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EDMT Preliminary Exam

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mother Tongue provides learners with a strong educational foundation in the first language in terms of instruction.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

MTB-MLE increases the participation of learners to express their thoughts and ideas using mother tongue.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Mother Tongue helps the learners to comprehend and understand the lesson inside the classroom.

a)

True

b)

False

4.
Learning two languages confuses children and impairs their cognitive ability
a)
True
b)
False
5.

According to Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Mother Tongue is one of the reasons of causing poor education in the Philippines.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The grammar of the Philippine languages is the same as the grammar of English.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Teachers are well-trained in implementing MTB-MLE.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

All vowel sounds are voiceless

a)

True

b)

False

9.

All inflectional affixes are suffixes.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Pragmatics is similar to syntax and semantics.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

It refers to once native or primary language an individual has known. What is it?

a)

foreign language

b)

multilingualism

c)

mother tongue

d)

bilingualism

12.

It is defined by UNESCO in 1953 as “the language which a person acquires in early years and which normally becomes their natural instrument of thought and communication”

a)

bilingualism

b)

language

c)

mother tongue

d)

multilingualism

13.

How many languages were initially identified as medium of instruction for MTB-MLE?

a)

8

b)

9

c)

10

d)

11

14.

The following were the kind of learners a multilingual education intend to produce, EXCEPT _____________.

a)

multi-cultural

b)

multi-literate

c)

multilingual

d)

multilateral

15.

In what grade levels is mother tongue implemented?

a)

Grade 1 to Grade 4

b)

Grade 1 to Grade 5

c)

Kinder to Grade 3

d)

Kinder to Grade 4

16.

The following are the UNESCO's three principles of education in multilingual principle EXCEPT:

a)

UNESCO supports bilingual and/or multilingual education at all levels of education as a means of promoting both social and gender equality and as a key element on linguistically diverse societies.

b)

UNESCO supports language as an essential component of intercultural education in order to encourage understanding between different population groups and ensure respect to fundamental rights

c)

UNESCO supports monolingual instruction as a means of improving linguistic competence of the students.

d)

UNESCO supports mother tongue instruction as a means of improving educational quality by building upon the knowledge and experience of the learners and teachers.

17.

This is a study conducted from 1999 to 2003 by the Bureau of Elementary Education of DECS that showed that reading in first language developed self-confidence and facilitated smooth transfer of learning from first language to second language

a)

Mother Tongue Language Project

b)

Lingua Franca Education Project

c)

Lubuagan First Language Component

d)

UNESCO Project

18.

The benefits of MTB-MLE are the following, except __________.

a)

Reduced repetition

b)

Children are attending school.

c)

Children are learning.

d)

Children tend to be responsible.

19.

The study of speech sounds; how they are produced in the vocal tract.

a)

Phonetics

b)

Pragmatics

c)

Syntax

d)

Morphology

20.

The study of the sound system of language.

a)

Semantics

b)

Pragmatics

c)

Phonology

d)

Morphology

21.

The branches of linguistics that focus on the structure of language

a)

syntax & pragmatics

b)

morphology & phonology

c)

morphology & syntax

d)

syntax & semantics

22.

The branches of linguistics that focus on the meaning of a language

a)

semantics & phonology

b)

semantics & pragmatics

c)

morphology & pragmatics

d)

pragmatics & phonology

23.

The study of the words and their meanings in context.

a)

Semantics

b)

Pragmatics

c)

Morphology

d)

Syntax

e)

Syntax

24.

What is a voiceless consonant?

a)

There isn’t a vibration when the sound is pronounced

b)

There is a vibration when the sound is pronounced

c)

The sound is produced from the nose

d)

The sound is not released.

25.

It is an example of a place of articulation.

a)

Affricate

b)

Stop

c)

Velar

d)

Fricative

26.

It is an example of a manner of articulation

a)

Bilabial

b)

Labiodental

c)

Velar

d)

Fricative

27.

It is an example of a voiceless consonant

a)

b

b)

d

c)

t

d)

z

28.

Which is vowel is produced at the back of the tongue?

a)

I

b)

e

c)

a

d)

o

29.

Which vowel is schwa?

a)

I

b)

e

c)

ə

d)

o

30.

a vowel phoneme paired with W or Y (semi vowel)

a)

Diphthong

b)

Cluster

c)

Length

d)

Tone

31.

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

32.

Which type of morpheme can stand alone?

a)

Free Morphemes

b)

Bound Morphemes

c)

Lexical Morphemes

d)

Inflectional Morphemes

33.

Lexical Morphemes are typically __(choose 3)__.

a)

nouns

b)

prepositions

c)

verbs

d)

adjectives

e)

articles

34.

Added to root morphemes or stems to derive new words.

a)

Derivational Morphemes

b)

Free Morphemes

c)

Bound Morphemes

d)

Inflectional Morphemes

35.

This process forms a word by removing what is mistaken for an affix

a)

Back Formation

b)

Blend

c)

Acronym

d)

Proper Name

36.

How many morphemes are there in the word “kapayapaan” ?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

4

d)

3

37.
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
38.

The syntactic categories are..

a)

Morpheme, phoneme and lexeme

b)

Subject, verb and object

c)

Syntax, grammar and relationship

d)

Phonetic, phonology and syntax

39.

The syntax governs the structure of

a)

Sounds

b)

Meaning

c)

Sentences

d)

Words

40.

What basic syntax is used in the English language?

a)

SVO Formula

b)

SOV Formula

c)

VSO Formula

d)

OSV Formula

41.

What basic syntax is used in the Tagalog language?

a)

SVO Formula

b)

SOV Formula

c)

VSO Formula

d)

OSV Formula

42.

What basic syntax is used in the Spanish language?

a)

SVO Formula

b)

SOV Formula

c)

VSO Formula

d)

OSV Formula

43.

It is a diagram that linguists use to structurally represent what's going on in sentences.

a)

Phrase diagram

b)

Tree diagram

c)

Phrase structure diagram

d)

Three diagram

44.

What is Pragmatics?

a)

The study of explicit meanings closer to what’s written.

b)

The study of implicit meanings beyond what’s written.

c)

The study of Prognosis.

d)

The study of differential exponents of writers.

45.

What are the Types of Deixis?

a)

Spatial, Personal, Dialectical.

b)

Personal, Spatial, Temporal.

c)

Irrational, Temporal, Neural.

d)

Existential, Martial, Personal.

46.

What are the ways to reference something?

a)

Inference, Anaphora, Presupposition.

b)

Discussion, Statement, Analysis.

c)

Astonishment, Realia, Transitions.

d)

Reference, Analytics, Dissertation.

47.

What are the speech acts?

a)

The actions performed by speaker to express something.

b)

The actions performed by the taker to try anything.

c)

The actions performed by the player to relate truthfully.

d)

The actions performed by the order to enlist in it.

48.

Which is a similarity between Tagalog and English?

a)

the vowel sounds

b)

most of the consonant sounds

c)

parts of speech

d)

syntactic structure

49.

Which is a similarity between Tagalog and Spanish?

a)

the vowel sounds

b)

most of the consonant sounds

c)

word structure

d)

syntactic structure

50.

What will you recommend pertaining to Mother Tongue in the curriculum?

a)

Enhance knowledge of teachers for greater appreciation of MTB-MLE

b)

Abolish Mother Tongue because it is not relevant anymore

c)

Let parents teach Mother Tongue to their children

d)

Make elementary children decide if they want to learn using Mother Tongue