APTET English Pedagogy

APTET, TSTET, UGC – NET General English Practice Questions

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Following are General English model questions for practice for APTET, TSTET, and other TET examinations in India. The questions also useful for all other exams which have English as part of it. Answers are given at the end of the questions.

TET Practice Questions – English:

1. Choose the synonym for the word ‘Pardon’ from the alternatives given below.
1) Give 2) Punish 3) Forgive 4) Furnish

2. The negative feeling you get when you do something wrong is …….
A) Guilt B) Gilt 1) Only A 2) Only B
3) Either A or B 4) Both A & B

3. Choose the correct prefix to build the word. The meaning of word is given.
………… hold = look at or see something or somebody.
1) With 2) Up 3) Over 4) Be

4. Choose the word with correct spelling to fill in the blank. Ashoka became ……… after he had won the
war against Kalinga.
1) Magnanimous 2) Magananimus
3) Magnanems 4) Magnanemous

5. I can’t ……… his unusual behaviour in this matter.
1) account for 2) ask after
3) call for 4) call at

6. Fill in the blank with appropriate modal verb. One ……… abide by the laws.
1) may 2) could 3) need 4) should

7. Choose the correct article for the following. He is ……… European.
1) a 2) an 3) the 4) No article

8. Fill in the blank with suitable preposition. I prefer coffee ……… tea.
1) with 2) to 3) in 4) 1 & 2

9. ‘How’ or ‘What a’ followed by the remainder of the sentence is a/ an…..
1) Assertive sentence 2) Imperative sentence
3) Optative sentence 4) Exclamatory sentence

10. Hyderabad is the largest city in South India. (the positive degree is ………)
1) No other city in South India is as large as Hyderabad
2) Some cities in South India are as large as Hyderabad
3) Very few cities in South india is as big as Hyderabad
4) 1 & 3

11. Keep your mouth shut, ……… Choose the right question tag to complete the sentence.
1) do you? 2) didn’t you?
3) can’t you? 4) aren’t you?

12. Rani said to Ravi, ‘‘I will come to your house tomorrow’’. The correct reported speech for the above sentence is:
1) Rani told Ravi that she would come to his house the next day.
2) Rani said Ravi that she would come to his house the next day.
3) Rani told Ravi that she would come his house tomorrow.
4) 1 & 2

13. She will write a letter. Which of the following is the passive form for the above sentence?
1) A letter is written to her
2) A letter is written by her
3) A letter will be written by her
4) Both 1 & 3

14. Choose the verb form that can be used in ‘simple past tense’.
1) Talk 2) Talked 3) Is talking 4) Talking

15. She writes a letter.
The correct ‘Yes or No’ question of this sentence is.
1) Does she write a letter?
2) Did she write a letter?
3) Who writes a letter?
4) What does she write?

16. ‘The night was perfectly calm. The word ‘perfectly’ is a/ an
1) Verb 2) Noun 3) Adjective 4) Adverb

17. If I worked hard, I ……… in the examination. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
1) would pass 2) will pass
3) would passed 4) Both 1 & 2

18. Although he is poor, he is honest. The underlined word is:
1) A co-ordinate conjunction
2) A subordinate conjunction
3) A phrase 4) Both 1 & 2

19. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
1) I will come to your house yesterday.
2) I have been teaching since 2008.
3) I write a novel today.
4) Both 1 & 3

20. What is the tone of the given sentence? ‘Would you please give me your pen?’
1) Formal 2) Informal
3) Semi formal 4) None of these

Directions (Q.21-24): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. The last half my life has been lived in one of those painted epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have turned out to be only temporary. When I was young, Victorian optimism was taken for granted. It was thought that freedom and prosperity would spread gradually through out the world by orderly process, and it was hoped that cruelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually diminish. Hardly anyone thought of the 19th century as a brief interlude between past and future barbarism.

