English Language

71. ______________ refers to the emphasis laid on specific syllables of a word or a specific word in a sentence.

  1. Syllables
  2. Phonemes
  3. Stress
  4. Letters
Correct answer: (C)
Stress

72. ______________ words are the key to excellent pronunciation and understanding of English.

  1. Stressed
  2. Function
  3. unaccented
  4. non-stressed
Correct answer: (A)
Stressed

73. The Glide-down are used for ______________ statements.

  1. complete
  2. incomplete
  3. indefinite
  4. imperfect
Correct answer: (A)
complete

74. Message is ______________ when it contains all facts the listener needs.

  1. confusing
  2. complete
  3. fluent
  4. incomplete
Correct answer: (B)
complete

75. ______________ are considered as Function Words.

  1. Stressed
  2. Accented
  3. Non-stressed
  4. Content
Correct answer: (C)
Non-stressed

76. The vowel sounds are ______________ in number.

  1. twenty
  2. six
  3. fifteen
  4. eighteen
Correct answer: (A)
twenty

77. Which of these is not considered in a telephonic conversation?

  1. The tone of the speaker
  2. The volume of the speaker
  3. Body language
  4. The emotional content of the communication
Correct answer: (C)
Body language

78. "Kick the bucket" is an Euphemism that describes

  1. death of a person
  2. illness of a person
  3. that the person is not available at the moment
  4. kicking the bucket
Correct answer: (A)
death of a person

79. Year book are also known as ______________

  1. Hand book
  2. Annual
  3. Directory
  4. Dictionary
Correct answer: (B)
Annual

80. Intonation is the first step to be perceived by ear rather than the ______________ of an utterance.

  1. oral content
  2. verbal content
  3. speech
  4. monologue
Correct answer: (B)
verbal content
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