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Chapter 9: Language Development

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is language?

a)

What people use to eat

b)

A form of communicating, whether spoken, written, or signed that is based on a system of languages

c)

A weather machine

d)

A form of communicating based on only spoken words

2.

How many rules does the language system have?

a)

none

b)

5

c)

4

d)

10

3.

At what age do children start using gestures?

a)

8-12 months

b)

2 years old

c)

5-7 months

d)

2-4 months

4.

Infants can understand ____ words at 13 months on average,

a)

20 words

b)

100 words

c)

50 words

d)

75 words

5.

What is telegraphic speech?

a)

A hiking trail in Yuma,AZ

b)

The use of hand and facial gestures in order to communicate with others

c)

A system of transmitting messages from a distance through a wire

d)

The use of short and precise words without grammatical markers such as articles, auxiliary verbs, and other connectives

6.

________ is defined as the rapid increase in vocabulary that begins at 18 months

a)

Telegraphic Speech

b)

Vocabulary Spurt

c)

Vocalization

d)

Growth Spurt

7.

Which two are rules of the language system?

a)

Wumbology and syntax

b)

Morphology and pragmatics

c)

Phonology and oceanography

d)

None

8.

-pre, -tion, and -ing are examples of what type of language rule?

a)

Semantics

b)

Syntax

c)

Pragmatics

d)

Morphology

9.

What are some problems that can delay a child's language development

a)

Speech and hearing

b)

The food they eat

c)

Their pets

d)

Their environment

10.

Why do English speaking countries have more dyslexic people?

a)

I don't know

b)

The U.S. has a more phonetically pronounced alphabet

c)

The U.S. alphabet is not as phonetically pronounced

d)

Birth defects

11.

This is a wug. Now there are two of them. There are two _____.

a)

Wugs

b)

Wug

c)

Wug's

d)

What is this???!

12.

How many words do children commonly know by the age of 6?

a)

14,000

b)

40,000

c)

50,000

d)

1,000

13.

Between 18 months and 6 years of age, children learn approximately one word every ________.

a)

3 seconds

b)

7 days

c)

Hour

d)

.1 seconds

14.

A comparison between two unlike things is a _______.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

poetry

15.

What is satire?

a)

A comparison between two unlike things

b)

The study of Wumbo

c)

The use of irony, derision, or wit to expose folly or wickedness

d)

A tire that is sitting down

16.

What is dialect?

a)

A variety of language that is distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, or pronunciation.

b)

Sarcasm

c)

A group of friends

d)

The use of irony or wit to expose wickedness

17.

What is abstract thinking

a)

A Picasso painting

b)

The summary before a research paper

c)

Higher order or complex thoughts

d)

Comparing two like things

18.

Between what ages do adolescents understand complex literary works

a)

Never

b)

15-20 years old

c)

13-18 years old

d)

20-25 years old

19.

The disorder caused by brain damage in the Broca or the Wernicke's area is known as _______.

a)

Amnesia

b)

Apathy

c)

Aphasia

d)

Allergies

20.

At what age range do infants recognize changing sounds in syllables from any language?

a)

Birth-6 months

b)

8-12 months

c)

3-6 months

d)

Infants aren't able to recognize different sounds in syllables in any language