Reading Section 3

When do children start talking in longer sentences?

This is a paraphrase of few things are as funny in the first paragraph of the passage .

1. People are extremely amused when they see a baby talk like an adult.

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This is a paraphrase of few things are as funny in the first paragraph of the passage .

2. Behaviorists of the early 20th century argued that children learn to speak by copying adults.

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This is a paraphrase of few things are as funny in the first paragraph of the passage .

3. Children have more conversations with adults than with other children.

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This is a paraphrase of few things are as funny in the first paragraph of the passage .

4. Scientists have found it easy to work out why babies use one-word sentences.

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• no

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5. Complete the summary using the list of words and phrases, A-H below.

Two theories about babytalk

According to the writer, there are two main theories related to babytalk. One states that a young child’s brain needs 5. … to master language, in the same way that it does to master their abilities such as 6. …. 

The second theory states that a child’s 7. … is the key factor. According to this theory, some key steps have to occur in a logical sequence before 8. … occurs. Children’s 9. … develops in the same way.

a. Vocabulary level b. Physical movement c. Time d. Attention e. Mathematical knowledge f. Sentence formation g. Learning h. Teaching

6. Complete the summary using the list of words and phrases, A-H below.

Two theories about babytalk

According to the writer, there are two main theories related to babytalk. One states that a young child’s brain needs 5. … to master language, in the same way that it does to master their abilities such as 6. …. 

The second theory states that a child’s 7. … is the key factor. According to this theory, some key steps have to occur in a logical sequence before 8. … occurs. Children’s 9. … develops in the same way.

a. Vocabulary level b. Physical movement c. Time d. Attention e. Mathematical knowledge f. Sentence formation g. Learning h. Teachi

7. Complete the summary using the list of words and phrases, A-H below.

Two theories about babytalk

According to the writer, there are two main theories related to babytalk. One states that a young child’s brain needs 5. … to master language, in the same way that it does to master their abilities such as 6. …. 

The second theory states that a child’s 7. … is the key factor. According to this theory, some key steps have to occur in a logical sequence before 8. … occurs. Children’s 9. … develops in the same way.

a. Vocabulary level b. Physical movement c. Time d. Attention e. Mathematical knowledge f. Sentence formation g. Learning h. Teaching

8. Complete the summary using the list of words and phrases, A-H below.

Two theories about babytalk

According to the writer, there are two main theories related to babytalk. One states that a young child’s brain needs 5. … to master language, in the same way that it does to master their abilities such as 6. …. 

The second theory states that a child’s 7. … is the key factor. According to this theory, some key steps have to occur in a logical sequence before 8. … occurs. Children’s 9. … develops in the same way.

a. Vocabulary level b. Physical movement c. Time d. Attention e. Mathematical knowledge f. Sentence formation g. Learning h. Teaching

9. Complete the summary using the list of words and phrases, A-H below.

Two theories about babytalk

According to the writer, there are two main theories related to babytalk. One states that a young child’s brain needs 5. … to master language, in the same way that it does to master their abilities such as 6. …. 

The second theory states that a child’s 7. … is the key factor. According to this theory, some key steps have to occur in a logical sequence before 8. … occurs. Children’s 9. … develops in the same way.

a. Vocabulary level b. Physical movement c. Time d. Attention e. Mathematical knowledge f. Sentence formation g. Learning h. Teaching