1. Minimal pairs are .....
(Choose the best option)
1) difficult sounds to teach students
2) pairs of words differing by a single sound
3) pairs of words which have same spelling but different in sound
4) pairs of words which have same spelling and sound
Ans: pairs of words differing by a single sound
2. Sri Pranab Mukharjee/ the president of India/ addressed the nation.
The split in the above sentence into meaningful chunks can be termed as...
Ans: sense group
3. Reading in quantity to get information, enjoyment etc. is ......
Ans: extensive reading
4. We say lions roar not lions shout. An arrangement words which is usually acceptable to all is known as ......
Ans: collocation
5. Correspondence among states and the central government is possible only through english. Hence english plays the role of ......
Ans: a link language
6. The reference book which is handy for the writer in avoiding the repetition of same word in a write up could be ......
Ans: thesaurus
7. Communicative competence means.....
1) knowledge of rules of speaking
2) knowledge of making requests/ suggestions etc.
3) knowledge of producing sensible conversation
4) All the above
Ans: All the above
8. An approach in language teaching refers to ......
Ans: different theories about the nature of language
9. Identify the correct statement
1) Listening and Reading are receptive skills
2) Writing is a linear process where as Speaking is spiral
3) Reading and Writing are graphic motor skills
4) All are correct
Ans: All are correct
10. "Bad writing is a symbol of imperfect education" said by-
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi
11. Legibility is one of the characteristic features of good hand writing, here 'Legibility' means-
Ans: Easy to read for all
12. English language can be considered as ......
Ans: an unphonetic language as there is no one to one correspondence between letter and sound
13. Language has relevancy only in ...... context.
Ans: social
14. G.T. method was an off spring of ...... scholarship.
Ans: German
15. 'Basic English' was written by-
Ans: Ogden
16. Radhika quickly glanced the score card to find out the score made by her favorite batsman.
This activity can be named as ...... in reading.
Ans: scanning
17. Find out the correct statement.
1) Regression is the desired reading habit
2) Moving eyes from word to word improves reading skill
3) Sub-vocalisation helps to improve reading habit
4) All are wrong statements
Ans: All are wrong statements
18. "My Christmas day alone. I had rather odd experience." This kind of writing text is called ......
Ans: narrative
19. In the word 'leaves', 's' is pronounced as ......
Ans: /z/
20. Reading aloud ......
1) enables the pupils to read with correct pronunciation
2) enables the teacher to correct the mispronunciation of the pupils
3) enables the pupils to follow proper stress and intonation patterns
4) All the above
Ans: All the above
21. 'Predicting an outcome' is the sub skill of ......
Ans: Reading
22. Putting ideas in a proper sequence and expressing them in phonological terms is ......
Ans: Speaking
23. The foreign phraseology is best assimilated in the process of ...... method of teaching.
Ans: Grammar - Translation
24. Enabling the pupils to think directly in the foreign language is the basic principle of ......
Ans: Direct method
25. The first state in India to have a structural syllabus and readers-
Ans: Tamil Nadu
26. Formative Evaluation is ......
Ans: process oriented
27. The test which is administered to find out learning deficiencies ......
Ans: Diagnostic test
28. Which is an important stage in the writing process?
Ans: Editing
29. A teacher engages her learners in a fun activity before beginning a new lesson.
The purpose of this activity is to-
Ans: motivate and energise the learners
30. The reading method which was envisaged by psycholinguists-
Ans: phonic method
31. Writing is ...... representation of speech.
Ans: graphical
32. At the senior level the students are expected to write ...... composition.
Ans: free
33. The English teacher as a facilitator should ......
Ans: provide ample opportunities to expose the learners to listen to and use the target language.
34. Noam Chomsky proposed ......
Ans: Transformational Generative Grammar
35. TOEFL is an example for ...........
Ans: Proficiency test
36. To put the linguistic items in order, the writer uses ......
Ans: cohesive devices
37. You have given a title "All that glitters is not gold" and asked your students to write on thier own.
Now select the right type of composition administered to the students from the following
1) controlled 2) guided 3) free 4) synthetic
Ans: free
38. "A language could best be taught by using it actively in the class room"
Ans: Frank
39. Communicative Approach emphasises language learning by ......
Ans: use
40. When the teacher uses 'Realia' to teach vocabulary and grammar she ......
Ans: is using real objects, actions and actual life situations
(IMPORTANT QUESTIONS)
1. A scaled down version of the internship programme of teacher training is known as .....
Ans: Micro Teaching
2. A file/ folder with a collection of learner's work assembled over a period of time is called .....
Ans: Portfolio
3. Coming back on the print to check previous words is ......
Ans: regression
4. The correct progression in reading is ..
Ans: symbol, sound, sense
5. The earlier inhabitants of British Isles ..
Ans: Celts
6. Telephonic Conversation is an example for .....
Ans: Inter-personal communication
7. The principal motto of child centred education proposed by NCF- 2005 is to .....
Ans: establish a link between learning and life
8. Copying sentences from the open book is called .....
Ans: Transcription
9. Basic Unit of writing is .....
Ans: a paragraph
10. A supplementary reader is meant for ...
Ans: Extensive Reading
11. Formative evaluation is a process of .....
Ans: on going feedback on performance
12. 'Reliability' in testing refers to .....
Ans: consistency of a measure
13. In 'hand writing' a letter should not resemble any other letter. This characteristic feature of writing is called .....
Ans: distinctiveness
14. The combination of two vowel sounds are called .....
Ans: dipthongs
15. A 'morpheme' is .....
Ans: the smallest meaningful unit
16. The reference book which is useful to find out the synonyms and antonyms of different words .....
Ans: thesaurus
17. The following one is considered to be a great deterrent to learn English .....
1) Lack of opportunity for the students to listen to and use English outside the class room
2) It is a difficult subject to learn
3) English phonemes are unscrupulous
4) English is a Western language
Ans: Lack of opportunity for the students to listen to and use English outside the class room
18. In language teaching actual objects and items which are used as examples are called as .....
Ans: realia
19. A test which is administered to assess the general abilities of a group of learners before starting a course can be termed as .....
Ans: placement test
20. 'Coherence' in a piece of writing suggests .....
Ans: maintaining logical order of ideas and content
21. The basic aim of teaching poetry is to enable learners .....
Ans: to understand and appreciate
22. ''Language is innate to all human beings" is the belief of .....
Ans: psycholinguists
23. Reading method was propounded by .....
Ans: Michael West
24. ''Structures are not to be presented in isolation but have to be practised in context" - suggested by...
Ans: Hornby
