Active/Passive & Narration Previous Year Questions
6 Active/Passive & Narration (English) questions asked in CTET previous year papers, each with the correct answer and explanation. Read them free on UTpaper, or attempt the full papers as timed online tests.
Q1CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
A teacher showed a movie with the captions to learners in Class VI. The movie is based on one of the chapters in the textbook. The movie with captions on will encourage:
Alistening strategies, active viewing, and motivating the students to use authentic language material.
Bactive viewing and listening.
Cthe students to watch more such movies.
Dlistening strategies by verbal clues and to appreciate the actions of actors, and to write a review.
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Correct answer: (A) listening strategies, active viewing, and motivating the students to use authentic language material.
Explanation
A captioned film linked to the textbook makes learners listen while reading the text on screen, view actively, and engage with authentic language material, so option (1) captures all its benefits.
Which one of the following is NOT true about using the library at the primary level ?
The library should not just be seen as a storage space for books, rather
Alearners can be exposed to a variety of genres of children’s literature.
Bas an active environment for engagement with books.
Cteachers and other adults can also model reading behaviour in the libraries.
Da read-aloud of the textbook can be best done in a library.
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Correct answer: (D) a read-aloud of the textbook can be best done in a library.
Explanation
A library is meant for exposure to varied children's literature, active engagement with books and adults modelling reading. Reading aloud the textbook is a classroom task and is not what a library is for.
A teacher in class III asked her learners to ask their partners five questions about their abilities using the word ‘can’, e.g can you swim ? This type of activity enhances :
AOral fluency practice
BControlled oral practice
CFree speaking
DPassive listening
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Correct answer: (A) Oral fluency practice
Explanation
Per the official key, asking a partner several 'Can you...?' questions gives learners repeated spoken practice that builds oral fluency in asking and answering.
Q4CTET February 2026 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 8 Feb 2026
Select two appropriate readings to promote school-based assessment.
(a) It helps in the promotion of autonomy among both learners and teachers.
(b) It gives scope for the school to plan on their own.
(c) It takes away the examination board's power.
(d) It does not involve learner as an active participant in the processes of planning the assessment.
A(c) and (d)
B(d) and (a)
C(a) and (b)
D(b) and (c)
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Correct answer: (C) (a) and (b)
Explanation
School-based assessment gives autonomy to teachers and learners and lets the school plan its own assessment; it does involve learners, and its purpose is not to take away the board's power.
Q5CTET February 2026 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Feb 2026
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
Your pretty bird in a gilded cage
Flutters its sorrowful wings
But there’s never a cage-bird yet could sing
As my bird sings.
He’s little and brown and wild and shy,
But free to build and thrive,
Your poor bit thing behind its bars
Is only half alive!
My bird sings out with a true wood-note,
Your pipes of sorrowful things,
And never, now, may he learn the song
That my bird sings.
Never, now, may he wheel and soar
With the sunshine on his wings,
O, a bird in a cage is a crippled thing
But my bird sings!
“But my bird sings!” denotes that
Amy bird sings sweetly
Bmy bird is free
Cmy bird doesn’t feel free
Dmy bird has regained her voice
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Correct answer: (B) my bird is free
Explanation
In the poem singing stands for freedom and joy: unlike the 'crippled' caged bird, the speaker's bird sings because it is free.
Expression in speech, such as emotion, attitude and emphasis, is conveyed mainly through the tone of voice.
How to use these CTET English questions
Every question here was asked in a real CTET paper; the paper and shift are shown on the card, and the number opens the question on its own page. Try each one before tapping Show answer, then attempt the full CTET papers as timed tests to check your speed under exam conditions.