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Language Skills English CTET MCQ for Students
01 Among four language skills, which pair constitutes the reinforcement skills?
02 Which statement is true in the context of language skills?
03 To develop speaking skill which of the given options is the least important?
04 According to NCF 2005, the teaching of reading in schools is burdened with
05 Reading skills can be developed by ……..
06 What is most important in increasing reading competency?
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?
08 Faulty reading habit can be due to
09 Writing is the ………
10 Silent reading involves ……….
11 Students of class IV can recognise flawed usage of sentence construction when the teacher
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
13 While reading, which one of these help students to understand the relations between different parts?
14 The linguistic communicative approach develops which one of the following skills in a learner?
15 Critical thinking will be a by product of
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?
17 The sequence of the writing process would be in the following order
18 How will a teacher best teach ‘ writing ‘ skills to a class?
19 Which of the following is an important stage in the writing process?
20 Scanning means darting over much of a text to search for
21 While writing, one of the cohesive devices used is
22 If the piece of writing is brief, complete, in the third person, without digressions and emotional overtones and logically arranged, it is a
23 When reading to ‘ decode ‘ means to
24 Receptive language skills are
25 The two skills required to take notes effectively are
26 An exercise, where words are left out of a shorter passage and the pupil must fill in the blanks with suitable words based on her reading, assesses her ability to
27 Creating or retrieving what the student wants to say and then generating a suitable text to say it, are stages of the ………. process
28 Use of grammar, punctuation and spelling pertains to
29 Develop a resource box for class I. Teacher gives 3 instructions to each student regarding which items are to be put in it (e.g. puppets, pieces of coloured pencils, small toys etc.) Students follow instruction. The activity is
30 How can teachers respond to or correct students writing in ways that are effective?
31 A student of class V has just read a text about the water problems of a community living on the outskirts of a city. After reading the chapter, the student remarks how difficult it must be to struggle for water every day. Which comprehension strategy does this remark reveal?
32 Rani is from Delhi. She has taken admission in a school in Asom. In the final exams, she faces difficulty in writing a composition on ‘Bihu’. The most probable reason for Rani’s problem is that
33 A language teacher wants her students to write for an authentic audience and purpose. What would be the best writing task to achieve this?
34 Writing is a ……… and not a ………
35 A child reads ‘ She bought three apples ‘ as ‘ She bought tree apples ‘ and explains it as ‘ apples from trees ‘. How would you rate this child’s reading skills?
36 While developing writing skill among students, a language teacher should most importantly focus on
37 Reading comprehension is an ability to
38 A teacher divided the students of class V into groups of six and provided each with a short story. She asked them to imagine, discuss and write the story with a different ending. In this activity, the teacher is developing their
39 Dictation does not help learners to
40 Shreya, a teacher of class IV, asked the learners to complete the dialogue in the given boxes and then to role-play the same using their dialogues. She is developing
41 The two ‘ productive skills ‘ are
42 The ……. and the …….. must share the same lingistic codes while learning a language.
43 If a student makes pronunciation errors, the best way to help him/her is to
44 Which of the following is a kind of speaking situation in which we find ourselves? ( Language Skills English Pedagogy CTET MCQ )
45 ‘ Stress, rhythmic patterns and intonation patterns of the language, and appropriate vocabulary are the micro skills involved in which of the following?
46 A student of class IV is feeling thirsty while teaching is going on. He wants to drink water and takes permission from the teacher. Choose how he will make the request
47 Which of the following statements about cognitive development is correct?
48 The theory that we are born with a language acquisition device was formulated by
49 Which theory of language claims that language is a product of conditioning?
50 Which psychologist formulated the theory in which interaction is considered the most important in language development of a child?
51 Which one of the following pairs is least likely to be a correct match?
52 Thinking permits humans to
53 Thinking is a part of cognition because
54 Which of the following statements about concept formation by a child is correct?
55 Smallest unit of meaning in a language is
56 Which is the incorrect way to support language development?
57 The sounds th, ph, ch are
58 What kinds of errors are common between a learner who is learning his mother tongue and the learner who learns the same language as a second language?
59 Phonological awareness refers to the ability to
60 Aarjav says that language development is influenced by one’s predisposition, while Sonali feels that it is because of the environment. This discussion between Aarjav and Sonali is about
61 India has a lot of linguistic diversity. In this context, which of the following is the most appropriate statement about multi-lingual classrooms at primary level, especially classes I and II?
62 Most classrooms in India are multilingual and this needs to be seen as …….. by the teacher
63 To enable students to make conceptual changes in their thinking, a teacher should
64 Early childhood is …….. period for language development
65 Which one of the following is not an element of language?
66 Language is important because it
67 Which psychologists or linguists suggested that thought is totally determined by language?
68 The two views on the interdependence of language and thought differ in
69 Language development in children starts from which of the following ages? ( Language Skills English CTET MCQ )
70 Vocabulary of a child at the end of the second year becomes about
71 The first word a child uses represents
72 A child of 2 to 3 years of age
73 A child’s language development depends on ……. factors
74 An instance of a biological problem affecting language development is
75 Which one of the following is an educational factor affecting language development?
76 Language development of children depends on

