CDS 250 Assessment 3- Chapter 8

An American English-speaking 3-year-old has an expressive vocabulary of _________________ words.

• 900-1000
• 2000-2500

By age 4, children use approximately __________________ words per day

• 15,000
• 10,000

______________________ may account for 20-30% of the utterances of 4-year-olds

• Monologs
• Dialogs

Fewer than ___________________ of a young preschooler's responses may be relevant to the partner's previous utterance

• 20%
• 50%
• 10%

A 3- to 4-year-old child uses more ____________________ responses that omit shared information

• deictic
• reciprocal

Different styles of speaking are called _______________________

• registers
• paralogs

When do children develop the ability to make well-informed specific requests for clarification?

• Mid-elementary school
• High School
• Preschool

_______________________ is one tactic used by preschoolers to remain on a topic

• Repetition
• Circumlocution

By age ________________, children are generally able to determine the amount of information a listener needs.

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

At age 3, a child begins to use some _______________in indirect requests

• modal auxiliary verbs
• complex pronouns