21. The author feels sad about the later part of his life because,
1) He was nostalgic about his childhood
2) The world had not become prosperous
3) The author had not won any further victories
4) The world was painfully disturbed during that period of time

22. The victories of past:
1) Brought permanent peace and prosperity
2) Ended cruelty, tyranny and injustice
3) Proved to be temporary events
4) Filled men with a sense of pessimism

23. The word ‘definitive’ used in the passage means:
1) Defined 2) Final
3) Temporary 4) Incomplete

24. During the Victorian age people believed that:
1) Strife would increase
2) There would be unlimited freedom
3) Wars would be fought on an bigger scale
4) Peace would prevail and happiness would engulf the whole world

25. Learning a language is a
1) Gradual process 2) Fast process
3) Instant process 4) None

26. The unit of teaching in direct method is:
1) Word 2) Sentence 3) Phrase 4) None

27. ‘Role Play’ is an activity for promoting.
1) Speaking 2) Listening
3) Reading 4) Listening and speaking

28. According to the new pattern of education, evaluation is a/ an ………. process.
1) Bipolar 2) Tripolar
3) Unipolar 4) Automatic

29. A good text book of English should possess:
1) Reading material
2) Pictures and illustrations
3) Cultural content
4) All of the above

30. Which of the following is the base of remedial teaching?
1) Self-examination 2) Text book test
3) Diagnostic test 4) Aptitude test

Answers:

1-3
2-1
3-4
4-1
5-1
6-4
7-1
8-2
9-4
10-1
11-3
12-1
13-3
14-2
15-1
16-4
17-1
18-2
19-2
20-1
21-4
22-3
23-2
24-4
25-1
26-2
27-4
28-2
29-4
30-3.

TET English Pedagogy Study Material

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1. Language is primarily ……….
1) Speech 2) Sign 3) Gesture 4) Sound

2. The statement ‘Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinion, in morals and in intellect’ refers to ……….
1) Woods Despatch – 1854
2) Mecaulay’s Minute – 1835
3) Michael Sadler – 1917
4) University commission – 1902

3. The first language Institute in India was established ……….
1) in Allahabad in 1954
2) in Hyderabad in 1958
3) in Bangalore in 1963
4) in Mysore in 1971

4. ‘Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication’ said by ……….
1) Webster’s Dictionary 2) Wardhaugh
3) Sapir 4) Otto Jesperson

5. The first English Dictionary ……….
1) Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary
2) Webster’s Dictionary
3) A Table Alphabetical
4) Oxford Dictionary

6. Match the following.
1) Phonology a) the system of meaning
2) Morphology b) the system of word order
3) Syntax c) the system of sounds
4) Semantics d) the system of words
1) 1-a 2-b 3-c 4-d
2) 1-b 2-c 3-a 4-d
3) 1-c 2-d 3-a 4-b
4) 1-c 2-d 3-b 4-a

7. The status of ‘Library Language’ was given to English by ……….
1) Prof Gokak Committee
2) Sadler’s Committee
3) Kothari Commission
4) Mudaliar Commission

8. Fathers of Listening ……….
1) James Brown, Ralph Nichols, Carl Weaver
2) Rodger Richards, M.Rivers, Ralph Nichols
3) Carl Weaver, Wohin and Coakley, Krashen
4) Fan Yagnag, Dunkel, Morley

9. Something that deals with procedure and steps followed by the teacher in the language teaching is ……….
1) an approach 2) a method 3) a technique 4) a strategy

10. Remedial teaching is intended to……….
1) revise the topics taught
2) diagnose the difficult areas and plan for learning experiences
3) revise the curriculum
4) change the teaching techniques

11. Example for ‘Structural Words’ ……….
1) determiners
2) helping verbs
3) prepositions and conjunctions
4) all the above

12. The use of Mother Tongue is allowed to be used by the teacher alone in ………. method
1) Direct 2) GT 3) Bilingual 4) Total Physical Response

