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First Language Acquisition

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Characteristically simplified speech style adapted by someone who spends a lot of time interacting with young children.

a)

Persuasive speech

b)

Caregiver speech

c)

Demonstrative speech

d)

Informative speech

2.

There are ___________ stages of language acquisition process.

a)

5

b)

6

c)

4

d)

7

3.

Enrique is a seventh month old infant. He is now making vocalizations that combine consonants and vowels. He is communicating using which of the following?

a)

cooing

b)

phonemes

c)

linguistic speech

d)

babbling

4.

Variegated babbling stands for______.

a)

Same syllable in each successive cycle

b)

Different syllables in successive cycles

5.

The one-word stage is also known as the

a)

Babbling

b)

Holophrastic

c)

Speech emergence

d)

Telegraphic

6.

The stage where children begin stringing more than two words together, perhaps three or four to form a simple sentence is ______

a)

Prelinguistic stage

b)

Two-word stage

c)

Telegraphic speech stage

d)

One-word stage

7.

What is the meaning of overextension?

a)

A. meaning based on similarities of shape, sound, size, color etc. 

b)

B. Meaning based on function and sound produced 

c)

C. Meaning based on applying the same rule on every word and phrase

8.

How many stages are there when forming questions?

a)

A. 3 stages

 1st stage: wh- form is added in the beginning.

2nd stage: wh- form is added in the beginning but in more complex form.

3rd stage: wh- from with additional auxiliary verbs.

b)

B. 3 stages

1st stage: wh- form is added in the beginning. 

2nd stage: wh- form with negative form.

3rd stage: wh- form with auxiliary verbs but not grammatically correct.

9.

Child language is developed based on…

a)

Copying and constructing

b)

Constructing new word based on imitation but not correction

c)

Overgeneralization and overextension

10.

Correct the sentence below

Mother: You have to eat vegetables

Child: No, I don’t hate vegetables

Mother: No, say “…………………..”

Child: I don’t hate vegetables



(a)