TKT Module 1: Productive skills practice test 2

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Something like 'Now, let me think about that for a minute' is a ...
1. false start
2. hesitation technique
3. language chunk used as a filler
4. colloquialism
Speakers use fillers and hesitation techniques because of ...
1. unfamiliarity with style
2. preparation pressure
3. time pressures
4. audience pressure
Using chunks of language in speaking aids ...
1. the listener
2. fluency
3. grammatical accuracy
4. appropriacy
If I am on a ship and use the word 'starboard' instead of 'right', I am using language affected by ...
1. register
2. informality
3. style
4. formality
Writing is conservative but speaking is often very ...
1. informal
2. dynamic
3. contextualised
4. innovative
Speaking is usually dynamic but writing is usually ...
1. conservative
2. formal
3. permanent
4. static
Writing an email to arrange a party time is a ...
1. response task
2. transaction
3. interaction
Saying 'Good morning' to a shop assistant is ...
1. interactional
2. informal
3. formal
4. transactional
Writing is usually ...
1. planned, static and innovative
2. planned, static and conservative
3. planned, dynamic and conservative
4. unplanned, static and conservative
Speaking is usually ...
1. unplanned, static and contextualised
2. unplanned, dynamic and decontextualised
3. unplanned, dynamic and contextualised
4. planned, dynamic and contextualised