Basic English Skills

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Q1: English is a _____ language.

• Common
• Day
• Night
• Evening

Q2: Using Internet is easy if we learn _____.

• Sports
• English
• Maths
• Science

Q3: We can learn English by _____.

• Cooking
• Playing
• Reading newspaper
• None of these

Q4: Tom tries to read the name boards, advertisements and posters that are in English. This helps him to _____.

• Play
• Friends
• See
• Improve his English

Q5: When people from different states/countries meet officially, _____ is the commonly used language to communicate with each other.

• Latin
• English
• Newspaper
• Action

Q6: Words that are used to name people, places, animals and things are _____.

• Person
• Table
• Naming words
• Key

Q7: Naming words are also called _____.

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Action
• Pronouns

Q8: Bats fly during the night. In this sentence the word Bat is _____.

• A boring word
• An action word
• A cool word
• A Naming Word

Q9: Ram was asked to measure his cupboard. It was 4 feet tall. Here feet means _____.

• Taste
• Hand
• Leg
• Measurement

Q10: John was travelling by bus to his village. He noted the names of places that he could see on his journey. What are these words called as?

• Naming words
• His
• That
• See

Q11: Cats is an example of ______ word.

• Words
• Plural
• Singular
• Opposite

Q12: Singular naming words are used when ______ person, place or thing is present.

• Many
• Few
• One
• More

Q13: Plural form of child is ______.

• Person
• Infant
• Kid
• Children

Q14: A child was working in the computer lab which had many computers. The word "computers" is in the ______ form.

• Less
• Plural
• Minimum
• Maximum

Q15: Vinay visited the dentist because he was suffering from tooth ache. In this sentence, which is the plural word?

• Teeth
• Tooth
• Vinay
• Dentist

Q16: Pronouns (ex: he, she, her) can be used in the place of ______.

• Spellings
• Adjective
• Verb
• Naming words

Q17: 'They' is used when we want to refer to ______.

• He
• She
• Many people
• Our

Q18: The pronoun 'I' is used for ______.

• Many
• Myself
• Other
• That

Q19: Ramesh is working in Chennai. _____ likes the office environment.

• He
• It
• That
• What

Q20: Sita and I are friends. _____ stays in Gandhi Bazar.

• What
• She
• It
• And

Q21: Action words are also called ______.

• Center
• Are
• Verbs
• Is

Q22: Verbs tell the action of the ______.

• Cow
• Change
• Act
• Naming words

Q23: Kim fell from her bike yesterday. The action in the sentence is in _____ tense.

• Future
• Past
• Present
• Clear

Q24: "It is going to be a sunny day tomorrow". The action in this sentence is in _____ tense.

• Future
• Past
• Date
• Day

Q25: Arun travels to school by bus. The action word in the sentence is _____.

• Bus
• travels
• school
• Arun

Q26: Adjectives are _____ words.

• Sound
• Finish
• Describing
• Neutral

Q27: Describing words add more information to the _____.

• Naming words
• Bad
• Sad
• Numbers

Q28: It is a _____ knife. Fill in the correct adjective.

• this
• sharp
• and
• there

Q29: "The sea is blue". In this sentence _____ is an adjective.

• sea
• the
• is
• blue

Q30: "Arjun filled water into a large pot". In this sentence the describing word is _____.

• large
• Arjun
• water
• into

Q31: The punctuation in a sentence makes the meaning ________ to understand.

• ambiguous
• unclear
• think
• clear

Q32: The beginning of a sentence should start with ________ letter.

• Capital
• Small
• cursive
• italics

Q33: Comma is used to show a ________ within a sentence.

• Full stop
• Pair
• Break
• Capital letter

Q34: Sita wanted to ask Nina about her summer plan. Choose the correct answer.

• Nina, what is your plan?
• Nina, what is her summer plan?
• What Nina about?
• None of these

Q35: Add comma wherever it is necessary. After the meeting we will go out.

• After the meeting we will go out.
• After the meeting, we will go out.
• After the meeting we will go, out.
• After the meeting we, will go out.

Q36: Sentences are ________.

• Group of words with complete meaning
• Verbs
• Nouns
• Letters

Q37: A declarative sentence tells us some information or explanation. It ends with ________.

• Comma (,)
• Question mark (?)
• Full stop (.)
• Exclamatory mark (!)

Q38: An exclamatory sentence ends with the ________.

