English Language & Pedagogy – Previous Year Questions
150 questions from past HTET Common Portion papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : Teaching learners to discuss a poem in English in their native language is an instance of the use of ………… .
- Choose the correct option : Assertion A : The disadvantage of print material is that it lacks interaction and the use of audio-visual elements. Assertion B : Print materials are not portable, not easily available and ar…
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : Nesfield's grammar is an instance of …………… grammar.
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : …………. skill involves training the learner to listen for the English speech sounds including stress and intonation patterns.
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : The two kinds of listening are …………. .
- Who does the girl address ?
- In which city does the foeticide take place ?
- What does the killed infant smell of ?
- Who is "I" in the opening line ?
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : According to the speaker the mother disliked ………. .
- Find a word from the poem which means "post mortem" :
- Why was the infant in the womb killed ?
- Which one of the following is used as a literary device in the poem for effectiveness ?
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : "I looked like a sliced pomegranate" is an example of …………. .
- Find the word in the poem which means "shone due to being wet".
- Complete the sentence with the correct option : Multilinguistic resource …………. .
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : Multimedia materials for teaching are ……………. .
- Which one of the following is the first step in teaching formal grammar ?
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : Stress, intonation and rhythm can be taught through ……………. .
- Which one of the following is not a teaching aid in developing listening skills ?
- How long did the author work in a Delhi College ?
- What exercise did the author give the students ?
- Seven out of the eight students wanted to become …………… .
- What according to the author is the highest ambition of students in good colleges ?
- In the sentence "And these latter understandably are a small number", what does "these latter" refer to ?
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : The thinking of the most ambitious and the least ambitious is ….……. .
- Identify the statement which is true :
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : Another word for "snuffed out" is ……………. .
- Choose the opposite of "former" from the passage :
- Fill in the blank with the correct option : "Alumni" in the passage means ……………. .