UNIPORT GES 100 – Answers to the GES 100 Workbook Part IV

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The GES 100 part IV is typically done to assist students in answering the questions from Module Seven to Module Eight. If you’ve answered yours and want to confirm if what you’ve done is correct, you can easily check the answers below. If you’ve not answered any, you can still use this as a guideline to answer yours. But in all, we advise you read the Textbook so that you can confirm the answers provided.

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MODULE 7

Grammar and Mechanics

1. Word classes are divided into two categories. Answer: Open Word Class (Major) and Closed Word Class (Minor)
2. Nouns, adjective, verbs and adverbs are known as _____ Answer: Open word class
3. Pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and determiners are called ___ Answer: Closed word class
4. It happened on my way to school. School in this sentence is an example of ____ Answer: Noun
5. What is the class of noun of the following words: chair, book, basket, laptop, apple? Answer: Common Noun
6. What is the group name given to the following nouns: beauty, goodness, education, happiness? Answer: Abstract Noun
7. The English articles are ___ Answer: Indefinite and Definite articles
8. I love the blue dress. Answer: Transitive
9. Birds fly. Answer: Intransitive
10. The children worked very hard. Answer: Intransitive
11. My mother baked the cake. Answer: Transitive
12. What is the name given to the following verbs: can, must, shall, should, will. Answer: Modal Auxiliaries
13. She had two old candlesticks. Answer: old
14. The rickety house belongs to the teacher. Answer: rickety
15. This was the centerpiece of her most consistent and mysterious ritual. Answer: mysterious
16. Grandma kept her room clean and tidy. Answer: clean and tidy
17. Those are probably the _____ curtains in the store. Answer: A – Fanciest
18. Everyone was home for the holidays. What could make for. Answer: C – a merrier
19. My cold is definitely _____ this morning. Answer: A – worse
20. Tom drives quickly. Answer: quickly
21. She slowly opened the door. Answer: slowly
22. Mary waited for him patiently. Answer: patiently
23. The meeting is next week. Answer: next
24. Yesterday, we decided to take a walk. Answer:
25. I’ve already bought my tickets to the concert. Answer: already
26. I decided to rest over there. Answer:
27. She’ll wait for you in the room downstairs
28. Peter walked above me upstairs. Answer: above
29. Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator ____ going to have to make a decision. Answer: is
30. ____ my boss or sisters in the union going to win this grievance? Answer: Is
31. Some of the votes ___ to have been miscounted. Answer: seem
32. Everyone selected to serve on this jury ____ to be willing to give up a lot of time. Answer: has
33. Lionel Messi, together with his teammates, _____ a formidable opponent on the basketball court. Answer: presents
34. He seems to forget that there ____ things to be done before he can graduate. Answer: are
35. There ____ to be some people left in that town after yesterday’s flood. Answer: has
36. Some of the grain ____ to be contaminated. Answer: appears
37. Three-quarters of the student body ____ against the tuition hike. Answer: is
38. A high percentage of the population ____ voting for the new school. Answer: are
39. A high percentage of the people ____ voting for the new school. Answer: were
40. My grandmother really loved Susan. She bequeathed all the paintings to Peter and ____ Answer: her
41. A student in that all-female’s college should have no fears about ____ qualifying exams. Answer: their
42. He was so worried about ___ he should ask to party, that he ended up not asking anyone. Answer: whom
43. Neither Mary nor ____ am responsible for the mess. Answer: I
44. This is a matter for you and ____ to decide. Answer: I
45. Everybody in this class has completed _____ homework already. Answer: their
46. No one on this bus seems to know ____ way around this part of Port Harcourt. Answer: their
47. My best friend lives ____ Lagos. Answer: at
48. I’ll be ready to leave _____ about twenty minutes. Answer: in
49. Since he met his new girlfriend, Peter never seems to stay ____ home. Answer: at
50. The child responded to his mother’s demands ___ throwing a tantrum. Answer: by
51. I think she spent the entire afternoon _____ the phone. Answer: on
52. In a dark and dangerous hallway. Answer: Phrase
53. Before the next light. Answer: Phrase
54. Because it’s the right thing to do. Answer: Clause
55. As quickly as possible. Answer: Phrase
56. Whenever it gets cold. Answer: Clause
57. Until she gets a car. Answer: Clause
58. A sentence is a set of words with a subject and ____ Answer: B – Predicate
59. I like playing basketball and my brother likes playing tennis. Answer: B – Compound
60. I’ll help you if you help me. Answer: A – Simple
61. My mother cooked dinner while I was doing my homework. Answer: B – Compound
62. ? Answer: Question Mark
63. : Answer: Colon
64. ; Answer: Semi-colon
65. ( ) Answer: Parenthesis
66. ! Answer: Exclamation Mark

