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English Language Transition Quiz

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sub-Systems

What is 'the study of sounds in human speech'?

(a)  

2.

Sub-Systems

What is 'the sound system of the language'?

(a)  

3.

Sub-Systems

What is 'the words'?

(a)  

4.

Sub-Systems

What is 'how words are formed'?

(a)  

5.

Sub-Systems

What is 'how phrases and clauses are put together'?

(a)  

6.

Sub-Systems

What is 'the conversation or the text as a whole'?

(a)  

7.

Sub-Systems

What is 'the sub-system related to meaning'?

(a)  

8.

What does IPA stand for?

(a)  

9.

How many phoneme are there in this word?

English

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

e)

7

10.

How many phoneme are there in this word?

phonetic

a)

3

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

e)

8

11.

How many phoneme are there in this word?

enough

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

e)

7

12.

How many phoneme are there in this word?

alphabet

a)

3

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

e)

8

13.

What are the prosodic features?

a)

alliteration, assonance, consonance, rhythm, rhyme

b)

cough, laughter, breath

c)

pitch, intonation, pauses, volume, elongated vowel sound

d)

volume, tempo, pitch, stress, intonation

e)

turn-taking, topic-management

14.

Does 'poisonous' have...

a)

a prefix

b)

an endfix

c)

a suffix

d)

an infix

15.

Does 'teachers' have...

a)

a prefix

b)

an infix

c)

one suffix

d)

two affixes

16.

Does 'unsuccessful' have...

a)

a prefix

b)

an endfix

c)

a prefix and a suffix

d)

an infix

e)

two suffixes

17.

What parts of speech are the following words in bold?


Maycomb was an ancient town.

(a)  

18.

What parts of speech are the following words in bold?


Maycomb was an ancient town.

(a)  

19.

What parts of speech are the following words in bold?


It was twenty miles each of Finch’s Landing, awkwardly inland for such an old town.

(a)  

20.

What parts of speech are the following words in bold?


But Maycomb would have been closer to the river had it not been for the nimble-wittedness of one Sinkfield, who in the dawn of history operated an inn where two pig-trails met, the only tavern in the territory.

(a)  

21.

What parts of speech are the following words in bold?


But Maycomb would have been closer to the river had it not been for the nimble-wittedness of one Sinkfield, who in the dawn of history operated an inn where two pig-trails met, the only tavern in the territory.

(a)  

22.

What parts of speech are the following words in bold?


Sinkfield, no patriot, served and supplied ammunition to Indians and settlers alike, neither knowing nor caring whether he was a part of the Alabama territory or the Creek Nation so long as business was good.

(a)  

23.

What parts of speech are the following words in bold?


Sinkfield, no patriot, served and supplied ammunition to Indians and settlers alike, neither knowing nor caring whether he was a part of the Alabama territory or the Creek Nation so long as business was good.

(a)  

24.

What parts of speech are the following words in bold?


Sinkfield, no patriot, served and supplied ammunition to Indians and settlers alike, neither knowing nor caring whether he was a part of the Alabama territory or the Creek Nation so long as business was good.

(a)  

25.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


It’s funny that I’ve never wondered about those beans.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

26.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


This morning I ate Peter’s beans, after first having chased him away.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

27.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


I calmed down when everybody swore that they must have been either broad beans or soybeans.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

28.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


Beans are so small and slippery that they roll into every conceivable corner and hole.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

29.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


I see you were right and it is a magic wardrobe after all.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

30.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


I’ve been having lunch with Dear Mr Tumnus.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

31.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


At that very moment he heard loud shots from every direction.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

32.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


The funeral of the poor sea-captain today was most touching.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

33.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


Although many textures enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood. (Crystal)

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

34.

What sentence structure is used in the following sentence:


If you want plant-based protein, then this is your best option.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

35.

Is coordination or subordination used in the following sentences?


They called loudly but the silently falling snow seemed to muffle their voices.

a)

coordination

b)

subordination

36.

Is coordination or subordination used in the following sentences?


Then she tore her hair and beat her breast, and abandoned herself to all the violences of extravagant emotion.

a)

coordination

b)

subordination

37.

Is coordination or subordination used in the following sentences?


I don’t remember his being here when we were talking about Aslan

a)

coordination

b)

subordination

38.

Is coordination or subordination used in the following sentences?


Because he was thinking all the time about Turkish Delight, he hadn’t really enjoyed his dinner

a)

coordination

b)

subordination

39.

What sentence type is used here?


God has spoken by his prophets.

a)

declarative

b)

interrogative

c)

imperative

d)

exclamative

40.

What sentence type is used here?


Guide me, O thou great Jehovah.

a)

declarative

b)

interrogative

c)

imperative

d)

exclamative

41.

What sentence type is used here?


Who will bear my light to them?

a)

declarative

b)

interrogative

c)

imperative

d)

exclamative

42.

What sentence type is used here?


How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!

a)

declarative

b)

interrogative

c)

imperative

d)

exclamative

43.

What sentence type is used here?


Give us today our daily bread.

a)

declarative

b)

interrogative

c)

imperative

d)

exclamative

44.

What sentence type is used here?


It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back.

a)

declarative

b)

interrogative

c)

imperative

d)

exclamative

45.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


a) (a)   are words that typically go together and have a literal meaning.

46.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


b) (a)   are fixed phrases with non-literal meanings. An example is: I worked the graveyard shift.

47.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


c) (a)   meanings are dictionary meanings.

48.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


d) (a)   meanings are the associations that a word may have in the mind of the speaker, hearer, writer or reader.

49.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


e) A (a)   is a figurative expression that involves a comparison between two things, usually signaled in English by the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

50.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


f) Cindy was such a mule. We couldn’t get her to change her mind. The section in italics is an example of a (a)   , which is non-literal, figurative language.

51.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


g) Big is the (a)   of small.

52.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


h) Big is a (a)   of large.

53.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


i) Often sounds and syllables can be affected by their neighbouring sounds e.g. good girl may become ‘goog girl’. This process called (a)   .

54.

Fill in the gaps with the correct metalanguage.


j) Often sounds are left out of words e.g. fish and chips may become ‘fish ‘n’ chips’. This process is called (a)   .