• Full stop (.)
• Comma (,)
• Question mark (?)
• Exclamatory mark (!)

Q39: Wow! The flowers in the park are beautiful. This is a ________ sentence.

• Declarative (.)
• Exclamatory (!)
• Imperative (.)
• Interrogative (?)

Q40: The police were questioning about the crime. What type of sentence is this?

• Declarative (.)
• Interrogative (?)
• Exclamatory (!)
• None of these

Q41: Every complete sentence has ________.

• 1 part
• 2 parts
• 3 parts
• 4 parts

Q42: The ________ is what or whom the sentence is about.

• Subject
• Predicate
• Object
• Verb

Q43: The correct order for a sentence is ________.

• Subject, Verb, Object
• Subject, Object, Verb
• Verb, Object, Subject
• Verb, Subject, Object

Q44: Radha has learnt how to write a sentence. Which is the subject in this sentence?

• Learnt
• How
• Sentence
• Radha

Q45: Choose the correct sentence.

• The road runs on cat.
• The cat runs on the road.
• Cat road runs.
• Runs on the road cat.

Q46: The most effective way to get information is by ________.

• Writing
• Talking
• Reading
• Activity

Q47: A poster presents information by using ________.

• Novel
• Story
• Images and colours
• Exercise for practice

Q48: Symbols gives us information through ________.

• Colours
• Images
• Words
• Posters

Q49: Yash bought a bag which had recycle symbol. What should he do when the bag is old?

• Burn
• Throw it in the river
• Put it in soil
• Should dispose it in recyclable items

Q50: Raj was driving towards Mysore. On the way he found few arrows marked next to Mysore on the board. What does it suggest?

• Direction
• Map
• Way
• None of these

Q51: People can hear the emotions and see our facial expression when we _______.

• Speak
• Listen
• Taste
• See

Q52: ______ contact with the people we are speaking help us to understand confidently.

• Nose
• Eye
• Ear
• Skin

Q53: Emotions can be expressed through your _______.

• Height
• Weight
• Voice
• Situation

Q54: Sudha says, "I feel that these lights are too bright". What is she communicating?

• Question
• Answer
• Idiom
• Opinion Phrase

Q55: John does not agree with his coworker about a task. How should he communicate his disagreement?

• You don't know anything.
• I respectfully disagree with what you are saying.
• You are wrong!
• I will just do it my way.

Q56: Effective communication is to both _______.

• speak and listen
• speak well
• see well
• learn well

Q57: We should _______ instructions in the classroom.

• forget
• listen to
• learn
• ignore

Q58: Listening is important to _______ the information given.

• forget
• overcome
• understand
• disobey

Q59: Rahul spends 30 minutes everyday watching news. He writes down few sentences about what is said. what is he trying to do?

• Practicing listening
• Practicing News
• Practicing Movements
• None of these

Q60: Teacher Meena advised her students to write down 2 or 3 sentence when she explains the lesson. How does it help the students?

• Speak
• Recollect what she said
• Write
• Read

Q61: Things or activities that we enjoy are _______.

• Dislikes
• Negative
• Likes
• Interests

Q62: Dislikes are things towards which we have _______.

• Negative emotion
• Positive emotion
• Likes
• Interests

Q63: 'I adore' phrase is used to express _______ of something.

• a dislike
• a bad feeling
• a strong admiration
• a poor admiration

Q64: Naveen is fond of dogs, but Sheetal hates dogs. In this sentence who likes dogs?

• Naveen
• Sheetal
• Both Sheetal and Naveen
• Dog

Q65: Smith! Would you like playing cricket or football this evening? If Smith likes to play both, how will he answer? _______ playing of them.

• I don't mind
• I hate
• I won't
• I won't

Q66: Formal greetings are used in _______.

• Family
• Workplace
• House
• Friends

Q67: _______greetings are used while speaking to friends and family.

• Formal
• Due
• Informal
• No

Q68: Which of these is an informal greeting?

• Good day
• Good morning
• Good evening
• Hey

Q69: Salini is attending her new school today. She introduces herself as _______.

• Good bye
• Hello everyone!
• What's up guys
• Longtime everyone!

Q70: Sanju met her cousin Keerti accidentally in a mall. How should she greet her?

• Long time, no see!
• What are you doing here?
• Thank you!
• Take care!

Q71: When you ask someone something it is ________.

