English Quiz

1. Mark the following statement as True or False.
The deductive approach starts with the main idea.

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3. _______ theory of communication lays emphasis on accuracy and deals with technical problems during the transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver.

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5. When a receiver receives a message, they must first ______ the symbols.

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7. The individualized, perhaps emotionally charged meaning assigned to words is called the ________ meaning.

8. It requires no punctuation even after the salutation and the complimentary close. This is _______ style of punctuation.

9. A cover letter is meant ________.

10. The most important part in a business letter is the opening; the second most important part is ________.

11. The way you ________ your message makes it clear whether your reader will respond favorably or unfavorably to the message.

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13. Artifacts are objects used to convey _________ messages.

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15. The ________ theory is helpful because it introduces the ideas of senders and receivers and of possible interference

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What is considered as the heart of a report?

How can we make visual aids easy to understand?

Which format should be used if the information is being sent inside an organization?

What kind of paper can be used for a Conventional Résumé?

“An attachment notation is included to remind the reader to check additional pages of information.

This is typed single or double space below the reference initials.”

What is meant by the term 'Denotative'?

Choose the sentence with the correct comma placement.

Choose the correct sentence.

Which of the following aspect denotes the necessary research and organizing ideas?

How many elements are present in superstructure for feasibility reports?

Which report share one essential characteristic and is written to help decision makers choose between two

or more courses of action?

To ensure clarity, place your ---------------carefully.

Which of the following types of interviews will judge interpersonal skills in a better way?

Open-ended interview

My best friend, John, is named ______ his great-grandfather.

The police caught the thief _____ the corner of Cascade and Plum Streets.

Have you read the article _____ Time magazine ____ Google?

Brazil is _____ England.

Which one of the following punctuation marks is used to introduce a series?

A message’s success depends upon the fulfillment of the following points

Understanding, Social contacts

Which type of paragraph is used to describe spaces?

How many people are going to school?

Which type of writing does engage its readers through original insight and precise language?

What a rainy day!

"The politicians in office today need to start looking for a solution to our Social Security

program running out of funds instead of passing the buck to the next people in line,"

George said to Luke. "You ......... it! I am sick of hearing about problems in this country

and never hearing about any solutions.

One of the most beautiful things about Jakarta is its ......... wealth from both within the

archipelago and around the world.

European cuisine always ......... a sense of nostalgia and romance, like running into an old

flame.

I ......... complete silence now while I try this experiment.

An eagle, if pressed for food, might ......... a small baby that had been left in the open

unprotected, but such an opportunity must occur very rarely.

They can watch _____ the detective series _____ the foreign movie

"Many people probably think that politeness is simply a social lubricant."

He wanted to join the navy _____ his parents did not allow him to.

The people screamed _____ ran in different directions when the lorry crashed into the

roadside stall.

She employs a maid to do _____ the cooking _____ washing for her family.

"The judge released him on his own _________."

The jury ___________ the mayor of all wrongdoing.

1. Choose the correct sentence

2. Which one of the following questions that produce specific information, save time, requires less effort

3. Which of the following is associated with scholarly writing?

4. Which of the following is the first thing you must consider while writing a resume?

5. Which of the following is achieved through a balance between precise language and familiar
language?

6. Which of the following is the process of drafting your message?

7. Which of the following should be avoided while writing business message?

8. Feasibility reports are used:

9. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

10. Choose the correct sentence

11. Which of the following is generally organized by direct approach and receives a
favorable reaction?

12. Which of the followings are real but unnamed readers?Phantom Readers

Which one of the following does modify a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words?

Choose the correct option.

What a rainy day!

many adverbs are there in the sentence given below?

I really woke up too early this morning.

Popular expressions which may not be considered proper in formal use are called:

Choose the option that best defines the 'Conciseness':

Choose the option that best defines 'Clarity':

Using various symbols to represent sounds is called

 The persons who use their voices (pitch, rhythm, stress) and their bodies to communicate their message are:

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I didn't know what he meant.

indirect narration of 'Hurrah! We have won the match' is:

Which verb can be both singular and plural

1)

2) I need to wear reading glasses. Nevertheless, I hate how I look in them.

It is an example ________.

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7) ________ accuracy depends on the writer's conceptual mastery of the subject and its vocabulary, as well as on his or her ability to analyze and shape data with a minimum of distortion.

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11) Complex readers are the readers who may use your communication after months or even years later.

12) Which 'transitional word' is used to show 'comparison and contrast'?

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2. How many long vowels are there in English?

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4. In English Language there are 24 vowel phonemes.

5. The children at the deaf-mute center can ________ hear ________ speak.

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7. What is a foreign language dictionary?

8. We waited one hour for the ________ (arrive) of the train.

9. The professor became so forceful, so ________ in his expression of opinions, that students began to leave his course.

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12. Doing practice on 'making inferences' not only makes you better reader but also a ________.

13. Making notes for essay writing requires you to be ________ to the pattern of thought, its direction and development.

14. Choose the correct option: Synonym of 'snap' is

1) - ----------- letter is the reply to complaint.

2) Which writing style characterizes the memos?

