TEACHING KNOWLEDGE TEST (TKT) – FULLY
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
200 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Q: What is the term for words that have the same pronunciation but
different meanings and spelling?
A: Homophones
2. Q: What does the term 'register' refer to in language teaching?
A: The level of formality or informality in language use appropriate to a
particular context
3. Q: Which of these is an example of a countable noun?
A: Book
4. Q: What is the term for a group of words that function as a unit?
A: Phrase
5. Q: What is the main difference between an adjective and an adverb?
A: Adjectives modify nouns while adverbs typically modify verbs,
adjectives, or other adverbs
6. Q: What type of word indicates the relationship between a noun or
pronoun and another word in the sentence?
A: Preposition
7. Q: In the sentence "She might have been studying," what is the tense
and aspect?
A: Modal perfect continuous
8. Q: What is the term for a word that replaces a noun or noun phrase?
A: Pronoun
9. Q: What are function words?
A: Words that have little lexical meaning but express grammatical
relationships (e.g., articles, prepositions, conjunctions)
10.Q: What is the name for the smallest unit of sound that can
distinguish meaning in a language?
A: Phoneme
,11.Q: In the sentence "The cat is sitting on the mat," what is the
function of "on the mat"?
A: Adverbial phrase of place
12.Q: What is a diphthong?
A: A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable
13.Q: What is the past participle of the verb "go"?
A: Gone
14.Q: What is a modal verb?
A: A type of auxiliary verb that expresses necessity, possibility,
permission, or ability
15.Q: Which word class typically answers the question "how"?
A: Adverb
16.Q: What is the term for the way in which words are formed and
analyzed in their different forms?
A: Morphology
17.Q: What is the subject in this sentence: "The students are working
on a project"?
A: The students
18.Q: What is a subordinate clause?
A: A clause that depends on a main clause and cannot stand alone as a
complete sentence
19.Q: In English, what does word stress typically affect?
A: The pronunciation, meaning, and function of a word
20.Q: What are collocations?
A: Words that naturally occur together with high frequency in a language
21.Q: What is the difference between active and passive voice?
A: In active voice, the subject performs the action; in passive voice, the
subject receives the action
22.Q: What are synonyms?
A: Words that have the same or similar meanings
23.Q: What is the term for words with opposite meanings?
A: Antonyms
24.Q: What is ellipsis in grammar?
A: The omission of words that are understood from context
25.Q: What does the term 'lexis' refer to?
A: The vocabulary of a language
26.Q: What is the third person singular form of the verb "teach" in
present simple?
A: Teaches
27.Q: What is a compound sentence?
A: A sentence containing two or more independent clauses
, 28.Q: What is the term for the set of rules that govern sentence
formation in a language?
A: Syntax
29.Q: What is a gerund?
A: A verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun
30.Q: What is the role of intonation in spoken English?
A: To express attitudes, emotions, and to differentiate between
statements, questions, and commands
Questions 31-60: Background to Language Learning
31.Q: What is the main focus of the Communicative Language Teaching
(CLT) approach?
A: Developing communicative competence through meaningful
interaction
32.Q: What is the term for the language a learner produces, which may
contain errors due to incomplete learning?
A: Interlanguage
33.Q: What is meant by the term "fossilization" in language
acquisition?
A: When learners' errors become permanent features of their language
production
34.Q: What is the difference between acquisition and learning according
to Krashen?
A: Acquisition is subconscious and natural, while learning is conscious
and formal
35.Q: What is scaffolding in language teaching?
A: Temporary support provided by a teacher to help learners complete
tasks they couldn't do independently
36.Q: What is the role of L1 (first language) in second language
acquisition?
A: It can both facilitate learning through positive transfer and interfere
through negative transfer
37.Q: What is the affective filter hypothesis?
A: The theory that emotional variables like anxiety, motivation, and self-
confidence can facilitate or prevent language acquisition
38.Q: What is the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?
A: The difference between what a learner can do without help and what
they can achieve with guidance
39.Q: What is learner autonomy?