• Answer
• Blank
• Question
• Response

Q72: Question always end with a ________.

• Comma ,
• Question mark ?
• Exclamation mark !
• Full stop .

Q73: ________questions give clear indication of the person wants to know.

• Yes or No
• Wh-
• No
• Closed questions

Q74: Vinutha's was questioned whether she has completed her degree in an interview. What should be her correct response stating that she has completed?

• Yes
• No
• Yes, I have completed my degree
• Completed my degree

Q75: Tutor asked his student whether he knew to use Windows? How should the student answer?

• A dislike
• Yes, I know how to use Windows
• Yup
• I know

Q76: When two or more people give their thoughts and views on a topic, it is called a ________.

• Speaking
• Listening
• Reading
• Group discussion

Q77: Group discussion helps us ________.

• argue
• have fun
• create problems
• learn more and solve big problems

Q78: Which of these should not be used to express you opinion in a group discussion?

• It seems to me that...
• Listen to me
• In my opinion...
• I don't quite agree.

Q79: Mahesh and his team discussed about the steps to be followed to complete the project at the earliest. He was happy with the suggestions given by his teammates and granted to follow the same. How would he convey it?

• I agree with your plan of action.
• You don't tell me what I tell you.
• Don't come here to talk.
• I don't agree with your plan.

Q80: Rita had to attend a group discussion on behalf of her company. What is she supposed to do before the meeting?

• Attend party
• Attend classes
• Be prepared about the topic
• Take leave

Q81: A person who makes a call.

• Keypad
• Caller
• Phase
• Contacts

Q82: Receiver is a person who ________ the call.

• Blocks
• Dials
• Receives
• Rejects

Q83: Phone call has ________ phases.

• End
• Middle
• Different
• Three

Q84: Bindu receives a call from JJ company promoting a discount sale.She couldn't clearly hear the details. How is she supposed to ask the person to repeat the information?

• What is it?
• Could you please repeat?
• Speak loud
• I don't know

Q85: Harish made a call to the Senior Manager in a company. How is he supposed to start this conversation?

• Greet the person
• Purpose of call
• Thank the person
• Good bye

Q86: Document which has details of a job is ________.

• Letter
• Resume
• Job Description
• Report

Q87: Job title is the name of ________.

• Company name
• Role you join
• Company Job
• Summary

Q88: Location for the job means ________.

• Title
• Description
• Name
• Place

Q89: Ravi need job description which specified "Familiarity with MS Office". What should he know?

• How to write an email
• How to get certification
• How to use MS Office
• How to study

Q90: Shyam and Ram applied for the same job.Shyam read the job description in details and made note of important details. Who will know more about the company?

• Ram
• Shyam
• Both of them
• None of them

Q91: If you work in a large & popular company, what type of information is good to share with your colleagues?

• Type of Job & Company name
• Name of the workplace alone
• Location
• None of these

Q92: Which of these is not a positive word about your work?

• Fun
• Exciting
• Boring
• Interesting

Q93: A person who works with us is called a ________.

• Friend
• Coworker
• Family
• Relative

Q94: Ram is answering an interview question about his previous workplace.He didn't like his teammates. They argued a lot. Should he share this with the interviewer?

• Yes, he should blame his teammates for all the problems.
• No, he should avoid speaking negatively about his teammates.
• Yes, he should discuss all the arguments in detail.
• Yes, why not!

Q95: Ryan wants to speak to HR about his work. He should specify the name of his job, place of work and________.

• Team mates
• Senior name
• His needs
• Some information about his responsibilities

Q96: Most of the government job calls will be in ________.

• Paper format
• Direct
• Indirect
• In person

Q97: An introduction letter is a ________.

• E-mail
• Cover letter
• Leave Letter
• Resume

Q98: When you are interested in working for a company, you will write a ________ letter.

• an Application
• a Referral
• a Leave
• a Prospecting

Q99: Latha's uncle works at the company where she has applied for a job. He offered to refer her for the position. What type of cover letter should Latha write to increase her chances of being considered for the job?

• Referral Cover Letter
• Letter of Interest
• Leave letter
• Letter of absence

Q100: Shilpa is applying for a job online. She sends her application by email. What is she supposed to mention in the subject line to make it easy for the employer to find her email?

• Shilpa - Age
• Shilpa - Job Position
• Education Qualification
• Previous experience

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