MODULE 8

Vocabulary Development

1. ____ is defined as a minimum independent linguistic unit having an identifiable meaning and grammatical function with a fairly consistent phonological shape. Answer: Word
2. _____ is the basis of learning a language. Answer: Vocabulary
3. The parts of a word are ____ Answer: The root, stem and affixes
4. The part of a word that can no longer be divided into smaller pieces is ____ Answer: the root of a word
5. The two affixes we have in English are ____ Answer: Prefix and Suffix
6. What is a synonym for adverse? Answer: unfavourable
7. Arid means extremely dry. Answer: True
8. What is the antonym for billow? Answer: A – Small wave
9. The ____ of ethical policy was quite a shock. Answer: Introduction
10. What _______ have you reached? Answer: Agreement
11. The flight has been for over an hour. Answer: Delayed
12. The best coffee _____ come from Latin America. Answer: Grown
13. His _____ nagging is getting on my nerves. Answer: Continuous
14. Could you please give me a detailed _____ of a current situation? Answer: Description
15. The marketing department made an _____ of the market. Answer: Analysis
16. I believe this century is marked by the _____ of mobile phone. Answer: Invention
17. Some organizations give their workers ____ to develop their roles. Answer: Freedom
18. We will try to offer you a ____ interest rate. Answer: Favourable
19. An outstanding characteristic of the teacher is his ______ Answer: Flexibility
20. Answer: B – Comforting – uncomfortable – discomfort – comfortably
21. If you are interested in working for us, please send your CV with a covering letter to our personal/personnel department. Answer: Personnel
22. The nutritionist pointed out that food can have a big affect/effect on your mood. Answer: Effect
23. The security guard stopped them at the gate and checked/controlled their bags for weapons. Answer: Checked
24. Kate’s husband is a marvelous cook/cooker. He’s never out of the kitchen. Answer: Cook
25. What would you like for desert/dessert? Chocolate mousse or sticky toffee pudding? Answer: Dessert
26. Nick won’t be able to come to the meeting as he has to make an urgent travel/trip to Milan. Answer: Trip
27. Air travel/trip has become more expensive lately because of rising oil prices. Answer: Travel
28. How long does your journey/travel to work usually take? Answer: journey
29. We were robbed/stolen while we were on holiday. They took our money and passports. Answer: robbed
30. It was very hot out in the garden so we sat in the shade/shadow. Answer: Shade. 

Module 7
69. It happened on my way to school. School in this sentence is an example of _______ Answer: Common Noun
70. What is the group name given to the following nouns: beauty, goodness, education, happiness? Answer: Abstract Noun
Underline the adjectives in the following sentences:
71) She had two old candlesticks
72) The rickety house belongs to the teacher
73) Everybody in the class has completed _______ homework already. Answer: their
Module 8
1. ______ is the basis for learning a language. Answer: Vocabulary
2. The parts of a word are ________, _______ and _________. Answer: The root, the stem and affixes
Underline the correct answer in the sentence below:
3. If you’re interested in working for us, please send your CV with a covering letter to our personal/personnel department
4. The nutritionist pointed out that food can have a big affect/effect on your mood
5. The security guard stopped them at the gate and checked/controlled their bags for weapons

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UNIPORT GES 100 – Answers to the GES 100 Workbook Part IV