A: The capacity of learners to take control of their own learning
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
200 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Q: What is the term for words that have the same pronunciation but
different meanings and spelling?
A: Homophones
2. Q: What does the term 'register' refer to in language teaching?
A: The level of formality or informality in language use appropriate to a
particular context
3. Q: Which of these is an example of a countable noun?
A: Book
4. Q: What is the term for a group of words that function as a unit?
A: Phrase
5. Q: What is the main difference between an adjective and an adverb?
A: Adjectives modify nouns while adverbs typically modify verbs,
adjectives, or other adverbs
6. Q: What type of word indicates the relationship between a noun or
pronoun and another word in the sentence?
A: Preposition
7. Q: In the sentence "She might have been studying," what is the tense
and aspect?
A: Modal perfect continuous
8. Q: What is the term for a word that replaces a noun or noun phrase?
A: Pronoun
9. Q: What are function words?
A: Words that have little lexical meaning but express grammatical
relationships (e.g., articles, prepositions, conjunctions)
10.Q: What is the name for the smallest unit of sound that can
distinguish meaning in a language?
A: Phoneme
,11.Q: In the sentence "The cat is sitting on the mat," what is the
function of "on the mat"?
A: Adverbial phrase of place
12.Q: What is a diphthong?
A: A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable
13.Q: What is the past participle of the verb "go"?
A: Gone
14.Q: What is a modal verb?
A: A type of auxiliary verb that expresses necessity, possibility,
permission, or ability
15.Q: Which word class typically answers the question "how"?
A: Adverb
16.Q: What is the term for the way in which words are formed and
analyzed in their different forms?
A: Morphology
17.Q: What is the subject in this sentence: "The students are working
on a project"?
A: The students
18.Q: What is a subordinate clause?
A: A clause that depends on a main clause and cannot stand alone as a
complete sentence
19.Q: In English, what does word stress typically affect?
A: The pronunciation, meaning, and function of a word
20.Q: What are collocations?
A: Words that naturally occur together with high frequency in a language
21.Q: What is the difference between active and passive voice?
A: In active voice, the subject performs the action; in passive voice, the
subject receives the action
22.Q: What are synonyms?
A: Words that have the same or similar meanings
23.Q: What is the term for words with opposite meanings?
A: Antonyms
24.Q: What is ellipsis in grammar?
A: The omission of words that are understood from context
25.Q: What does the term 'lexis' refer to?
A: The vocabulary of a language
26.Q: What is the third person singular form of the verb "teach" in
present simple?
A: Teaches
27.Q: What is a compound sentence?
A: A sentence containing two or more independent clauses
, 28.Q: What is the term for the set of rules that govern sentence
formation in a language?
A: Syntax
29.Q: What is a gerund?
A: A verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun
30.Q: What is the role of intonation in spoken English?
A: To express attitudes, emotions, and to differentiate between
statements, questions, and commands
Questions 31-60: Background to Language Learning
31.Q: What is the main focus of the Communicative Language Teaching
(CLT) approach?
A: Developing communicative competence through meaningful
interaction
32.Q: What is the term for the language a learner produces, which may
contain errors due to incomplete learning?
A: Interlanguage
33.Q: What is meant by the term "fossilization" in language
acquisition?
A: When learners' errors become permanent features of their language
production
34.Q: What is the difference between acquisition and learning according
to Krashen?
A: Acquisition is subconscious and natural, while learning is conscious
and formal
35.Q: What is scaffolding in language teaching?
A: Temporary support provided by a teacher to help learners complete
tasks they couldn't do independently
36.Q: What is the role of L1 (first language) in second language
acquisition?
A: It can both facilitate learning through positive transfer and interfere
through negative transfer
37.Q: What is the affective filter hypothesis?
A: The theory that emotional variables like anxiety, motivation, and self-
confidence can facilitate or prevent language acquisition
38.Q: What is the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?
A: The difference between what a learner can do without help and what
they can achieve with guidance
39.Q: What is learner autonomy?
A: The capacity of learners to take control of their own learning
