Language Skills English CTET MCQ
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01 Among four language skills, which pair constitutes the reinforcement skills?
- reading and listening
- speaking and listening
- reading and speaking
- speaking and writing
Option 4 – speaking and writing
02 Which statement is true in the context of language skills?
- all skills are learnt together not in graded manner
- all language skills are independent of each other
- language skills are learnt step by step as LSRW
- language skills do not effect each other
Option 3 – language skills are learnt step by step as LSRW
03 To develop speaking skill which of the given options is the least important?
- to discuss a topic
- listen to what child has to say patiently
- ask child to answer questions
- provide full opportunity to present his/her views
Option 3 – ask child to answer questions
04 According to NCF 2005, the teaching of reading in schools is burdened with
- memorizing tasks
- answering questions after reading
- all of the above
- none of the above
Option 3 – all of the above
05 Reading skills can be developed by ……..
- asking students to read texts even if they do not understand it in one to
- promoting a culture of reading
- providing interesting books in the schools for community libraries
- all of the above
Option 4 – all of the above
06 What is most important in increasing reading competency?
- practice structures of language
- more attention on pronunciation than comprehension
- learning material
- practice questions given in the text
Option 2 – more attention on pronunciation than comprehension
07 A teacher given a headline of a newspaper about ‘ power shortage ‘ and asks students to write five sentences on their own. Which type of writing is being developed by the teacher?
- rreview writing
- product writing
- controlled writing
- guided writing
Option 4 – guided writing
08 Faulty reading habit can be due to
- sub-vocalization
- finger pointing
- regressive movement
- all of the above
Option 4 – all of the above
09 Writing is the ………
- alphabetical
- systematic
- phonetic
- graphical
Which State of India experiences the maximum annual variation of rainfall?
(A) Meghalaya
(B) Kerala
(C) Rajasthan
(D) West Bengal
Show AnswerOption 4 – graphical
10 Silent reading involves ……….
- increase of vocabulary
- correct pronunciation
- learn to absorb or infer the underlying meaning of the text
- increases reading speed
Option 3 – learn to absorb or infer the underlying meaning of the text
11 Students of class IV can recognise flawed usage of sentence construction when the teacher
- tells them that something is wrong
- gives alternatives as possible corrections
- lets them find the appropriate sentences
- focuses on certain surface errors
Option 2 – gives alternatives as possible corrections
12 An English/Hindi speaking teacher gets posted in a primaryschool which is situated in a remore area of Himachal pradesh. Since she does not know the local language, she faces lots of problems. She should
- try to get herself posted out to a suitable place
- focus on the text book only
- use the child’s language as a resource while teaching
- encourage the community to learn standard English or Hindi
Option 3 – use the child’s language as a resource while teaching
13 While reading, which one of these help students to understand the relations between different parts?
- adverbs
- pronouns
- proper nouns
- phrasal verbs
Option 1 – adverbs
14 The linguistic communicative approach develops which one of the following skills in a learner?
- creative
- writing
- listening
- speaking
Option 4 – speaking
15 Critical thinking will be a by product of
- creating writing
- extensive reading
- listening carefully to others
- all of the above
Pakyong Airport is located in?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Mizoram
Show AnswerOption 2 – extensive reading
16 Arti Saxena, English teacher of class VIII, asks her learners to read materials such as children’s magazines, other magazines, newspaper, short story books, articles etc. So that they should develop fluency in the target language. Which type of reading is she encouraging?
- silent
- loud
- intensive
- extensive
Option 4 – extensive
17 The sequence of the writing process would be in the following order
- reviewing, monitoring, translating
- planning, translating, reviewing
- translating, reviewing, monitoring
- planning, monitoring, reviewing
Option 4 – planning, monitoring, reviewing
18 How will a teacher best teach ‘ writing ‘ skills to a class?
- through dictation
- by asking students to learn articles and rewrite them
- by brainstorming ideas and asking students to write in their own words
- by asking students to write neatly
Option 3 – by brainstorming ideas and asking students to write in their own words
19 Which of the following is an important stage in the writing process?
- editing
- memorization
- calligraphy
- comprehension
Option 1 – editing
20 Scanning means darting over much of a text to search for
- the opinion of the author
- difficult words
- a specific item or piece of information that we wish to discover
- the central idea
Option 3 – a specific item or piece of information that we wish to discover
21 While writing, one of the cohesive devices used is
- phrase
- ellipsis
- adjective
- preposition
Option 1 – phrase
22 If the piece of writing is brief, complete, in the third person, without digressions and emotional overtones and logically arranged, it is a
- classified advertisement
- memorandum
- report
- newspaper article
Option 3 – report
23 When reading to ‘ decode ‘ means to
- make notes
- read superficially for the general meaning
- recognize words to understand their meanings
- replace long words with symbols
Option 3 – recognize words to understand their meanings
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