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WorksheetsChapter 9: Language Development
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is language?
What people use to eat
A form of communicating, whether spoken, written, or signed that is based on a system of languages
A weather machine
A form of communicating based on only spoken words
How many rules does the language system have?
none
5
4
10
At what age do children start using gestures?
8-12 months
2 years old
5-7 months
2-4 months
Infants can understand ____ words at 13 months on average,
20 words
100 words
50 words
75 words
What is telegraphic speech?
A hiking trail in Yuma,AZ
The use of hand and facial gestures in order to communicate with others
A system of transmitting messages from a distance through a wire
The use of short and precise words without grammatical markers such as articles, auxiliary verbs, and other connectives
________ is defined as the rapid increase in vocabulary that begins at 18 months
Telegraphic Speech
Vocabulary Spurt
Vocalization
Growth Spurt
Which two are rules of the language system?
Wumbology and syntax
Morphology and pragmatics
Phonology and oceanography
None
-pre, -tion, and -ing are examples of what type of language rule?
Semantics
Syntax
Pragmatics
Morphology
What are some problems that can delay a child's language development
Speech and hearing
The food they eat
Their pets
Their environment
Why do English speaking countries have more dyslexic people?
I don't know
The U.S. has a more phonetically pronounced alphabet
The U.S. alphabet is not as phonetically pronounced
Birth defects
This is a wug. Now there are two of them. There are two _____.
Wugs
Wug
Wug's
What is this???!
How many words do children commonly know by the age of 6?
14,000
40,000
50,000
1,000
Between 18 months and 6 years of age, children learn approximately one word every ________.
3 seconds
7 days
Hour
.1 seconds
A comparison between two unlike things is a _______.
metaphor
simile
alliteration
poetry
What is satire?
A comparison between two unlike things
The study of Wumbo
The use of irony, derision, or wit to expose folly or wickedness
A tire that is sitting down
What is dialect?
A variety of language that is distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, or pronunciation.
Sarcasm
A group of friends
The use of irony or wit to expose wickedness
What is abstract thinking
A Picasso painting
The summary before a research paper
Higher order or complex thoughts
Comparing two like things
Between what ages do adolescents understand complex literary works
Never
15-20 years old
13-18 years old
20-25 years old
The disorder caused by brain damage in the Broca or the Wernicke's area is known as _______.
Amnesia
Apathy
Aphasia
Allergies
At what age range do infants recognize changing sounds in syllables from any language?
Birth-6 months
8-12 months
3-6 months
Infants aren't able to recognize different sounds in syllables in any language
