer: *Subordinate* FBQ17: Falling tone is a change in pitch from ________to low tone Answer: *High* FBQ18: The English language has ______________ consonant sounds Answer: *Twenty four* FBQ19: The English vowels and consonants are very important to ______________ spoken English Answer: *Effective* FBQ20: Constant _______of the English sounds makes you a good speaker English Answer: *Practice* FBQ21: The primary stress is on the ___________ syllable in the word ‘locomotion’. Answer: *Third* FBQ22: The word ‘pretend’ can be an adjective as well as a ____________ Answer: *Noun* FBQ23: Wrongly ________a word can lead to wrong meaning being expressed Answer: *Stressing* FBQ24: ‘won’, ‘one’, ‘take’, ‘sit’, ‘bit’, ‘peak’ and ‘come’ are all __________ Answer: *Monosyllabic words* FBQ25: Repetition of__________, ideas and wishes is not necessary in doing a summary Answer: *Thoughts* FBQ26: ____________ are used to represent sounds in the dictionary Answer: *Symbols* FBQ27: For correct pronunciation you must learn to use the ________every time you come across any new word Answer: *Dictionary* FBQ28: The substitution of one ___________for another can bring about a change in meaning Answer: *Sound* FBQ29: Homophones are ________that have the same pronunciation but differ a little in spelling Answer: *Words* FBQ30: In English language there are more sounds than there are letters in the ____________ Answer: *Alphabet* FBQ31: Well-articulated discussion is possible with one another because we have adequate _________ Answer: *Communication skills* FBQ32: Combining two or three ___________of a passage into one will help condense the passage Answer: *Sentences* FBQ33: Contracted forms of language use are allowed in ____________ Answer: *Informal writing* FBQ34: After doing a summary of a ____________, it becomes shorter Answer: *Passage* FBQ35: Sounds in the English language can broadly be divided into _______and consonants Answer: *Vowels* Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs): MCQ1: What should the complimentary close of letters should? Answer: The dash MCQ2: Which ONE of the under-listed shouldn’t your letter of application have? Answer: Seek for your address MCQ3: What do the two documents that go together when you are seeking for employment provide for the reader? Answer: evidence of your inability MCQ4: How would you define a report? Answer: A report is an organised, factual and objective presentation of information MCQ5: Which of the following options are you supposed to use in the opening lines of a letter of refusal? Answer: giving elaborate details of your location MCQ6: What indicate that the symbol between them represents a sound and not a letter of the alphabet? Answer: Full stop MCQ7: What mark is used to indicate the syllable that is stressed? Answer: A horizontal mark MCQ8: What is the model of pronunciation to which Nigerian speakers of the English language ascribe to? Answer: End mark pronunciation MCQ9: What unites the pair of words ‘sheep’ and ‘ship’, ‘seek’ and ‘sick’, ‘leave’ and ‘live’? Answer: Homophones MCQ10: How many consonants are there in the English language? Answer: Twenty one MCQ11: To be a good speaker of the English language what must you do? Answer: Know the etymology of words MCQ12: What is the first step to achieve success when preparing for an interview? Answer: Typing MCQ13: When going for an interview what is the first impression of you people get? Answer: Your handwriting MCQ14: Which ONE of the options is important in seminars? Answer: Holding the microphone when speaking MCQ15: What can you use in seminar presentations to explain your points better? Answer: Your diction MCQ16: Most application letter aim at doing what? Answer: convincing the reader that the sender is suitable for the job MCQ17: One or more what can be used to develop the paragraph? Answer: Rules MCQ18: Among the options listed below which is not part of a formal letter? Answer: The salutation MCQ19: What can distinguish formal and informal styles? Answer: the placement of a preposition at the beginning or at the end of a relative clause MCQ20: What makes a formal letter to be clear, precise and complete? Answer: Some pieces of information are missing MCQ21: When you do not want to accept a new job offered you what kind of letter do you write? Answer: Letter of refusal MCQ22: Which of the under-listed point is NOT included in a descriptive technique of paragraph development? Answer: Weight and sizes MCQ23: What do you use to indicate a follow-up to a previous discussion? Answer: Pls MCQ24: Signatures have the ability to do what in a formal letter? Answer: Make the writer appear nice MCQ25: The writing of reports follow some stages, at what stage of a report do you start gathering information? Answer: Stage four MCQ26: Titles have the ability to do what in a formal letter? Answer: Specifies what the letter is about MCQ27: Communication within an organisation is carried out through the Answer: Memorandum MCQ28: What is meant by a report being ambiguous? Answer: Hyperbolic reasoning MCQ29: The Open University System has all but ONE of the following? Answer: There is a strong student support MCQ30: What does a speaker do in a seminar talk presentation? Answer: Study the countenance and mien of the audience MCQ31: What helps to bring experts in a particular subject area together? Answer: Antonyms and synonyms MCQ32: In writing an application for a job, what do the reader basically look out for? Answer: How good and kind you are MCQ33: After writing an application for a job, what is usually the purpose of the follow-up interview? Answer: To know your religion MCQ34: Which of the following points wouldn’t members of an oral interview look for when interviewing an applicant? Answer: Imagination MCQ35: How do you leave your stamp of personality in communication? Answer: Using the right words