Top 350+ Solved Communication Skills in English MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Where does the stress come in the word ‘understanding’?
a. UnderstanIding
b. UnI derstanding
c. I Understanding
d. UnderI standing
Q. When the first part of the compound word is an adjective, the ……… part is stressed.
a. First
b. Second
c. Middle
d. Both
Q. Usually ……….. words are stressed in a sentence
a. Grammatical
b. Pronouns
c. Articles
d. Information carrying
Q. Two sentences are given below: i) It was good you saw her ii) It would have been better if you had seen her The first sentence has six words and the second is longer – it has ten words. But it took almost the same time to say both sentences. Can you make out the reason for that?
a. Both sentences have the same number of unstressed syllables
b. Some words are there in both the sentences.
c. Pronoun and articles are same for both the sentences.
d. Both sentences have the same number of stressed syllables.
Q. When two stressed syllables come close together, the speed of utterance is………..
a. Slow
b. Rapid
c. Random
d. Medium speed
Q. In reading aloud a long sentence, we pause at the end of ……….
a. Consonant clusters
b. Comas
c. Sense – groups
d. A new equilibrium with nature
Q. A falling tone begins with a pitch fairly ……….. on the first syllable
a. Medium
b. High
c. Low
d. None
Q. If you want to make your commands polite and more like pleading, you can use the ……. tone.
a. Medium
b. Falling
c. Rising
d. Ordering
Q. Which one of the given below features does not belong to formal style of speaking?
a. Using high pitch
b. Slow, steady pace of speech
c. Using rising tone more often
d. Using falling tone more often
Q. While presenting items of information that are important, unfamiliar, unusual or difficult, the speaker have to ………. His speech.
a. Raise
b. Slow down
c. Use falling tone during
d. Stop
Q. The clauses that express the speaker’s personal views on what is being said are called…….
a. Comment clauses
b. Opinion clauses
c. Personal clauses
d. Main clauses