FBQ1: An approach to the study of grammar is known as ____ Answer: Model FBQ2: ____ is the term for rules on how words in a language combine to form meaningful sentences Answer: Grammar FBQ3: ___ grammarians identified eight parts of speech Answer: Traditional FBQ4: Language was first studied by ___ Answer: Philosophers FBQ5: The prescriptive approach to language study is classified under ___ grammar Answer: Traditional FBQ6: When a sentence reflects more than one meaning, it is said to be ___ Answer: Ambiguous FBQ7: Word, phrases and clauses belong to the (parole; langue) of a language Answer: langue FBQ8: The historical development of a language over a period of time is studied under ___ linguistics Answer: Diachronic FBQ9: The capitalised group of words in the sentence: ‘THE BEAUTIFUL LADIES have travelled abroad’ is an example of ___ Answer: Noun phrase FBQ10: The book Cours de Linguistique Generale was written by _____ Answer: Ferdinand de Saussure FBQ11: The approach to language study which states how language should be used is ___ in nature Answer: Prescriptive FBQ12: In Transformational Generative Grammar, the actual use of language is classified as under the term ___ Answer: Performance FBQ13: ___ grammar analyses utterances in terms of its syntactic structure Answer: Phrase structure FBQ14: In Transformational Generative Grammar, a node that has nothing below it except a word is called ___ Answer: Terminal node FBQ15: Systemic model of grammar is also known as ___ grammar Answer: Neo-Firthian FBQ16: Syntactic constituents include Subject, Verb, Object ___ Complement Answer: Adjunct FBQ17: The tree structure introduced by Bloomfieldian structuralism was initially called ___ Answer: Cutting FBQ18: _____ is the underlying meaning of a sentence derived from syntactic and semantic components Answer: Deep structure FBQ19: (Every body; Everybody) is preserved with formalin in the morgue Answer: Every body FBQ20: The word to which a pronoun refers is called its ______ Answer: Antecedent FBQ21: When the subject is the one performing the action, the verb is said to be in the ___ Answer: Active voice FBQ22: English has the ___, imperative and subjunctive moods Answer: Indicative FBQ23: Latin has ____ number in its case system Answer: 6 FBQ24: Modern Structural grammar is traceable to the American linguist called ___ Answer: Leonard Bloomfield FBQ25: He came, he saw and he conquered is an example of ____ forms Answer: Parallel FBQ26: One of the boys in the back row (are; is) crying Answer: Is FBQ27: I am careful not to (borrow; lend) him any more money because he hardly pays back Answer: Lend FBQ28: The man has (run; ran) away from the town Answer: Run FBQ29: The capitalised item in the sentence: ‘MAY I come in? expresses (tentativeness; permission) Answer: Permission FBQ30: The capitalised item in the sentence: ‘you SHALL go to the market’ expresses (obligation; insistence) Answer: Insistence FBQ31: The HEAD in a noun phrase is a ___ Answer: Noun FBQ32: Masculine, feminine, ___ and neuter gender are often identified in grammar Answer: Common FBQ33: The capitalised items in the sentence: I HAVE BEEN CRYING all day’ is in the ___ aspect Answer: Perfect progressive FBQ34: The punctuation mark used in the following items: U.B.A Ph.D. U.S.A is ____ Answer: Full stop FBQ35: The verb in the sentence: Nigeria controls the flood of refugees’ is in the ___ voice Answer: Active MCQ1: The ___ drove the original dwellers of the British Isles into Wales and introduced English Answer: Celts MCQ2: A striking difference between Old English and Modern English is seen in ___ Answer: Borrowing MCQ3: The Printing press was invented in ___ Answer: 1450 MCQ4: The printing press led to the ___ of English language Answer: Acceptance MCQ5: Effectiveness of communication is based on ____ Answer: Style MCQ6: Language is non-instinctive, meaning it is ____ Answer: Scientific MCQ7: The capitalised group of words in the sentence: ‘I will not attend, IF HE LEAVES LATE’ is ____ Answer: The main clause MCQ8: The capitalized items: ANGRILY, SLOWLY, HAPHARZADLY are examples of ____ Answer: Adverbial MCQ9: The capitalised group of words in: The women ARE SINGING in the church is an example of ___ Answer: Verbal group MCQ10: The capitalised group of words in the sentence: He came to the house BECAUSE HIS SISTER BOUGHT A NEW CAR is an example of ____ Answer: Subordinate clause MCQ11: Her ___ wristwatch is expensive Answer: Father-in-law MCQ12: The herdsmen were ___ many miles away from the farm Answer: Cited MCQ13: The woman came ___ two hours after she was knocked down by a hit and run driver Answer: After MCQ14: The boy is recalcitrant and has refused to ____ the rules of the school Answer: Adhere with MCQ15: I have a ___ feeling that he stole the money Answer: Deep MCQ16: Okonkwo is a heavy sleeper means Okonkwo ___ Answer: Doesn’t wake up easily when sleeping MCQ17: He handed over ____ to the guest Answer: A big hot tea of cup MCQ18: Mr Adewale came to the class yesterday ______? Answer: Didn’t he MCQ19: The gardener who ___ near my house ___been told to go back to his village Answer: Farms/have MCQ20: The bomb went ___ at 4pm Answer: By MCQ21: The thief was ___ for ___ murder Answer: Hunged/committing MCQ22: Let’s give Mr Joel a round of ____ Answer: Apllause MCQ23: He had to put up with her rude behaviour for four years. This means he ____ her for four years Answer: Ignored MCQ24: The governor was forced to impose a ___ to ____ curfew Answer: All day/all night MCQ25: In the following question, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the options below, choose the one that has the correct stress for this word: estate Answer: EState MCQ26: In the following question, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the options below, choose the one that has the correct stress for this word: pedigree Answer: peDIgree MCQ27: In the following question, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the options below, choose the one that has the correct stress for this word: examination Answer: EXAmination MCQ28: In the following question, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the options below, choose the one that has the correct stress for this word: acclimatization Answer: ACClimatization MCQ29: In the following question, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the options below, choose the one that has the correct stress for this word: production Answer: PROduction MCQ30: In the following question, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the options below, choose the one that has the correct stress for this word: honour Answer: Honour MCQ31: Indicate the case form in this sentence: He is unrealistic Answer: Dative MCQ32: Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the capitalized letter: deBt Answer: Baby MCQ33: Out of the three students, Sade is _____ Answer: The most responsible MCQ34: She is still trying to get ___ the disappointment Answer: Through MCQ35: Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the capitalized letter: gYm Answer: Read