Communication Skills Class 9 Questions

and Answers
Session 1: Introduction to Communication

Q1. What is Communication?

Answer – The act of giving, receiving, and sharing information is known

as communication. Signs and signals provide information.
Communication can take the form of speaking, writing, or any other
medium.

The word ‘Communication’ comes from the Latin word communicare,

which means ‘to share’.

Q2. What is the importance of communication?

Answer – Communication helps to improve physical, social and good

relationships between family and friends.

There are three importance of communication in day to day life –

a. Inform – We give facts or information to someone in daisy life.

b. Influence – Sometimes we are required to influence or change

someone in an indirect but usually important way.

c. Express feelings – if you are expressing your views or feelings to

others is a healthy way to express them.

Q3. What are the elements of communication?

Answer – Communication means giving and receiving, which is a two-

way exchange of information.

Giving information is an example of speaking and writing, whereas

receiving information is an example of reading and listening.
Q4. What are the seven elements that influence the
communication skills?

Answer – There are seven different factors which affecting Perspectives

in communication –

 Language
 Environment
 Visual Perception
 Culture
 Prejudice
 Feelings
 Past Experience
Q5. What is effective communication?

Answer – There are 7 C’s effective communication which are applicable

for both written as well as oral communication. These are as follows –

a. Clear – Always say clearly, what you want to say.

b. Concise – Always use simple language and say only what is required.

c. Concrete – Always use proper words and phrases in the sentences.

d. Correct – Always use correct spelling and grammar in the sentences.

e. Coherent – Your word should be related to the main topic and your
word should make sense.

f. Complete – Your message should be complete and have all the

needed information.

g. Courteous – Be honest, respectful and friendly with others.

Q6. How many types of Communication methods?

Answer – There are main three types of communication methods –

a. Verbal communication

b. Non-verbal communication

c. Visual communication

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Session 2: Verbal Communication

Q7. What is verbal communication? Advantages and

disadvantages of verbal communication.

Answer – Communication is a two-way method for exchanging

information, thoughts, ideas, and feelings. In verbal communication we
can share ideas or thoughts in the form of sound and word, it is also
known as face – to – face communication.

Advantages of Verbal communication

a. Time Saving – We can express our thoughts easily and quickly and it
is an easier form of communication.

b. Quick Feedback – We can get a quick response from the listener.

Disadvantages of verbal communication

a. Cultural Difference – The cultural difference is the main

disadvantage of verbal communication

b. Language barriers – Difficult to share thoughts or ideas in different

languages.

Q8. What is public speaking?

Answer – Speaking face – to – face to a live audience or in front of a
large group is known as public speaking, you can use the 3Ps method to
get over your fears, and become a confident speaker.

The 3Ps method is –

a. Prepare

b. Practice

c. Perform

Q9. Write down the different types of verbal

communication. Give an example for each type.

Answer – Verbal communication can be divided into two categories.

a. Oral or Spoken communication – Oral Communication involves

Face-to-face communication, Teaching in classroom or talking on the
phone is an example of oral or spoken communication.

b. Written Communication – Written Communication involves written or

typed words. Banners, Articles, Notes, Writing letters, email, and Short
Messaging Services are examples of written communication.

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Session 3: Non-Verbal Communication

Q10. What is non-verbal communication?

Answer – Without using word if you are sending some information to

others is known as non- verbal communication, Some of the non –
verbal communication is –

 Eye contact
 Gestures
  Expressions
 Posture
 Space
 Para Language
 Touch
Q11. What role does non-verbal communication play?

Answer – In our daily life it is observed that most of the communication is

done using body movements and voice control.

Importance of non-verbal communication

a. In the non-verbal communication you can make your message

stronger as compared to written communication.

b. Helps overcome cultural barriers.

c. With the right gestures while speaking makes our message more
effective

d. Using the right gestures and postures helps us to be professional at

work.

e. The message is delivered and communicated more effectively than

verbal communication.

f. In the time of public speech you can understand the audience’s

reaction easily and adjust our behavior or communication accordingly.

Q12. Type of non-verbal communication?

Answer – We communicate non-verbally in many ways –

a. Facial expressions – The movement and changes of the face are the
facial expressions. Many times facial expressions show the feelings of a
person. For example, expressing your thoughts using a smile, when we
are happy, or when we are sad.
b. Posture – Postures means body of the positions, postures shows how
confident you are and your emotional feelings. For example, straight
body posture means confidence.

c. Gestures or Body language – Gestures means with the help of

hands or head if you are sharing any idea or meaning. for example
pointing, waving and using our hands when speaking.

d. Touch – Some time we communicate using touch we also share

messages to others, for example hand shaking and patting on the back.

e. Space – When the two people are communicating and you will find
some space between these two people depending on closeness or
intimacy between them.

f. Eye contact – Maintaining eye contact is very important when you are
talking about interest, whereas, looking at any other side can make the
other person feel ignored.

g. Paralanguage – Tone of our voice, speed and volume that makes a

difference in the meaning is a paralanguage.

Q13. What is visual communication?

Answer – In daily life we are using visual communication. Sometimes we

are getting messages from images or pictures. The main advantage of
visual communication is that you do not need to know any particular
language.

Example of visual communication

a. Sign for ladies and gents toilet

b. Traffic symbol

c. Sign for flammable substance

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Session 4: Writing Skills: Parts of Speech

Q14. What are Written Skills?

