ICET Communication Ability 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb? (A) She don't know the answer. (B) She doesn't know the answer. (C) She not know the answer. (D) She didn't knew the answer.
- She don't know the answer.
- She doesn't know the answer. (Correct answer)
- She not know the answer.
- She didn't knew the answer.
Correct answer: She doesn't know the answer.
'She doesn't know' is correct because third-person singular present tense requires 'does not' (doesn't).
Question 2: Choose the word most OPPOSITE in meaning to 'VERBOSE':
- Talkative
- Concise (Correct answer)
- Elaborate
- Fluent
Correct answer: Concise
'Verbose' means using more words than needed, so its antonym is 'concise,' meaning brief and to the point.
Question 3: Identify the correctly punctuated sentence:
- Its a beautiful day, isn't it?
- It's a beautiful day, isn't it? (Correct answer)
- Its a beautiful day isnt it?
- It's a beautiful day isn't it?
Correct answer: It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
'It's' is the contraction of 'it is,' and 'isn't it?' is a tag question requiring a comma before it.
Question 4: Select the best word to fill the blank: The manager asked the employees to _______ their reports by Friday.
- submit (Correct answer)
- submitting
- submitted
- submits
Correct answer: submit
After 'to,' the base form of the verb (infinitive) must be used, making 'submit' correct.
Question 5: Which of the following is an example of formal communication?
- A text message to a friend
- An office memorandum to staff (Correct answer)
- A phone call to a relative
- A social media post
Correct answer: An office memorandum to staff
An office memorandum is a formal written document used for internal business communication.
Question 6: Choose the sentence that uses a homophone correctly:
- The weather affected there plans.
- The weather affected their plans. (Correct answer)
- The whether affected their plans.
- The weather effected they're plans.
Correct answer: The weather affected their plans.
'Their' is the possessive pronoun referring to the plans belonging to them, used correctly here.
Question 7: The passage states: 'Active listening involves not just hearing words but understanding the speaker's intent.' What does 'active listening' require beyond hearing?
- Memorizing the words spoken
- Responding immediately
- Understanding the speaker's intent (Correct answer)
- Taking written notes
Correct answer: Understanding the speaker's intent
The passage explicitly states that active listening involves understanding the speaker's intent, not just hearing words.
ICET Communication Ability 2
Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb?
(A) She don't know the answer.
(B) She doesn't know the answer.
(C) She not know the answer.
(D) She didn't knew the answer.