Professional Communication Questions & Answers – Rules of English Language

This set of Professional Communication Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Rules of English Language”.

1. The ‘e’ which is silent in any word, is dropped if a suffix beginning with a vowel is added to it.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: The statement is true. The ‘e’ which is silent in any word, is dropped if a suffix beginning with a vowel is added to it. For example, “love” becomes “lovable”.

2. Courage becomes :
a) Courageous
b) Couragous
c) Courageable
d) Couragable
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Answer: a
Explanation: “Courage” becomes “Courageous”. The silent e is retained in words ending with “ce” or “ge”. For example, “induce” become “inducive”.

3. Rot becomes _____ and pen becomes ______.
a) roted, pened
b) rotting, pened
c) rotting, penned
d) rotted, penned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Rot becomes rotting and pen becomes penned. A monosyllabic word which ends with a consonant preceded by a single vowel letter has its consonant doubled if a suffix beginning with a vowel is added to it.
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4. A monosyllabic word with one vowel cannot end in “c”.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: Though most monosyllabic words with one vowel end with “k” (sack, rock, sock and so on), there are some exceptions that end with just “c” (sac, zinc, talc).

5. A monosyllabic word containing two vowel letters ends with:
a) k
b) c
c) ck
d) kc
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Answer: a
Explanation: A monosyllabic word containing two vowel letters ends with “k” and not “ck”. For example, book, creak, etc..
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6. A word which is monosyllabic and has one vowel must end with:
a) mm
b) ll
c) p
d) t
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Answer: b
Explanation: A word which is monosyllabic and has one vowel must end with ll. For example, fill, ball, etc.. The only exception to this is “pal”.

7. A word which is monosyllabic and has two vowels must end with:
a) ll
b) l
c) ck
d) c
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Answer: b
Explanation: A word which is monosyllabic and has two vowels must end with l. For example, meal, fool, etc..
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8. Which of these words is correct?
a) Allign
b) Align
c) Alignn
d) Alline
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Answer: b
Explanation: The correct word is “Align”. It is often misspelt. Other such words are antenna, aperture, beginning, etc..

9. Choose the correct statement:
a) I asked him if he was leaving.
b) I asked him whether he was leaving.
c) I asked him that if he was leaving.
d) I asked him weather he was leaving.
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Answer: b
Explanation: The correct statement is: I asked him whether he was leaving. We use whether instead of if where or not is implied.
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10. Choose the correct statement:
a) The boy gave his examination.
b) The boy took his examination.
c) The teacher took his examination.
d) The boy gave away the examination.
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Answer: b
Explanation: The correct statement is: The boy took his examination. The teacher gives the examination and the boy takes or sits for it.

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