13. A file/ folder with a collection of learner’s work assembled over a period of time is called ……….
1) Dairy 2) Journal writing 3) Portfolio 4) Narratives

14. The three ‘S’s of Reading are ……….
1) Symbol, Sound and Shape
2) Symbol, Shape and Sense
3) Sound, Symbol and Shape
4) Symbol, Sound and Sense

15. Reading for gist is called ……….
1) Organising 2) Predicting 3) Scanning 4) Skimming

16. Explaining the causes and effects of pollution is an example for ……….
1) Descriptive writing
2) Persuasive writing
3) Expository writing
4) Narrative writing

17. ‘Prose is the words in their best order’ was said by ……….
1) Mathew Arnold 2) S.T. Coleridge
3) Tennyson 4) Francis Bacon

18. Pupils try to understand some words which they come across either in listening or reading, but they don’t need to use them. Such
type of vocabulary is ……….
1) Active Vocabulary
2) Adhoc Vocabulary
3) Recognition Vocabulary
4) None of the above

19. A Scaled down version of the internship Programme of teacher training is known as ……….
1) Team Teaching
2) Micro Teaching
3) Pedagogic teaching
4) Learner centred teaching

20. Coming back on the print to check previous words is ……….
1) Sub vocalisation 2) Regrouping 3) Redundancy 4) Regression

21. Basic English was introduced by ……….
1) H.E. Palmer 2) Ogden 3) Jesperson 4) Thorndike

22. Telephonic Conversation is an example for ……….
1) Intra – Personal Communication
2) Inter – Personal Communication
3) Group Communication
4) Mass Communication

23. Findout the Labio-dental Consonants in the following.
1) /p/ /b/ 2) /f/ /v/ 3) /s/ /z/ 4) /t/ /dz/

24. The earlier inhabitants of British Isles ……….
1) Normans 2) Angles 3) Saxons 4) Celts

25. ‘Beowulf’ was written in ……….
1) Middle English 2) Old English 3) Modern English 4) Greek

26. The following one is the best explanation for the term ‘curriculum’ ……….
1) an organised plan of a course
2) an academic foundation
3) an evaluation process
4) a process of learning

27. The term ‘communicative competence’ was coined by ……….
1) Hymes 2) Canale and Swain 3) Chomsky 4) Keith Morrow

28. Read the following set of words. Some – Sum
Now select the right option to which they belong ……….
1) Synonyms 2) Hypernyms 3) Homophones 4) Homonyms

29. Diary writing of a student could be used in ……….
1) Summative Evaluation
2) Analytical Evaluation
3) Critical Evaluation
4) Formative Evaluation

30. The principal motto of child centred education proposed by NCF-2005 is to ……….
1) all round development of the child
2) link with life outside the school
3) promote knowledge in all spheres
4) Facilitate activity oriented education

31. Glancing rapidly through a text to obtain specific information is ……….
1) skimming 2) scanning 3) predicting 4) interpreting

32. Intonation refers to ……….
1) stress on words
2) variation in pitch of the voice
3) the degree of force on sentences
4) a convenient breath group

33. Transformational Generative Grammar was developed by ……….
1) Chomsky 2) Widdowson 3) Halliday 4) Canale

34. Match the following.
1) GT- Method a) Emphasis on Listening
2) Direct Method b) Fluency and Accuracy
3) Bilingual Method c) A bond between thought and expression
4) Total Physical d) Excessive use of response mother tongue
1) 1-d 2-c 3-b 4-a
2) 1-d 2-c 3-a 4-b
3) 1-c 2-d 3-b 4-a
4) None

ANSWERS : 1)1 2)2 3)1 4)2 5)3 6)4 7)3 8)1 9)2 10)2 11)4 12)3 13)3 14)4 15)4 16)3 17)2 18)3 19)2 20)4 21)2 22)2 23)2 24)4 25)2 26)1 27)1 28)3 29)4 30)2 31)2 32)2 33)1 34)1.

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