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Communication Skills in English | Set 2

1. Identify the correct spelling

Correct : B. believe

2. What are you thinking -------- ?

Correct : B. of

3. The underlined word in “smoking is a bad habit” is

Correct : A. gerund

4. Conjunctions are --------- words

Correct : A. joining

5. Noun qualifiers are

Correct : C. Adjectives

6. “You” and “he” are the examples of

Correct : C. pronouns

7. He can hardly speak English, -------- ?

Correct : A. can he ?

8. I ---------- Kumar yesterday

Correct : C. met

9. I met ------------- one- legged man yesterday

Correct : B. a

10. Hardly had I reached home ---------- the telephone rang

Correct : D. when

11. Abdul is --------- best student in the class

Correct : C. the

12. This man is too old ------------

Correct : B. to run

13. Flesh of sheep is

Correct : B. mutton

14. Regional variety of language is

Correct : C. Dialect

15. Minimal unit of sound is

Correct : B. phoneme

16. “Ing” in writing is

Correct : B. suffix

17. “Wipe out” means

Correct : A. destroy

18. “Set aside” means

Correct : D. cancel

19. “Now and then” means

Correct : A. occasionally

20. Pure vowels are also known as ---------

Correct : B. monophthongs

21. The root word in “im+possible+ity” is

Correct : C. possible

22. Prefixes and suffixes are --------- morphemes

Correct : A. Bound

23. The pronunciation of the people of south east England is ---------

Correct : C. R .P

24. Using standard symbols for standard sounds is known as ----------

Correct : C. Transcription

25. Basic unit of spoken language is ---------

Correct : D. syllable

26. The syllabic structure of the word “late” is ----------

Correct : B. cvc

27. Identify the trisyllabic word from the following

Correct : C. remember

28. “es” In the word “matches” is a --------- suffix

Correct : A. Inflectional

29. “age” in “bondage” is a --------- suffix

Correct : B. derivational

30. Identify the pronoun from the following

Correct : C. him

31. The weak form of “his” is -------

Correct : C. iz

32. A conjunction is a ---------- word

Correct : A. Linking

33. An Auxiliary is a --------- verb

Correct : C. Helping

34. The intonation in tag question’s is -------

Correct : B. felling

35. The study of ‘morpheme’ is known as ---------

Correct : D. Morphology

36. G vowel glides are

Correct : C. diphthongs

37. The number of pure vowels in English is

Correct : B. 12

38. The final sound in the word “valves” is

Correct : B. z

39. The basic unit of spoken language known as

Correct : C. syllable

40. The syllabic structure of the word ‘late’ is

Correct : A. cvc

41. When the word “produce” used as a verb the stress on ------- syllable

Correct : A. 2

42. Words with weak prefixes are accented on

Correct : D. root

43. The number of syllables in the word “inject” is

Correct : A. 2

44. Jury is an example of --------- noun

Correct : A. collective

45. Pronouns, articles and prepositions are -------

Correct : B. functional adverbs

46. Adjectives and adverbs are ------- words

Correct : C. content

47. Identify an adverb of time from the following

Correct : A. now

48. Fill up the following:- Either of the sister -------- coming

Correct : C. is

49. Face to face interaction is --------- communication

Correct : B. oral

50. E mail is an example of --------- communication

Correct : C. written

51. The study of body language is known as ---------

Correct : C. kinesics

52. “hurrah’’ is a ____________

Correct : B. conjunction

53. The rise and fall in human voice is -------

Correct : D. pitch

54. An “authoritative leader” --------- the discussion

Correct : B. dominate

55. -------------- leaders are respecting other’s feelings

Correct : A. democratic

56. Amiable leaders support --------- environment

Correct : B. peaceful

57. Pick out an abstract noun from the following

Correct : A. Beauty

58. Pick out adjective from the following

Correct : D. rich

59. The objective case of ‘we’ is -------------

Correct : B. us

60. The subjective case of “them” is ---------

Correct : B. They

61. The possessive case of “I” is -----------

Correct : A. my

62. An example of distributive adjective is --------

Correct : B. each

63. An example of cardinal adjective is --------

Correct : B. one

64. An example of ordinal adjective is --------

Correct : B. Last

65. A syllable has always --------- vowel

Correct : A. one

66. Weak forms are -------- words

Correct : C. mono syllabic

67. Variation in the pitch patterns of voice is ---------

Correct : C. Intonation

68. Group of words without subject and predicate is ----------

Correct : B. phrase

69. Group of words with subject and predicate is --------

Correct : B. clause

70. ‘Neither’ is always followed by ---------

Correct : B. nor

71. ‘No sooner’ is followed by ---------

Correct : C. than

72. ‘Not only’ is followed by --------

Correct : C. but also

73. ‘Hardly had’ is always followed by --------

Correct : C. when

74. The word ‘England’ is from ---------

Correct : B. Angle land

75. Pick out the correct American spelling from the following

Correct : B. color

76. Pick out the coordinating conjunction from the following

Correct : D. but

77. A transitive verb takes ---------

Correct : A. object

78. Identify a regular verb from the following

Correct : B. walk

79. Pick out an irregular verb from the following

Correct : A. eat

80. A cloze test is a ----------- test

Correct : C. comprehension

81. Words with different spellings but with similar pronunciation are ----------

Correct : B. Homophones

82. Identify homophones from the following

Correct : B. die, dye

83. The number of words that we utter per minute is ----------

Correct : C. rate

84. ---------- Is a tool to study the behavioral and attitudinal responses of the speakers

Correct : C. Group discussion

85. Examples of personality traits are --------

Correct : A. Leadership, motivation

86. Identify an appropriate synonym for the word “Enormous”

Correct : B. big

87. If I ---------- a bird I could fly

Correct : B. were

88. Are you ----------- us another song?

Correct : C. singing

89. He -------- every day to the market

Correct : B. walks

90. You must comply --------- the rules

Correct : C. with

91. The police accused him ---------- theft

Correct : D. of

92. I am ------------ than Kareem

Correct : B. older

93. They gave us a ---------- party

Correct : A. grand

94. Two hundred rupees --------- not a big amount

Correct : A. is

95. Have you ever -------- to your parents

Correct : B. lied

96. Bread and butter --------- my food

Correct : B. is

97. I was seated -------- the speaker

Correct : C. beside

98. Are you trying to --------- me ?

Correct : B. advise

99. My friend’s death -------- me deeply

Correct : B. affected

100. Convey my -------- to your brother

Correct : C. compliments