Answer – If you are sending any message or instruction through writing

is known as written communication. Written communication is important
because it communicates the message with clarity and ease.

How to improve writing skills

a. Improve your Vocabulary

b. Capitalization Rules

c. Punctuation

d. Basic parts of speech

Q15. What are the basic parts of speech in the English

Language?

Answer – There are eight basic parts of speech in the English language.
These are none, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition,
conjunction and interjection.

a. Noun – Nouns is the name of a person, place, animal or thing. This is

also called ‘naming words.

b. Pronoun – A pronoun is used in place of a noun.

c. Adjectives – Adjectives are words that describe other words.

d. Verbs – Verbs are words that show action.

e. Adverbs – Adverbs are words that add meaning to verbs, adjectives,
or other adverbs.

f. Preposition – A preposition is a word palace before a noun or

pronoun.

g. Conjunction – A conjunction is a word that connects two words,

phrases, or clauses.

h. Interjection – A word used to communicate emotion is called an

interjection.

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Session 5: Writing Skills: Sentences

Q16. What are the various parts of the Sentence?

Answer -A subject and a verb make up a sentence. There is an object in

some of the sentences. The subject is generally a noun, which is a term
that refers to a person or thing who performs a specific activity.

The verb comes after the subject and indicates that something is being
done. An object, which usually comes after the verb, receives the action.

There are three different types of parts of sentences –

 Subject
 Verb
 Object
Q17. How many types of objects are there in the English
language?

Answer – Object normally comes after the verb phrase. The presence or
absence of an object is determined by the verb’s meaning. There are
two types of objects in English language
a. Direct – Direct objects are the results of action, A direct object
answers the questions ‘what’ or ‘whom’. Ramesh collected honey all
day. hear honey becomes the direct object.

b. Indirect – An indirect object answers the questions ‘to whom’, ‘for

whom’, ‘to what’ and ‘for what’. for example, in the sentence “Imran gave
a gift to his mother.” The verb is “gave” and in the sentence there are
two objects “gift” and “mother”.

Q18. In English grammar, what are the several type of

sentences?

Answer – A sentence is a collection of words that expresses an idea. all

the sentences have a none or pronoun called the subject. Sentences
always start from capital letters and end with a period, question mark or
exclamation. The word “sentence” is from the Latin word which means
“to feel”.

Type of Sentence

a. Declarative Sentence – Declarative sentences end with a full stop, It

is the most common type of sentence. example – I completed my work.

b. Interrogative Sentence – Interrogative sentences end with question

marks. This type of sentence asks a question. example – Did you
complete your homework?

c. Exclamatory Sentence – Exclamatory sentence ends with an

exclamation mark. This sentence expresses a strong emotion. example
– I come first in class!

d. Imperative Sentence – Imperative sentence can end with an

exclamation mark or full stop. This sentence shows an order command,
request, or advice. example – Complete your homework.

19. What are the Paragraphs?

Answer – A group of sentences forms a paragraph and paragraphs
helps the reader to read the sections, because they break the text into
different sections. .

If you’re writing about your school, the first paragraph could consist of
sentences describing the name, location, size, and other information.
You can use sentences to express what you like about your school in the
next paragraph.

Session 6: Pronunciation Basics

Q20. Definition of pronunciation?

Answer – Many words in English are not pronounced the way they are
spelt, so if you don’t say them right, others won’t understand what we’re
saying. Pronunciation is defined as the act or style of pronouncing a
word.

Q21. Types of sounds?

Answer – Particular auditory impression is known as sound. All English

words are made of three basic types of sounds.

a. Vowel Sound – There are five vowels in the English language but
there are 12 vowel sounds. Most vowels are pronounced in different
ways. For example, we pronounce the letter ‘i’ in the word ‘bit’ by using
vowel sounds.

b. Diphthongs Sound (combination sound of two vowels) – If we

combine two vowels then it makes a diphthongs sound. It starts from one
vowel sound and goes to another sound. for example In the word
“house” the diphthongs sound is ‘ou’ .

c. Consonants Sound – Consonants sound is neither a vowel nor a

diphthong sound. For example, we use consonant sounds to say the
letters ‘p’ and ‘t’ in the word Pot.

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Session 7: Greetings and Introductions

Q22. What is greeting? Explain type of greeting.

Answer – There are many ways to greet a person. Greeting is simply a

way of saying hello to someone else. There are two ways of greeting
someone else.

a. Formal greetings – If you do not know the person, and if you are
greeting that is known as formal greetings. It is used to greet senior,
elderly people or people with whom we have formal relations like
teachers or customers.

b. Informal greetings – If you are knowing someone and you are

greeting him/her is known as informal greeting. for example friends,
family or a known person.

Session 8: Talking about self

No, Important Subjective Questions available.

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Session 9: Asking Questions I

Q23. What is asking questions?

Answer – Question we are asking when we want to know some

information from the others. Questions should be any type, for example
asking for textbook answers, information about a person or a place or
about how to do a task.

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Session 10: Asking Questions II

Q24. What are the different types of questions?

Answer – A question is a type of sentence, group of words, or phrase
that either requests information or tests someone’s knowledge.

There are two types of questions

a. Close – ended questions – if the questions answered with “yes” or a

“no” are called close ended questions.

b. Open – ended questions – Questions that can be answered with

more details are called Open – ended questions.