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Communication Skills in English | Set 3

1. Aids is a fatal --------

Correct : B. disease

2. cotton is the ------- export from Bombay

Correct : B. principal

3. I am going to the --------- shop

Correct : B. stationery

4. “Look into something” means-------

Correct : D. investigate

5. The news -------- very interesting

Correct : C. is

6. Politics -------- a business

Correct : A. is

7. Everybody ------- left from the hall

Correct : B. has

8. One of my friends ------- a car

Correct : A. has

9. The cattle -------- grazing in the meadow

Correct : B. were

10. Many of the soldiers -------- dead

Correct : C. are

11. Much of the country side ------------- under water

Correct : A. was

12. -------- of the furniture is old fashioned

Correct : D. much

13. Everyone had to show ------- ticket

Correct : C. few

14. A collection of poems is ----------

Correct : C. Anthology

15. ‘Despite’ means

Correct : C. in spite of

16. I --------- my father yesterday

Correct : C. met

17. If he had studied he --------- passed

Correct : B. could have

18. Interrogative sentences are ----------

Correct : C. questions

19. Declarative sentences may be -------------

Correct : B. statements

20. I must apologize ---------- disturbing you

Correct : C. for

21. She is afraid -------- spiders

Correct : D. of

22. I -------- run when I was young

Correct : C. used to

23. We -------- obey our parents

Correct : C. should

24. -------- he come tomorrow ?

Correct : D. need

25. He said that it -------- rain today

Correct : D. might

26. All that --------- is not gold

Correct : D. glitters

27. Identify stative verb from the following

Correct : A. feel

28. None but a great may -------- praise

Correct : A. deserve

29. Every one was present, ---------- ?

Correct : B. weren’t they ?

30. Nobody --------- to be blamed

Correct : B. likes

31. A large number of students -------- expected to pass in the examination

Correct : A. Is

32. She says she -------- science difficult

Correct : C. finds

33. Had I known I ----------- you

Correct : B. would have helped

34. Identify a proper noun from the following

Correct : C. Pradeep

35. Language is a --------- of communication

Correct : B. tool

36. Don’t forget to --------- the light at 10 p.m

Correct : D. put off

37. B.B.C English is -------- variety

Correct : C. standard

38. Different realization of the same phoneme is known as ---------

Correct : B. Allophone

39. She is the -------- girl in her class

Correct : D. cleverest

40. The old man could -------- speak

Correct : B. hardly

41. Please -------- attention to his words

Correct : C. pay

42. There are ……… speech sounds in the phonetic alphabet.

Correct : D. 44

43. There are ……… vowels in the phonetic alphabet.

Correct : C. 20

44. There are ……… consonants in the phonetic alphabet.

Correct : A. 24

45. The phonetic alphabet consists of ……. pure vowels and ……. diphthongs.

Correct : A. 12,8

46. Pure vowels are also known as ………

Correct : C. Monophthongs

47. Identify the initial sound in the word ‘ooze’.

Correct : A. /u:/

48. Pick out the vowel sound in the word ‘jaw’.

Correct : B. /ɔ:/

49. Identify the middle sound in the word ‘rack’.

Correct : D. /æ/

50. Identify the final sound in the word ‘mixer’.

Correct : A. /ə/

51. Identify the diphthong in the word ‘wide’.

Correct : C. /aɪ/

52. Pick out the diphthong in the word ‘gold’.

Correct : B. /əʊ/

53. The diphthong /ɪə/ occurs in ………

Correct : B. cheer

54. The diphthong /eə/ occurs in ………

Correct : C. share

55. The last sound in ‘lower’ is ……..

Correct : A. /əʊə/

56. Identify the correct transcription of ‘think’.

Correct : A. /θɪŋk/

57. Which is the normal spelling of /kʌt/.

Correct : A. cut

58. Choose the right transcription of ‘nature’.

Correct : A. /neɪtʃə/

59. Identify the consonant sounds in the word ‘spark’.

Correct : B. /s/,/p/,/k/

60. Identify the initial consonant sound in the word ‘thank’.

Correct : A. /θ/

61. Choose the right spelling of /mɪʃən/.

Correct : A. Mission

62. Identify the spelling for /ŋ/ in the word ‘sing’.

Correct : A. ng

63. Words which have only one syllable are known as……words.

Correct : A. Mono‐syllabic

64. Tri‐syllabic words consist of ………. syllables.

Correct : C. 3

65. The word ‘doctor’ consists of …….. syllables.

Correct : C. 2

66. The word ‘conventional’ is a ………..word.

Correct : A. Poly‐syllabic

67. In the word ‘writer’ the stress is on the ………. syllable.

Correct : B. First

68. In the word ‘recover’ the stress is on the ……..syllable.

Correct : A. Second

69. Identify the first sound in the word ‘psychology’.

Correct : A. /s/

70. When the word ‘subject’ is used as verb, the stress is on the ….syllable.

Correct : B. Second

71. When the word ‘absent’ is used as noun, the stress is on the ……syllable.

Correct : B. First

72. The weak form of ‘a’ is ……….

Correct : A. /ə/

73. The strong form of ‘have’ is …….

Correct : A. /hæv/

74. Identify the last sound in the word ‘floor’.

Correct : A. /ɔ:/

75. Identify the last sound in the word ‘wash’.

Correct : C. /ʃ/

76. Choose the correct phonemic transcription of ‘don’t’.

Correct : A. /dəʊnt/

77. Which is the correct spelling of /pɑ:k/.

Correct : A. Park

78. Choose the right phonemic transcription of the word ‘tongue’.

Correct : A. /tʌŋ/

79. Identify the diphthong in the word ‘air’.

Correct : C. /eə/

80. Identify the initial sound in the word ‘out’.

Correct : B. /aʊ/

81. Which is the weak form of ‘can’.

Correct : C. /kən/

82. Listening is ……….

Correct : B. Voluntary

83. Hearing is ………...

Correct : A. Involuntary

84. To be an active listener you must

Correct : D. All of these.

85. Which one of thew following is a barrierto listening?

Correct : D. All of these

86. Academic listening involves ……….

Correct : A. Note‐taking

87. The reasonable guesses you make while listening are called …….

Correct : B. Inferences

88. A text which classifies things can be shown by a………

Correct : A. Tree diagram

89. A text which describes a process can be represented by a …….

Correct : D. Flow chart

90. A text which compares two or more things can be represented by a ……..

Correct : A. Table

91. A text which gives adscription of acyclic process can be represented by a ………..

Correct : B. Cyclic chart

92. …….. a text means reading to obtain a general idea of its contents.

Correct : C. Surveying

93. ……... is used to quickly identify the main ideas of a text.

Correct : A. Skimming

94. A …….. gives you some important details like the title, the author and the year of publication.

Correct : C. Catalogue

95. ………. is a linking word for ‘reason’.

Correct : C. Because

96. Which one of the following is alinking word for ‘example’?

Correct : A. For example

97. ‘Consequently’ is a linking word for ………

Correct : B. Conclusion

98. ………. is a linking word for ‘rephrasing’.

Correct : A. In other words

99. ‘Therefore’ is alinking word for …….

Correct : C. Conclusion

100. ……… is a linking word for ‘contrast’?

Correct : A. Whereas