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These 30 CTET English multiple choice questions cover English language teaching, pedagogy of language, grammar and language development. Each question has the correct answer with a step-by-step explanation and a short teacher's note, so you can practise for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test and check your understanding.
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(a) enable learners to read with correct pronunciation using the punctuation marks.
(b) enable a learner to be a fast reader.
(c) help the teacher to complete the syllabus within the stipulated time.
(d) enable learners to develop reading skill with understanding.
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Answer: (a) enable learners to read with correct pronunciation using the punctuation marks.
Explanation:
1. Reading aloud practises pronunciation and attention to punctuation.
Teacher's Note:
1. Silent reading builds speed and comprehension.
2. Read aloud is for fluency and pronunciation.
(a) something is determined by judgement and for a specific reason.
(b) it is based on a valid reason and not on chance.
(c) there is a strong relation between the words of a language and their meaning.
(d) there is no inherent relation between the words of a language and their meaning.
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Answer: (d) there is no inherent relation between the words of a language and their meaning.
Explanation:
1. Arbitrariness: the link between a word's sound and its meaning is a convention.
Teacher's Note:
1. Saussure's arbitrary sign.
2. Exceptions are onomatopoeic words.
(a) text production while writing
(b) formal speech
(c) listening to a lecture
(d) informal conversation
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Answer: (a) text production while writing
Explanation:
1. Grammar, punctuation and spelling are the mechanics of written text.
Teacher's Note:
1. They belong to writing skill.
2. Spoken language has no punctuation.
(a) Multilingual
(b) Multimedia
(c) More textual
(d) Communicative
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Answer: (a) Multilingual
Explanation:
1. Multilingual resources use both languages and bridge communication gaps.
Teacher's Note:
1. Supports translanguaging.
2. NCF 2005 favours multilingualism.
(a) it enables girls and boys to interact freely
(b) it is an effective classroom management technique
(c) it enables students to engage in meaningful talk
(d) it enables students to memorize the story
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Answer: (c) it enables students to engage in meaningful talk
Explanation:
1. Role play puts learners in real-life situations.
2. They use language for meaningful talk.
Teacher's Note:
1. It builds speaking fluency.
2. Memorising is not its aim.
(a) Students write a letter to the principal expressing their opinion on a school-related issue
(b) Students write answers to questions given at the end of the chapter after discussing them with each other
(c) Students write a movie review of a movie they watched recently
(d) Students write on the topic, ‘My School'
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Answer: (a) Students write a letter to the principal expressing their opinion on a school-related issue
Explanation:
1. A letter to the principal has a real reader and a real purpose.
Teacher's Note:
1. Authentic tasks have real readers.
2. Topic essays have none.
(a) speaking and writing skills
(b) all, listening, writing, reading and speaking skills
(c) listening and speaking skills
(d) reading and writing skills
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Answer: (b) all, listening, writing, reading and speaking skills
Explanation:
1. Learners read the dialogue, write the missing parts, speak them and listen to partners.
2. All four skills are used.
Teacher's Note:
1. Integrated skills activity.
2. Role play includes listening.
(a) challenge for students to learn many languages
(b) challenge for teachers to manage such classes
(c) hindrance in teaching-learning English
(d) resource in teaching-learning English
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Answer: (d) resource in teaching-learning English
Explanation:
1. NCF 2005 views multilingualism as a resource, not a problem.
Teacher's Note:
1. Use home languages in class.
2. A frequent NCF-based question.
(a) becomes a burden to the teacher in the language classroom
(b) confuses the learners while learning a new language
(c) is very helpful in teaching and learning a new language
(d) causes interference in learning a new language
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Answer: (c) is very helpful in teaching and learning a new language
Explanation:
1. Knowing several languages is a resource that transfers to new learning.
Teacher's Note:
1. Bilingualism benefits cognition.
2. Interference is minor.
(a) being able to self-correct while using language
(b) using grammatical structures accurately
(c) writing in range of styles
(d) listening and reading for information
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Answer: (d) listening and reading for information
Explanation:
1. Receptive skills take in language: listening and reading.
Teacher's Note:
1. Productive skills are speaking and writing.
2. Receive vs produce.
(a) semantic slanting
(b) prototype
(c) phoneme
(d) subjective utility
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Answer: (a) semantic slanting
Explanation:
1. Choosing words to give a favourable impression is semantic slanting.
Teacher's Note:
1. Same fact, different wording.
2. Framing effect.
(a) assigning an authentic piece of writing task
(b) choosing a topic from their surroundings
(c) giving clear instructions for the task
(d) providing all the necessary vocabulary required for the task
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Answer: (b) choosing a topic from their surroundings
Explanation:
1. Topics from the learners' surroundings are familiar and meaningful, so they can engage.
Teacher's Note:
1. Link to learners' experience.
2. Familiarity eases writing.
(a) all learners must learn on their own
(b) children must enjoy their learning
(c) every person must be exposed to learning
(d) every learner is unique and needs to be given a chance to develop to the best of their ability
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Answer: (d) every learner is unique and needs to be given a chance to develop to the best of their ability
Explanation:
1. Personalised learning rests on individual differences.
Teacher's Note:
1. Each learner has their own pace.
2. Not only independent learning.
(a) giving clear explanations
(b) enabling practice in context
(c) asking students to learn rules
(d) making learners do written assignments
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Answer: (b) enabling practice in context
Explanation:
1. Grammar is learnt best through use in meaningful contexts.
Teacher's Note:
1. Avoid rote rules.
2. Context gives meaning.
Teacher: Do you like to read a story book instead?
Student: Yes.
Teacher: Yes, please.
Here, the teacher
(a) confirms the student's request
(b) offers an alternative language activity
(c) relates language function with politeness
(d) makes a polite suggestion to start reading
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Answer: (c) relates language function with politeness
Explanation:
1. The teacher responds to “Yes” with “Yes, please”, modelling polite phrasing.
2. This links language function with politeness.
Teacher's Note:
1. Functional language use.
2. Model polite forms.
(a) Individual/team work
(b) Project oriented/paper-pencil activity
(c) Grammatical accuracy/fluency
(d) Field dependence/ field independence
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Answer: (d) Field dependence/ field independence
Explanation:
1. Field dependence and field independence (Witkin) are cognitive styles.
Teacher's Note:
1. Another pair is reflective versus impulsive.
2. Teamwork and fluency are not styles.
(a) classified advertisement
(b) memorandum
(c) report
(d) newspaper article
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Answer: (c) report
Explanation:
1. Reports are factual, impersonal, and logical.
Teacher's Note:
1. Third person and objectivity mark a report.
2. Ads are brief but not complete.
(a) use of syntax, lexis and structures
(b) expression of meaning of what they communicate
(c) use of formats and stylistic devices
(d) content organisation and use of vocabulary
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Answer: (a) use of syntax, lexis and structures
Explanation:
1. Linguistic competence is knowledge of the language system itself: grammar (syntax), vocabulary (lexis) and structures.
2. Meaning, formats and organisation of content belong to socio-linguistic and discourse competence.
3. So option (a) is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Linguistic competence = knowing the code of the language (grammar, words, sounds).
2. Do not confuse it with discourse competence, which deals with connecting ideas in longer stretches of text.
(a) Correcting every error in the essay
(b) Writing detailed comments in the margin
(c) Offering encouraging and summary remarks
(d) Locating patterns of error and suggesting improvement
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Answer: (d) Locating patterns of error and suggesting improvement
Explanation:
1. Correcting every error overwhelms learners and does not help them learn.
2. Finding recurring patterns of error lets the teacher give focused guidance on how to improve.
3. So option (d) is the most effective response.
Teacher's Note:
1. Effective feedback is selective, diagnostic and forward-looking.
2. Over-correction discourages learners and they stop taking risks in writing.
(a) Looking up the meaning of a word
(b) Checking the passive voice of a word
(c) Checking the part of speech of a word
(d) Checking the spelling of a word
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Answer: (b) Checking the passive voice of a word
Explanation:
1. A dictionary is mainly used for meaning, spelling, part of speech and pronunciation.
2. Passive voice is a feature of sentences, not of a single word, so a dictionary is not used for it.
3. So option (b) is the least important use.
Teacher's Note:
1. Know what a dictionary entry gives: meaning, spelling, pronunciation, part of speech, usage.
2. Grammar of sentences is learnt from a grammar book, not a dictionary.
(a) the grammatical aspects in the lesson
(b) choosing difficult words in the lesson and giving their meaning
(c) connecting the theme of the lesson with learners' previous experience
(d) the moral of the lesson
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Answer: (c) connecting the theme of the lesson with learners' previous experience
Explanation:
1. Learning is meaningful when new content is linked with what learners already know.
2. Linking the theme to prior experience prepares learners and builds interest before reading.
3. So option (c) is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. This is the pre-reading or warm-up stage of a lesson.