Language Skills English CTET MCQ for Students

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01 Among four language skills, which pair constitutes the reinforcement skills?

  1. reading and listening
  2. speaking and listening
  3. reading and speaking
  4. speaking and writing

Option 4 – speaking and writing

02 Which statement is true in the context of language skills?

  1. all skills are learnt together not in graded manner
  2. all language skills are independent of each other
  3. language skills are learnt step by step as LSRW
  4. 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?

  1. to discuss a topic
  2. listen to what child has to say patiently
  3. ask child to answer questions
  4. 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

  1. memorizing tasks
  2. answering questions after reading
  3. all of the above
  4. none of the above

Option 3 – all of the above

05 Reading skills can be developed by ……..

  1. asking students to read texts even if they do not understand it in one to
  2. promoting a culture of reading
  3. providing interesting books in the schools for community libraries
  4. all of the above

Option 4 – all of the above

06 What is most important in increasing reading competency?

  1. practice structures of language
  2. more attention on pronunciation than comprehension
  3. learning material
  4. 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?

  1. rreview writing
  2. product writing
  3. controlled writing
  4. guided writing

Option 4 – guided writing

08 Faulty reading habit can be due to

  1. sub-vocalization
  2. finger pointing
  3. regressive movement
  4. all of the above

Option 4 – all of the above

09 Writing is the ………

  1. alphabetical
  2. systematic
  3. phonetic
  4. graphical

Option 4 – graphical

10 Silent reading involves ……….

  1. increase of vocabulary
  2. correct pronunciation
  3. learn to absorb or infer the underlying meaning of the text
  4. 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

  1. tells them that something is wrong
  2. gives alternatives as possible corrections
  3. lets them find the appropriate sentences
  4. 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

  1. try to get herself posted out to a suitable place
  2. focus on the text book only
  3. use the child’s language as a resource while teaching
  4. 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?

  1. adverbs
  2. pronouns
  3. proper nouns
  4. phrasal verbs

Option 1 – adverbs

14 The linguistic communicative approach develops which one of the following skills in a learner?

  1. creative
  2. writing
  3. listening
  4. speaking

Option 4 – speaking

15 Critical thinking will be a by product of

  1. creating writing
  2. extensive reading
  3. listening carefully to others
  4. all of the above

Option 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?

  1. silent
  2. loud
  3. intensive
  4. extensive

Option 4 – extensive

17 The sequence of the writing process would be in the following order

  1. reviewing, monitoring, translating
  2. planning, translating, reviewing
  3. translating, reviewing, monitoring
  4. planning, monitoring, reviewing

Option 4 – planning, monitoring, reviewing

18 How will a teacher best teach ‘ writing ‘ skills to a class?

  1. through dictation
  2. by asking students to learn articles and rewrite them
  3. by brainstorming ideas and asking students to write in their own words
  4. 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?

