English Language Study Materials

GST 101: Computer-based exam

Passage A All over the world till lately and in most of the world till today, mankind has been following the course of nature: that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by casualties of war, pestilence and famine. Being human, we have at least revolted against that senseless waste. We have started to...

GST 101- Past Question 2018

1. From the letters A to D choose the ones that has the same consonants words as the one represented by the letters 2. An essay is a piece of - which is made up of several paragraphs and written about a specific topic 3. The - part of an essay must captivate the readers interest

GST 102 Exam Questions

Which of the following is not a connective symbol? a.   b. ~ c.  (d) σ 2. Which of the following is not a connective symbol? a → b ~ c ↔ (d) β 3. Which of the following is not a connective symbol? (a) α b ↔ c ~ d → 4. Which of the following is not a connective in English? a If…Then… b And c Or (d) Conclude. 5. Which of the following is not a connective in English? a. and b or (c) declare D if and only if. 

GNS 102: USE OF ENGLISH

1. It is uncalled-for to say Lagos is a ______(a) no-man’s-land (b) no–man–land (c) noman’s land (d) land of no man  Answer: noman’sland 2.____________she was accepted (a) funnily enough (b) funny enough (c) funnily (d) firm enough Answer: funnily enough 3. Mary took it_______ (a) personally (b) personal (c) in person (d) out of her person Answer: Personally 4. My uncle has friends______(a) in high places (b) in the high places (c) in big places (d) in the top place Answer: in high...

GNS 102 ( Q _ A )

MORPHEME AND THE WORD IN ENGLISH 1.The lexical item'length'is made up of____morphemes. (a.) 1 (b.) 2 (c.) 4 (d.) 3 Ans.B {long} + {th}. 2.The lexical item'atheoist'is made up of____morphemes. (a.) 4 (b.) 5 (c.) 3 (d.) 2 Ans.C {a-} + {theo} + {-ist} 3.The lexical item'carpenter has____morphemes. (a.) 3 (b.) 2 (c.) 21/2 (d.) 1 Ans.D–it isn't divisible because its division has no semantic distinctiveness. 4. The word 'Brunch' is a_____type of word formation process. (a.) Compounding (b.) Conve...

GNS 102 (Introduction to the English Language)

Test Questions: 1) Define "word" 2) State the 5 grammatical units 3) Define morpheme 4) state the 2 types of morpheme 5) A word is comprised of 3 parts, namely ______, ______, and _______ 6) Every English word must have a ______ 7) In doing the structural description of a word, the first thing to do is ___________ 8) Do the structural description of these words: Co-educationally Co-operation Irreversible