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ELE121 Compre Exam

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The phoneme /i:/ is in the words ‘deep’, ‘three’, and ‘fleece’. Which word in the list does not include the /i:/ sound?
a)
athlete
b)
beetle
c)
business
d)
thief
2.
The phoneme /ʊ/ is in the words ‘bull’, ‘cushion’, and ‘wood’. Which word does not include the /ʊ/ sound?
a)
button
b)
push
c)
woman
d)
took
3.

athlete is transcribed phonetically as

a)

/əθliːt/

b)

aθlite/

c)

/ˈæθliːt/

4.

showed is transcribed phonetically as

a)

/ʃəʊd/

b)

ˈ/ʃɔːəd/

c)

/ʃɔːd/

5.

/θ/ – “thick” and “bath” – air is forced through upper teeth and tongue is called ..

a)

labiodental

b)

labial

c)

alveolar

d)

dental

6.

/tʃ/ – “chick” and “match” – air is blocked with tongue just beyond the alveolar ridge is called ...

a)

dental

b)

labiodental

c)

alveolar

d)

palatal

7.

Consonants are created when you completely block air flow through your mouth and let the air pass through your nose is called ...

a)

plosive

b)

nasal

c)

approximant

d)

fricative

8.

The basic unit of organization of sounds in language is called ...

a)

phoneme

b)

phonology

c)

phonetics

d)

allophone

9.

p b t d k g are all examples of...

a)

plosives

b)

fricatives

c)

affricates

d)

nasals

10.

The study of human speech sounds in a language that form systematized patterns is called...

a)

PHONETICS

b)

PHONOLOGY

c)

PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

d)

ARTICULATORS

11.

1. This is a prosodic feature of speech that deals with variety of pitch.

a)

A. Intonation

b)

B. Juncture

c)

C. Stress

d)

D. Pauses

12.

2. __________ is the highness or lowness of voice.

a)

A. Prosodic feature

b)

B. Juncture

c)

C. Pitch

d)

D. Intonation

13.

What is morphology?

a)

the study of word parts

b)

the study of word meanings

c)

the study of the structure of words and form

d)

the study of the spelling of words

14.

What are morphemes?

a)

Suffixes

b)

Small units of words

c)

the study of words structures

15.

Free morphemes are

a)

Morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word, and must be attached to a free morpheme

b)

Words or morphemes that keep the same form every time used and are unchangeable, including conjunctions

c)

Words that are made up of only one morpheme and can stand alone as an English word

16.

Bound morphemes are

a)

Words or morphemes that keep the same form every time used and are unchangeable, including conjunctions

b)

Morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word, and must be attached to a free morpheme

c)

Words that have morphemes that change depending on the grammar and meaning of a sentence, including nouns

17.

Inflectional bound morphemes

a)

Can change the meaning of the entire word

b)

Can not change the meaning of the word

c)

Can stand by themselves

18.

Word formation process includes

a)

Combining process

b)

Shortening process

c)

Blending and reduplication processes

d)

All of the above options

19.

Two examples of Free Morphemes would be ___ and ___.

a)

free

b)

forgetful

c)

time

d)

stressed

20.

Two examples of Bound Morphemes would be ___ and ___.

a)

surprisingly

b)

woman

c)

save

d)

inconsiderate

21.

The picture above demonstrates the 8 Derivational Morphemes in the English language.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Which of the following words is formed by blending two words together?

a)

infomercial

b)

attraction

c)

legitskier

d)

ignoramus

23.

Which of the following is the correct clipped form of typographical error?

a)

typograph

b)

typographic

c)

error

d)

typo

24.

'Brunch' is an example of which word formation process?

a)

blends

b)

compounding

c)

clipping

d)

conversion

25.

The French word 'mansion' entered the English lexicon as a result of which process?

a)

commonisation

b)

borrowing

c)

conversion

26.

Identify the type of phrase in brackets


We [met Paul] last week

a)

Adjective phrase

b)

Verb phrase

c)

Noun phrase

d)

Adverb phrase

27.

Identify the type of verb in brackets:


[A car that won't go] is not particularly useful

a)

Verb phrase

b)

Noun phrase

c)

Adjective phrase

d)

Adverb phrase

28.