  1. editing
  2. memorization
  3. calligraphy
  4. comprehension

Option 1 – editing

20 Scanning means darting over much of a text to search for

  1. the opinion of the author
  2. difficult words
  3. a specific item or piece of information that we wish to discover
  4. 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

  1. phrase
  2. ellipsis
  3. adjective
  4. 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

  1. classified advertisement
  2. memorandum
  3. report
  4. newspaper article

Option 3 – report

23 When reading to ‘ decode ‘ means to

  1. make notes
  2. read superficially for the general meaning
  3. recognize words to understand their meanings
  4. replace long words with symbols

Option 3 – recognize words to understand their meanings

24 Receptive language skills are

  1. being able to self-correct while using language
  2. using grammatical structures accurately
  3. writing in range of styles
  4. listening and reading for information

Option 4 – listening and reading for information

25 The two skills required to take notes effectively are

  1. writing fluently, using conjunctions
  2. using symbols and abbreviations instead of words
  3. re-writing a text, using your own words
  4. writing legibly with correct punctuation

Option 2 – using symbols and abbreviations instead of words

26 An exercise, where words are left out of a shorter passage and the pupil must fill in the blanks with suitable words based on her reading, assesses her ability to

  1. comprehend
  2. use new words
  3. summarize
  4. spell words

Option 1 – comprehend

27 Creating or retrieving what the student wants to say and then generating a suitable text to say it, are stages of the ………. process

  1. listening
  2. writing
  3. speaking
  4. creative

Option 2 – writing

28 Use of grammar, punctuation and spelling pertains to

  1. text production while writing
  2. formal speech
  3. listening to a lecture
  4. informal conversation

Option 1 – text production while writing

29 Develop a resource box for class I. Teacher gives 3 instructions to each student regarding which items are to be put in it (e.g. puppets, pieces of coloured pencils, small toys etc.) Students follow instruction. The activity is

  1. listening with concentration for specific information needed for a task
  2. stage in a listening session when a listener completes a task
  3. listening to natural conversation between teacher and student
  4. listening to a speech which is semi-scripted

Option 1 – listening with concentration for specific information needed for a task

30 How can teachers respond to or correct students writing in ways that are effective?

  1. correcting every error in the essay
  2. writing detailed comments in the margin
  3. offering encouraging and summary remarks
  4. locating patterns of error and suggesting improvement

Option 4 – locating patterns of error and suggesting improvement

31 A student of class V has just read a text about the water problems of a community living on the outskirts of a city. After reading the chapter, the student remarks how difficult it must be to struggle for water every day. Which comprehension strategy does this remark reveal?

  1. read aloud
  2. summarizing
  3. metacognition
  4. inferential reading

Option 4 – inferential reading

32 Rani is from Delhi. She has taken admission in a school in Asom. In the final exams, she faces difficulty in writing a composition on ‘Bihu’. The most probable reason for Rani’s problem is that

  1. there is a discontinuity between her home environment and the school curriculum
  2. her parents are unable to help her in understanding the school culture
  3. she is not a hardworking girl and is not trying to adapt to the school curriculum
  4. her background is deficient and is not on par with standard school culture

Option 1 – there is a discontinuity between her home environment and the school curriculum

33 A language teacher wants her students to write for an authentic audience and purpose. What would be the best writing task to achieve this?

  1. students write a letter to the principal expressing their opinion on a school-related issue
  2. students write answers to questions given at the end of the chapter after discussing them with each other
  3. students write a movie review of a movie they watched recently
  4. student write on the topic, ‘ My school ‘

Option 1 – students write a letter to the principal expressing their opinion on a school-related issue

34 Writing is a ……… and not a ………

  1. product; process
  2. product; formation
  3. process; product
  4. process; formation

Option 1 – product; process

35 A child reads ‘ She bought three apples ‘ as ‘ She bought tree apples ‘ and explains it as ‘ apples from trees ‘. How would you rate this child’s reading skills?

  1. she reads without comprehension
  2. she reads with spelling errors
  3. she reads carelessly
  4. she reads with comprehension

Option 3 – she reads carelessly

36 While developing writing skill among students, a language teacher should most importantly focus on

  1. grammatical aspects
  2. word limits
  3. expression of ideas
  4. good handwriting

Option 1 – grammatical aspects

37 Reading comprehension is an ability to

  1. perceive and decode letters in order to read the text fluently
  2. construct meaning by interacting with the text
  3. understand all the words in the text to understand its meaning
  4. translate the written symbols into corresponding sounds

Option 3 – understand all the words in the text to understand its meaning

38 A teacher divided the students of class V into groups of six and provided each with a short story. She asked them to imagine, discuss and write the story with a different ending. In this activity, the teacher is developing their

  1. guided writing
  2. creative writing
  3. product writing
  4. controlled writing

