comprehensive reading assessment

Which statement is true of pidgins?

• They are a mix of three or more languages.

• They did not exist before the 1800s.

• They are less complex than the languages they are derived from.

• They are found only in Papua New Guinea.

A lingua franca is _____.

• a creole

• simpler than a pidgin

• a simplified form of Chinese

• a language used for wider communication

What happens if speakers of a pidgin are no longer in contact?

• The pidgin dies out.

• The pidgin becomes less complex.

• The pidgin evolves into a creole.

• The pidgin is adopted in new contexts.

The term creole may have been used first _____.

• in China

• in Portuguese colonies

• by British traders

• by European soldiers

What is true of creoles?

• They have no native speakers.

• They form when people without a common language must communicate.

• They are used in limited contexts, such as religious activities.

• They are more complex linguistically than extended pidgins.

Tok Pisin _____.

• has no written form

• is a creole

• is older than English

• is derived from Chinese