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Communication Skills in English | Set 1

1. Language is a --------- subject

Correct : B. skill

2. The word "unhappiness" consists of ---------- morphemes

Correct : C. Three

3. Speech is ----------- and writing is secondary

Correct : C. primary

4. Identify the structure: "I bought a text book

Correct : B. SVO

5. Identify the underlined part: "She stood under the tree

Correct : B. phrase

6. old grammar is

Correct : B. prescriptive

7. The diphthong in the word "height"

Correct : B. /ai/

8. The vowel in the word "food"

Correct : B. /u:/

9. Tongue is a --------- articulator

Correct : A. Active

10. A gerund is --------------

Correct : C. verbal noun

11. Identify the underlined word: I saw a running dog

Correct : B. present participle

12. An example of an abstract noun is

Correct : A. death

13. pick out the collective noun from the following

Correct : B. Government

14. After dinner the mother --------- the child in the cradle

Correct : B. laid

15. Yesterday I met ------------ European

Correct : B. a

16. "re" in the word "re examine"

Correct : B. prefix

17. Affix’s are ----------- morphemes

Correct : B. bound

18. The antonym of the word "pessimism"

Correct : B. optimism

19. The variety of English that has grarnmar social prestige is ----------

Correct : A. standerd english

20. Noam chomsky is a -----------

Correct : B. grammarian

21. In English there are ----------- phonemes

Correct : B. 44

22. Identify the correct spelling

Correct : B. possession

23. I have not met him ---------- a long time

Correct : B. for

24. The word "branch" is an example of

Correct : B. blending

25. Gliding vowels are

Correct : A. Diphthongs

26. Regional variety of language is

Correct : B. Dialect

27. The word "tall" is

Correct : C. mono syllabic

28. stress, rhythm and ---------- are known as supra segmental features

Correct : C. intonation

29. The study of meaning is

Correct : A. semantics

30. In the word "remember" there are ----------- syllables

Correct : B. 3

31. The intonation in "wh" question is

Correct : A. falling

32. The syllabic structure of the word "clap"

Correct : B. ccvc

33. Pick out the modal auxiliary from the following

Correct : C. can

34. The auxiliary verb to indicate remote possibility is

Correct : D. might

35. The noun "death" is

Correct : B. Abstract noun

36. She has --------- for a walk

Correct : D. gone

37. I prefer milk ---------- water

Correct : C. to

38. He is my ----------- brother

Correct : B. elder

39. When the doctor reached the patient --------

Correct : A. had died

40. My brother as well as his wife ----------- coming to meet me

Correct : A. is

41. How ---------- money do you want?

Correct : C. much

42. The moon ---------- round the earth

Correct : A. moves

43. No sooner did I reach the station --------- the train started

Correct : B. than

44. Be content ------------ what you have

Correct : B. with

45. There is hardly ---------- salt in the pot

Correct : D. any

46. Nepal lies --------- India and China

Correct : A. between

47. "Assassin" means

Correct : B. kill

48. Either Anil or Ashok ---------- responsible

Correct : C. is

49. A speech made without preparation is

Correct : C. extempore

50. An unmarried woman is

Correct : B. spinster

51. Something that is "eatable" is

Correct : B. edible

52. A journey by sea is

Correct : A. voyage

53. The words "perfect" and "faultless" are ----------

Correct : C. synonyms

54. The phrasal verb "work out" means

Correct : B. calculate

55. "Machiavellian" is an example of

Correct : C. eponym

56. The brothers quarrelled ------------ themselves

Correct : C. among

57. My uncle's hotel is --------- the lake

Correct : B. beside

58. ------------ you tell me your name please?(polite)

Correct : C. could

59. Are you ----------- better now?

Correct : D. feeling

60. Fill up with a question tag let us go for a film, ---------- ?

Correct : B. shall we

61. I am very tired, -------- ?

Correct : D. aren’t I ?

62. "Juvenile" means

Correct : B. childish

63. One who knows many language is

Correct : D. polyglot

64. I am ---------- in learning english

Correct : A. interested

65. Did you hear the ----------- news ?

Correct : C. latest

66. I wish I --------- a bird

Correct : C. were

67. I ------------ the letter, but I can't find a stamp

Correct : A. have written

68. If you had called me I -------- helped you

Correct : C. would have

69. Take --------- your health

Correct : C. care of

70. There was -------- rain for three days

Correct : B. continuous

71. --------- means "change for the better"

Correct : B. reform

72. Identify the correct spelling

Correct : B. separate

73. The antonym of "dusk" is

Correct : C. dawn

74. Please --------- attention to my words

Correct : C. pay

75. The sound produced by a bird is

Correct : B. chirp

76. She ran --------- the room

Correct : C. into

77. The plural of "thesis" is

Correct : C. theses

78. The United Nations -------- our only hope

Correct : B. is

79. "Etymology" means

Correct : C. study of word origin

80. "Smog" is

Correct : A. a blended word

81. The feminine gender of "fox" is

Correct : D. vixen

82. Being tired, children ---------- on the bed

Correct : C. lay

83. He is the ---------- of my two sons

Correct : B. eldest

84. Find out the misspelt word

Correct : A. picknic

85. Antonym of "ascend" is

Correct : B. descend

86. The verb of "rich" is

Correct : B. enrich

87. Past pariciple of "over come" is

Correct : C. over come

88. "Commend" means

Correct : D. praise

89. Two miles -------- a long way to walk

Correct : B. is

90. Carnivorous means

Correct : A. meat eating

91. Lexicography is

Correct : B. dictionary writing

92. For -------- information, please meet the head of the department

Correct : C. further

93. I have drunk ---------- milk

Correct : A. the whole

94. Either of these novels --------- worth reading

Correct : B. is

95. Mathematics --------- my favourite subject

Correct : A. is

96. My scissors --------- very old

Correct : A. are

97. Kalidasa is known as ---------- shakespeare of India

Correct : C. the

98. The meeting ----------- well

Correct : A. went off

99. They--------- the orphan.

Correct : A. adopted

100. The education minister --------- the prizes to the students

Correct : B. gave away