Option 2 – creative writing

39 Dictation does not help learners to

  1. increase their concentration
  2. improve their reading skill
  3. improve their spelling
  4. enhance their listening comprehension

Option 2 – improve their reading skill

40 Shreya, a teacher of class IV, asked the learners to complete the dialogue in the given boxes and then to role-play the same using their dialogues. She is developing

  1. speaking and writing skills
  2. all, listening, writing, reading and speaking skills
  3. listening and speaking skills
  4. reading and writing skills

Option 2 – all, listening, writing, reading and speaking skills

41 The two ‘ productive skills ‘ are

  1. listening and speaking
  2. listening and writing
  3. speaking and writing
  4. speaking and reading

Option 3 – speaking and writing

42 The ……. and the …….. must share the same lingistic codes while learning a language.

  1. speaker, writing
  2. writer, listener
  3. speaker, listener
  4. reader, listener

Option 3 – speaker, listener

43 If a student makes pronunciation errors, the best way to help him/her is to

  1. provide him/her correct pronunciation without humiliating the learner
  2. call parents of the learner and complain
  3. scold the child
  4. none of the above

Option 1 – provide him/her correct pronunciation without humiliating the learner

44 Which of the following is a kind of speaking situation in which we find ourselves? ( Language Skills English Pedagogy CTET MCQ )

  1. interactive
  2. partially interactive
  3. only (2)
  4. all of the above

Option 4 – all of the above

45 ‘ Stress, rhythmic patterns and intonation patterns of the language, and appropriate vocabulary are the micro skills involved in which of the following?

  1. listening
  2. reading
  3. speaking
  4. writing

Option 3 – speaking

46 A student of class IV is feeling thirsty while teaching is going on. He wants to drink water and takes permission from the teacher. Choose how he will make the request

  1. I want to drink water
  2. Ma’am may I drink some water please?
  3. will you allow me to drink some water?
  4. water please

Option 2 – Ma’am may I drink some water please?

47 Which of the following statements about cognitive development is correct?

  1. It represents activities the reinforce traditional methods
  2. It thrives when the child is given a varied and rich environment
  3. It focuses more on individual activities in comparison to collaboration
  4. It allows conducting of relevant and well-designed tests frequently

Option 2 – It thrives when the child is given a varied and rich environment

48 The theory that we are born with a language acquisition device was formulated by

  1. jean piaget
  2. ivan pavlov
  3. noam chomsky
  4. bf skinner

Option 3 – noam chomsky

49 Which theory of language claims that language is a product of conditioning?

  1. the behaviourism theory
  2. the constructivism theory
  3. the functionalism theory
  4. the humanism theory

Option 1 – the behaviourism theory

50 Which psychologist formulated the theory in which interaction is considered the most important in language development of a child?

  1. jean piaget
  2. lev vygotsky
  3. bf skinner
  4. noam chomsky

Option 2 – lev vygotsky

51 Which one of the following pairs is least likely to be a correct match?

  1. children enter in the world with certain knowledge about language – chomsky
  2. language and thought are initially two different activities – vygotsky
  3. language is contingent on thought – piaget
  4. language is a stimuli in environment – bf skinner

Option 4 – language is a stimuli in environment – bf skinner

52 Thinking permits humans to

  1. anticipate or expect actions
  2. make predictions about the world that they experience
  3. reflect on an idea
  4. all of the above

Option 4 – all of the above

53 Thinking is a part of cognition because

  1. it helps in directing attention towards a stimulus
  2. it helps in receiving information
  3. it helps in processing information received
  4. all of the above

Option 3 – it helps in processing information received

54 Which of the following statements about concept formation by a child is correct?

  1. concepts are universal
  2. concepts are not hierarchical
  3. there is a set pattern of concept development
  4. concepts are not used in thinking

Option 3 – there is a set pattern of concept development

55 Smallest unit of meaning in a language is

  1. phoneme
  2. pragmatics
  3. syntax
  4. morpheme

Option 1 – phoneme

56 Which is the incorrect way to support language development?

  1. letting the child talk uninterruptedly an a topic
  2. disapproving the use of their own language
  3. supporting initiative taken by children
  4. providing opportunities for using language

Option 2 – disapproving the use of their own language

57 The sounds th, ph, ch are

  1. phonemes
  2. morphemes
  3. graphemes
  4. lexemes

Option 1 – phonemes

58 What kinds of errors are common between a learner who is learning his mother tongue and the learner who learns the same language as a second language?

