Informal Language Quiz

Where is informal vocabulary typically found?

• Textbooks

• Scientific papers

• Legal documents

• Everyday conversations

• Newspaper editorials

What is one example of informal grammar in colloquial English?

• "It has been done."

• "She has completed it."

• "The assignment was finished."

• "She done it for me."

• "It was completed by her."

What is the main purpose of using idioms in informal speech?

• To follow grammatical rules

• To standardize language

• To improve academic writing

• To introduce dialect features

• To add expressive and emotional nuance

Which dialect uses "ah'm" for "I am"?

• Birmingham

• Scottish

• Cockney

• Liverpool

• Irish

Which of the following would be found in Cockney dialect?

• 'ammer' for 'hammer'

• 'soda' for 'pop'

• 'lift' for 'elevator'

• 'lorry' for 'truck'

• 'flat' for 'apartment'

Which term refers to secret or coded language often used by specific groups?

• Slang

• Colloquialism

• Argot

• Jargon

• Formalism

Why might idioms be difficult for non-native speakers?

• They are grammatical errors

• They are too long

• They are always written

• They do not follow literal meaning

• They are dialectal forms

What is lexicography?

• A theory of literary translation

• The science of sentence analysis

• The study of historical phonetics

• A method of teaching grammar

• The science of dictionary-compiling

Descriptive Lexicology …

• discusses the origin of various words, their change and development

• devotes its attention to the description of the characteristic in the vocabulary of a given language

• deals with the vocabulary of a given language of a given stage of development

• deals with casual relations between the way the language works and develops and the facts of social life

• studies the correlation between the vocabularies of two or more languages

A suffix is…

• a common element of words within a word-family

• a derivational morpheme preceding the root

• an affix placed within the word

• a derivational morpheme following the stem and forming a new derivative

• a connotational meaning