UNIPORT GES 100 Workbook Answers – Communication Skills in English Sure A Guide Part VII

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Uniport GES 100.2/200.2 DE WORK BOOK ANSWERS

51. The party has only just ________
(a) Began
(b) Being began
(c) Commence
(d) None
52. This is just the tip of the _________
(a) Ice
(b) Ice breaker
(d) Ice bag
(d) None
53. The player was _______ side
(a) Up

(b) Of
(c) Off
(d) On the
54. We are going on a three _________ holiday
(a) weeks
(b) Weeks’
(c) Week
(d) Weeks’
55. There is ______ poverty in Nigeria
(a) Abject
(b) Object
(c) Ground
(d) Grounded
56. Adjourn collocates _________
(a) Cult
(b) Matter
(c) Quarrel
(d) Magistrate
57. To persevere means to __________
(a) Preserve
(b) Moan
(c) Cajole
(d) None
58. The past tense of burst is _________
(a) Bursts
(b) None
(c) Bursted
(d) Busted
59. You are nothing but a _______ weather friend
(a) Fear
(b) Fare
(c) Sphere
(d) None

60. The building was _______ to borrow from the bank
(a) Raze
(b) Razed
(c) Erase
(d) Erased
61. We needed a ________ to borrow from the bank
(a) Surety
(b) Guarantee
(c) Collateral
(d) Mortgage
62. I know the _______ of the word
(a) Pronounciation
(b) Pronunciation
(c) Pronunsation
(d) Pronountiation
63. The police action was very swift and _________
(a) Determined
(b) Positive
(c) Possible
(d) Decisive
64. The president with his wife and five body guards ________ attending a meeting in Paris
(a) Are
(b) Is
(c) Were
(d) Will
65. The houses with their garden _______ sold
(a) Was
(b) Were
(d) Is being
(d) Was being

66. The ________ hut is the one I built
(a) Little white mud
(b) White little mud
(c) White mud little
(d) None
67. The room is out of ________
(a) Bonds
(b) Bond
(c) Bound
(d) None
68. Tom used to be the best behaved student, _______
(a) Wasn’t he
(b) Aren’t him?
(c) Weren’t he?
(d) Weren’t him?
69. Each morning and evening ______ another problem for the commuter
(a) Presented
(b) Present
(c) Presents
(d) Presenting
70. If you go travelling without permission, you may ______ your job
(a) Loose
(b) Loss
(c) Be losing
(d) None
71. “l cant bear to see the child suffer” is ________ phrase
(a) Gerundic
(b) Infinitive
(c) Participial
(d) None

72. “Being humble is his greatest desire is ________ phrase
(a) Gerund
(b) Infinitive
(c) Participial
(d) absolute
73. Waiting for the bride’s arrival, the bride’s-groom prayed
silently is
(a) Gerund
(b) Infinitive
(c) Participial
(d) Absolute
74. The most handsome boy has won the pageant
(a) Adverbial phrase
(b) Prepositional phrase
(c) Adjectival phrase
(d) Noun phrase
75. The man who showed me the way is a kind
(a) Adverbial clause
(b) Adjectival clause
(c) Noun clause
(d) None
76. That John refused to assist us is a mystery
(a) Noun phrase
(b) Adjectival phrase
(c) Noun clause
(d) Adverbial clause
77. Mary went swimming, although it was raining
(a) Independent clause
(b) Dependent clause
(c) Independent phrase
(d) Dependent phrase

78. We shall assist the ruling class if only they acknowledge their flaws
(a) Independent clause
(b) Dependent clause
(c) Independent phrase
(d) Dependent phrase
79. John, the die is cast
(a) Article
(b) Expletive
(c) Vocative
(d) Appositive
80. Ala, the business man has been here with me
(a) Article
(b) Expletive
(c) Vocative
(d) Appositive
81. It is crystal clear who will become the manager
(a) Article
(b) Expletive
(c) Vocative
(d) Appositive

Identify the sentence types from 82-87:

82. The Dean and Heads of departments are meeting with the students
(a) Simple
(b) Complex
(c) Compound
(d) Compound-Complex
(e) Multiple.
83. The children got home, ate their food and did their home work
(a) Simple
(b) Complex

(c) Compound
(d) Compound-Complex
(e) Multiple
84. I will eat the food, though not well prepared
(a) Simple
(b) Complex
(c) Compound
(d) Compound-Complex
(e) Multiple
85. Tari is a very handsome looking man but obviously also
very irresponsible
(a) Simple
(b) Complex
(c) Compound
(d) Compound-Complex
(e) Multiple
86. Tell me your name and I will tell you what you are because
I have seen you before
(a) Simple
(b) Complex
(c) Compound
(d) Compound-Complex
(e) Multiple
87. The villagers killed the big snake and drove away the fox
before they could sleep peacefully last night
(a) Simple
(b) Complex
(c) Compound
(d) Compound-Complex
(e) Multiple

Identify the sentence pattern from 18-25:

88. Here is the president
(a) VCS
(b) AVS
(c) SVC
(d) SVO
(e) VSO
89. Away went the robber like a bat out of hell
(a) ASVA
(b) SVAA
(c) SVOAA
(d) AVSA
(e) SVC
90. The masons finished the building in recorded time
(a) SVOA
(b) SVOO
(c) SVOC
(d) SVC
(e) SVAOC
91. One big bully threw Martha a devastating punch
(a) SVOA
(b) SVOO
(c) SVOC
(d) SVOCA
(e) SVOOCA
92. It is palatable
(a) SV
(b) SVO
(c) SVA
(d) SVC
(e) SV

93. The lecturer will invite you when he is prepared
(a) SVOCA
(b) SVOA
(c) SVOA
(d) SVOOCA
(e) ASVOCA
94. There lies the corpse on the carrier
(a) ASVA
(b) AVSA
(c) SVAA
(d) SVOCA
(e) AVSCAO
95. To record very good scores this semester is my great and constant dream
(a) SCVOC
(b) SVCOVA
(c) SVC
(d) SVCO
(e) SVA

Identify the odd example

96. (a) Wane
(b) Dwindle
(c) Wax
(d) Peter out
(e) Slump
97. (a) Yearning
(b) Bessottedness
(c) Infatuation
(d) Abhor
(e) Overdraft
98. (a) Collateral
(b) Credit
(c) Savings

(d) Editorial
(e) Overdraft
99. (a) Coke
(b) Lemonade
(c) Brandy
(d) Orange
(e) Juice
100. (a) Melt
(b) Thaw
(c) Liquefy
(d) Freeze
(e) Evaporate

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