  1. overgeneralization
  2. simplification
  3. developmental
  4. hypercorrection

Option 3 – developmental

59 Phonological awareness refers to the ability to

  1. reflect and manipulate the sound structure
  2. speak fluently and accurately
  3. know, understand and write
  4. master the rules of grammar

Option 2 – speak fluently and accurately

60 Aarjav says that language development is influenced by one’s predisposition, while Sonali feels that it is because of the environment. This discussion between Aarjav and Sonali is about

  1. critical and sensitive feeling
  2. stability and instability argument
  3. continuous and discontinuous learning
  4. nature and nurture debate

Option 4 – nature and nurture debate

61 India has a lot of linguistic diversity. In this context, which of the following is the most appropriate statement about multi-lingual classrooms at primary level, especially classes I and II?

  1. The school should admit only those students whose mother tongue is the same as the language of instruction
  2. The teacher should respect all languages and encourage children to communicate in all of them
  3. They should ignore the children who use their mother tongue in the class
  4. Students should be penalized for using their mother tongue or the local language

Option 2 – The teacher should respect all languages and encourage children to communicate in all of them

62 Most classrooms in India are multilingual and this needs to be seen as …….. by the teacher

  1. a bother
  2. a problem
  3. a resource
  4. an obstacle

Option 3 – a resource

63 To enable students to make conceptual changes in their thinking, a teacher should

  1. offer rewards for children who change their thinking
  2. discourage children from thinking on their own and ask them to just listen to her and follow that
  3. offer an explanation in a lecture mode
  4. make clear and convincing explanations and have discussions with the students

Option 4 – make clear and convincing explanations and have discussions with the students

64 Early childhood is …….. period for language development

  1. a not-so-significant
  2. an unimportant
  3. a sensitive
  4. a neutral

Option 3 – a sensitive

65 Which one of the following is not an element of language?

  1. pragmatics
  2. semantics
  3. linguistics
  4. grammar

Option 3 – linguistics

66 Language is important because it

  1. is unable to help in expressing a child’s thoughts
  2. develops the personality of the child
  3. helps a child processing the information received through perception
  4. helps in making correct facial expressions in response to a stimulus

Option 2 – develops the personality of the child

67 Which psychologists or linguists suggested that thought is totally determined by language?

  1. piaget and vygotsky
  2. skinner and chomsky
  3. chomsky and vygotsky
  4. sapir and whorf

Option 4 – sapir and whorf

68 The two views on the interdependence of language and thought differ in

  1. the interdependence between language and thought
  2. their views on whether language or thought solve problems
  3. their views on whether language determines thought or vice-versa
  4. none of the above

Option 3 – their views on whether language determines thought or vice-versa

69 Language development in children starts from which of the following ages? ( Language Skills English CTET MCQ )

  1. from birth
  2. from early childhood
  3. from late childhood
  4. from pregnancy

Option 1 – from birth

70 Vocabulary of a child at the end of the second year becomes about

  1. 100 words
  2. 60 words
  3. 150 words
  4. 10 words

Option 3 – 150 words

71 The first word a child uses represents

  1. space
  2. time
  3. abstract ideas
  4. concrete objects

Option 4 – concrete objects

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72 A child of 2 to 3 years of age

  1. will be able to give its gender, name, or age
  2. will have a vocabulary of at least 500 words
  3. can answer how who and when questions
  4. should be able to tell a reasonably connected story about a picture

Option 1 – will be able to give its gender, name, or age

73 A child’s language development depends on ……. factors

  1. educational
  2. biological
  3. social
  4. all of these

Option 4 – all of these

74 An instance of a biological problem affecting language development is

  1. poor socio-economic background
  2. a cleft lip
  3. the educational environment
  4. autism

Option 4 – autism

75 Which one of the following is an educational factor affecting language development?

  1. listening to correct language being spoken
  2. difficulty in communicating with others
  3. using abstract concepts
  4. social interaction with parents and classmates

Option 1 – listening to correct language being spoken

76 Language development of children depends on

  1. better socio-economic environment
  2. better schooling
  3. freedom of expression given to the child
  4. all of the above

Option 4 – all of the above

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