Identify the type of phrase in brackets:


I enjoy eating [in Indian restaurants]

a)

Prepositional phrase

b)

Noun phrase

c)

Adverb phrase

d)

Adjective phrase

29.
Syntax is the study of_______________.
a)
Word formation
b)
How language is used to communicate within its situational context
c)
Linguistic meaning
d)
Phrases, clauses, and sentences
30.
_________________ was one of the most influential linguists in the field of syntax.
a)
Paul Broca
b)
Carl Wernicke
c)
Noam Chomsky
d)
William Shakespeare
31.
Which photo is an example of a tree diagram used to study syntax?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
32.
Prepositional phrases can be daughters of _________.
a)
Noun phrases
b)
Verb phrases
c)
Both
d)
Neither
33.
Which of the following does not fall in the category of “determiner”?
a)
This
b)
Their
c)
Those
d)
Tall
34.
The entity that performs the action
a)
Subject
b)
Patient
c)
Semantic
d)
Agent
35.
The entity that is involved in or affected by the action
a)
subject
b)
Object
c)
Patient
d)
Verb
36.
In the sentence, my mother is listening to music, she is getting the role of
a)
Agent
b)
Theme
c)
Experiencer
d)
Subject
37.
Entity that the agent uses to perform an action
a)
Instrument
b)
Object
c)
Source
d)
Performer
38.

This is a proposition (expressed in a sentence) that must be assumed to be true in order to judge the truth or falsity of another sentence. Example: "Rosa bombed anatomy."

a)

Analytic sentence

b)

Entailment

c)

WH questions

d)

Presupposition

39.

Lexical ambiguity refers to...

a)

words that have the same meaning.

b)

a word that contains the meaning of a more general words.

c)

a word that has more than one meaning.

d)

words that have different meanings.

40.
The study of the relationship between language and the brain is called
a)
linguistics
b)
neurolinguistics
c)
motor cortex
d)
phonology 
41.
................ is crucially involved in the generation of spoken language
a)
Wernicke's Area 
b)
Localization View 
c)
Motor Cortex
d)
Broca's Area
42.
Is an area that generally controls movement of the muscles (for moving hands, feet, arms, etc.)
a)
Motor Cortex
b)
Broca's Area 
c)
Wernicke's Area 
d)
Localization view 
43.
The apparent specialization of the left hemisphere for language is usually described in terms of lateral dominance or 
a)
lateralization 
b)
Broca's Area 
c)
Motor Cortex 
44.
..................... is a type of Aphasia that has been associated with damage to the arcuate fasciculus 
a)
Broca's Aphasia 
b)
Wernickes's Aphasia 
c)
Conduction Aphasia 
45.

Written or spoken communication or debate

a)

Analysis

b)

Filled pause

c)

Schema

d)

Discourse

46.

When one speaker hands over speaking to another person

a)

Pause

b)

Turn-taking

c)

Hedge

d)

Co-operative principle

47.

Controls language reception - a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe

a)

Neurolinguistics

b)

Broca's area

c)

Aphasia

d)

Wernicke's area

48.

quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea, theme, or organizing principle

a)

Discourse

b)

Coherence

c)

Schema

d)

Cohesion

49.

Analyzing written or spoken language.

a)

Implicature

b)

Conversation

c)

Discourse analysis

d)

Schema

50.

The assumption that the speaker intends to say something concise, truthful, relevant, and unambiguous.

a)

Turn-taking

b)

Co-operative principle

c)

Discourse

d)

Coherence

51.

What are the maxim of quantity?

a)

Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.

b)

Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much.

c)

Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been said before.

d)

Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe corresponds to reality.

52.

What is the maxim of relation?

a)

Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.

b)

Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much.

c)

Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been said before.

d)

Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe corresponds to reality.

53.

FOUR elements should be fulfilled when having a good conversation, EXCEPT....

a)

quality of the content

b)

be informative as possible

c)

using idioms

d)

avoid ambiguity

54.

How to structure the sentence?

a)

Noun phrase (subject), verb phrase (predicate)

b)

Noun and pronoun

c)

Article and noun

d)

Verb and object

55.

The syntax of the language contains...?

a)

The grammar

b)

The use

c)

The rules

d)

The larynx

56.

The syntax governs the structure of

a)

Sounds

b)

Meaning

c)

Sentences

d)

Words

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