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WorksheetsDA Revision_Group 3_A2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Lily loves reading books in her leisure time. She is especially fond of cook books, novels and dictionaries.
‘Books’ is the _____ of ‘cook books’, ‘novels’, ‘dictionaries’.
synonym
hyponym
substitution
superordinate
Which one does not belong to Spoken Language?
Records the world as things
Grammatically intricate
Tends to contain more context or grammatical words such as pronouns, conjunctions etc.
Relies more on verbs to carry meaning
“Can you wake me at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning? I’m a heavy sleeper, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to wake up on time for work.”
‘You’ is ____________ reference
anaphoric demonstrative
exophoric comparative
exophoric personal
cataphoric personal
Discourse is a stretch of language consisting of several _______ which are perceived as being related in some way
clauses
sentences
nouns
references
text forming devices are words/phrases that enable the speaker/writer to establish (a) across sentence/utterance boundaries
Textual theme reveals something about the attitude of the speaker or reader
True
False
Which genre is Explain?
Through the process of ordering things into commonsense or technical frameworks of meaning
Through the process of sequencing people and events in time and space
Through the process of logically sequencing actions or behaviours
Through the process of sequencing phenomena in temporal and/or causal relationships
Theme tends to be GIVEN
Rheme tends to be NEW
True
False
Discourse analysis involves the study of language in ___.
use
speaking
relationship
communication
Which of the following is NOT true of written language?
Written language is formal.
Slang words are acceptable.
Correct grammar is very important.