3) Classification of Report is:

4) There are _____ basic parts of a formal report.

5) Task force is ------------- after solving a specific problem, assigned to them.

6) Letter refusing adjustment is written when:

7) are usually short messages with natural, casual use of language.

8) Prefatory parts are __ in number.

9) ----- include investigation of an issue or problem or Calculation of financial ratios of

a company.

10) The place where we go to buy or sell commodities is commonly known as
______ .
Select correct option:

11) Weekly Market Report gives the condition of the commodities for the past ____.
Select correct option: 6 days

12) Communication is the process by which individuals share

1. Letter refusing adjustment is written when:
Select correct option:

2. There are _____ basic parts of a formal report.
Select correct option:

3. Classification of Report is:
Select correct option:

4. Which writing style characterizes the memos?
Select correct option:

5. - ----------- letter is the reply to complaint.
Select correct option:

6. In claim letter the initial statement should contain:
Select correct option: Good news.

7. In circular letters personal interest is created by using the word -----------------.

8. Minutes, which tell more of the ‘story of what happened and who said what at a
meeting are?
Select correct option:

9. Another name of a synopsis is:
Select correct option:

10. -----------are routine reports prepared at regular time interval-daily, weekly,
monthly quarterly or annually.
Select correct option:

11. Solicited Sales letters are written:
Select correct option:

12. There are -------- kinds of Sales letters.
Select correct option:

Complaint letter should be called----------------.
Select correct option:

Circular letters are used:
Select correct option:To send information to two people

Sales letters start with:
Select correct option: An easy and effective way

In----------- characteristics such as body shape, body odors and skin color are
included

------------------- is often effective for getting a motivational message out to a
large number of people.

------------------------ include investigation of an issue or problem or Calculation of financial ratios of
a company.
Select correct option:

are usually short messages with natural, casual use of language.
Select correct option:

Communication is__________way process

Globalization means that for a Company to survive, it must establish markets not
only in its own country

______means that msg is specfic definite and vivid.

Which one of the followings is not aspect of the AIDA plan?

To communicate easily and effectively with your readers, how many number
of principles of communication are applied:

1. The words ‘female’ and ‘frozen’ have syllables.

2. n the word ‘helped’ the sound ‘p’ is .

3. Lexical morphemes are class words.

4. If the second syllable is strong, it is stressed in such as arrive or apply.

5. Lexical morphemes are longer and, with the exception of ‘ox’ and American English’s

‘ax’, are spelt with a minimum of graphemes

6. In phonology, the two types of stress include primary and stress.

7. A segment is “any unit that can be identified, either physically or auditory, in

the stream of speech.”

8. English is a language.

9. In morphology, a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function is called a

10. Juncture, in linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship

between two sounds.

11. Juncture, in linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship

between two sounds.

12. Segment or forms that cannot normally stand alone and are typically attached to another

from are called Morphemes.

1. Which of the following is NOT the part of Roman conquest?

2. Nearly a of the strong verbs in Oxford English died out early in the Middle

English period.

3. Adoption of words into the English language took place in the 13th century.

4. There was a great transition in ‘spelling’ from Old English to Middle English.

5. The most influential factor in the rise of English was the importance of London as

the capital of England

6. What is tone age?

7. Old English vocabulary appropriate to literature and learning dies out and was replaced later by

words borrowed from

8.  ‘Who’ and ‘Which’ existed in the Old English but were indefinite or interrogative not

relatives.

9. Norsemen and Normans were in origin.

10. 'A History of the English Language’ was written by

11. Two streams mingle in Old English literature: the pagan and the

12. The inflection of the in the Germanic languages is much simpler than it was in Indo

European times.

1) Which of the following is synonymous to ‘implicit’?

2) An underlying goal of all technical and scientific writing is to get the reader to trust the writer’s ___.

3) Revision is a chance for you to look critically at a document ___.

4)

Procedures and work plan in a document show ___

5)

Which of the following font should be used on Overhead projection transparencies (OHPs)?

1. a)
2. b)
3. c) 
4. d)

6)

While delivering a presentation your personal appearance affects your ___

7)

Feedback can come in the form of ___.

8) Most of the fresh graduates choose this type of resume to overcome the lack of experience in their resume. Such a resume is titled as ___ resume.

9) When you turn your ideas into a message, you are the ___.

10) One fundamental ___ of effective writing is to put the key information at the beginning.

11) ___ carry out the decisions that have been made.

12) If there is no receiver, there is no ___.

In the word, “uncomfortable” the stem word is ____. Select the correct option

A/an is book that tells about the spellings, pronunciations, definitions and uses of words of language. Select the correct option

The plural word of Louse is Lice. Select the correct option

Fill in blank with an appropriate transitional marker.

People use 43 muscles when they frown; ____ they use only 28 muscles when they smile.

Select the correct option

Volume are divided into ____ long wovles and ____ short vovels sounds. Select the correct option

The part of government which is concerned with making of rules

Diphthongs are produced by combinings sounds.

Find the correct spelt word.

Choose the best answer.

What is thesaurus?
Select the correct option

A paragraph usually consists of:
Select the correct option