WorksheetsExamples of Assimilation and Trimming
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which can be used in this quotation (from the classic novel The Horse and His Boy)?
"But one of the worst results of being a slave...
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
2.
and being forced to do things…
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
3.
is that when there is no one to force you any more…
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
4.
you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself."
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
5.
"Forget your pride (what have you to be proud of?)…
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
6.
and forget your anger (who has done you wrong?)…
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
7.
and accept the mercy of these good kings."
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
8.
"He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed…
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
9.
your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one."
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
10.
"I have now lived a hundred and nine winters in this world
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
11.
and have never met any such thing as Luck.
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
12.
There is something about all this that I do not understand:
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
13.
but if ever we need to know it,
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
14.
you may be sure that we shall.
a)
assimilation
b)
cluster simplification
c)
f-elision
d)
h-elision
e)
contraction
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