2. Starting with grammar or difficult words first makes the lesson mechanical.
(a) parsing
(b) explanation of literary content
(c) context
(d) isolation
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Answer: (c) context
Explanation:
1. Functional grammar looks at how language is used to communicate meaning.
2. So grammar is taught through real contexts such as texts and situations, not in isolation.
3. Option (c) is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Functional grammar = grammar in use; formal grammar = rules in isolation.
2. Parsing and rule drills are traditional, not functional.
(a) compounding and conversion
(b) conversion and meaning
(c) spelling and compounding
(d) using synonyms or euphemisms
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Answer: (a) compounding and conversion
Explanation:
1. Word formation includes processes such as affixation, compounding, conversion, blending and clipping.
2. Compounding and conversion are both word-formation processes, while meaning, spelling and synonyms are not.
3. So option (a) is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Compounding joins words (blackboard); conversion changes word class without change in form (a call, to call).
2. Learn the main processes with one example each.
(a) Interview
(b) Checklist
(c) Rating scale
(d) Rubrics
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Answer: (a) Interview
Explanation:
1. An interview is a technique, a way of collecting information about learners through questioning.
2. Checklists, rating scales and rubrics are tools used to record or score the information.
3. So, as per the key, option (a) is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Technique = how information is gathered (observation, interview, test); tool = what is used to record it.
2. The question depends on this textbook distinction.
Types of Assessment Meaning
A. Assessment of learning (i) It is used during the process of learning and teaching
B. Assessment for learning (ii) It is used when students reflect on and monitor
C. Assessment as learning (iii) It is used towards and at the end of the instruction period
(a) A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(i)
(b) A-(iii), B-(i), C-(ii)
(c) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii)
(d) A-(i), B-(iii), C-(ii)
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Answer: (b) A-(iii), B-(i), C-(ii)
Explanation:
1. Assessment of learning is summative and happens at the end of instruction: A-(iii).
2. Assessment for learning is formative and happens during teaching: B-(i).
3. Assessment as learning is reflection and self-monitoring by students: C-(ii). This is option (b).
Teacher's Note:
1. Of = summative, for = formative, as = self-reflection.
2. Remember the prepositions: of (end), for (during), as (self).
(a) fully right
(b) partially right
(c) baseless
(d) fully wrong
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Answer: (a) fully right
Explanation:
1. Learners' results show how far teaching has worked.
2. Therefore assessment also gives feedback on the teacher's methods and helps in improving them.
3. So the statement is fully right: option (a).
Teacher's Note:
1. Assessment is a two-way process: it informs both learner and teacher.
2. Poor results may point to the need to change the teaching strategy.
(a) the work profile of the poet/writer.
(b) relating the story with the previous experiences of learners.
(c) the grammatical structures in the chapter and difficult words.
(d) the background setting of the story, its history etc.
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Answer: (b) relating the story with the previous experiences of learners.
Explanation:
1. The first step in a lesson is to prepare learners by activating what they already know.
2. Relating the story to their previous experiences does this best.
3. So option (b) is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Pre-reading activities arouse interest and prior knowledge.
2. Details about the writer or grammar can come later.
(a) foreign language
(b) rules of any language usage
(c) classical language
(d) grammar
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Answer: (c) classical language
Explanation:
1. The Grammar-Translation method came from the way Latin and Greek were taught.
2. It focuses on rules and translation of written texts, so it is basically used for classical languages.
3. So, as per the key, option (c) is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Features: mother tongue as the medium, little speaking, focus on reading and translation.
2. It was later criticised for neglecting speaking and listening.
(a) semantic grouping
(b) phonetic grouping
(c) grammatical grouping
(d) lexical grouping
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Answer: (a) semantic grouping
Explanation:
1. The words are grouped by meaning, as they are all related to a school.
2. Grouping words by related meaning is semantic grouping.
3. So option (a) is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Phonetic grouping is by sound (e.g. words that rhyme) and grammatical grouping is by word class.
2. Teaching vocabulary in meaning-related groups helps retention.
(a) complex compound sentence
(b) complex sentence
(c) compound sentence
(d) simple sentence
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Answer: (a) complex compound sentence
Explanation:
1. Two independent clauses are joined by 'but', which makes it compound.
2. The clause 'who was smarter' is a dependent clause, which makes it complex as well.
3. A sentence with both is compound-complex: option (a).
Teacher's Note:
1. Simple = 1 independent clause; compound = 2 or more independent clauses; complex = 1 independent + dependent clause(s).
2. Compound-complex has both features.
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