CTET CTET English 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following is the BEST example of a 'communicative language teaching' (CLT) activity?
- Students repeat sentences from a dialogue in unison
- Students fill in blanks with correct verb forms
- Students role-play booking a hotel room in English (Correct answer)
- Students memorize and recite a grammar rule
Correct answer: Students role-play booking a hotel room in English
CLT focuses on meaningful, real-world communication; role-playing a hotel booking is an authentic communicative task with a real purpose.
Question 2: A teacher uses a 'KWL chart' before a reading lesson. What does the 'W' column stand for?
- What we Wrote
- What we Want to know (Correct answer)
- What was Wrong
- What we Wondered
Correct answer: What we Want to know
In a KWL chart, K = What I Know, W = What I Want to know, and L = What I Learned; the W column sets a purpose for reading.
Question 3: Identify the grammatically incorrect sentence:
- Neither the students nor the teacher was present.
- Either the principal or the teachers are responsible.
- The jury has reached a verdict.
- Every boy and girl were given a prize. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Every boy and girl were given a prize.
'Every boy and girl' takes a singular verb; the correct sentence is 'Every boy and girl was given a prize.'
Question 4: Which type of reading involves moving eyes quickly across a text to find a specific piece of information?
- Intensive reading
- Scanning (Correct answer)
- Skimming
- Extensive reading
Correct answer: Scanning
Scanning is the rapid reading strategy used to locate a specific fact, date, name, or keyword within a text.
Question 5: In the context of the CTET English paper, 'formative assessment' is best described as:
- A final exam given at the end of the year to grade students
- Ongoing assessment used to monitor and improve learning during instruction (Correct answer)
- A standardized test normed on a national population
- Assessment that compares a student's performance to peers
Correct answer: Ongoing assessment used to monitor and improve learning during instruction
Formative assessment is continuous and diagnostic, used during the instructional process to adjust teaching and support student learning.
Question 6: What is 'code-switching' in a multilingual classroom?
- Switching from print to digital text resources
- A student alternating between two or more languages within a conversation (Correct answer)
- The teacher changing from formal to informal register
- Transitioning between reading and writing activities
Correct answer: A student alternating between two or more languages within a conversation
Code-switching refers to a bilingual or multilingual speaker's practice of alternating between two or more languages in a single conversation.
Question 7: Which of the following figures of speech gives human qualities to non-human things?
- Simile
- Alliteration
- Personification (Correct answer)
- Onomatopoeia
Correct answer: Personification
Personification attributes human characteristics, emotions, or actions to animals, objects, or abstract concepts.
CTET CTET English 4
Which of the following is the BEST example of a 'communicative language teaching' (CLT) activity?