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ESOL GACE - Linguistics

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following IPA symbols represents the sound of the consonant cluster /ng/ in the word 'swing'?

a)

[θ]

b)

[æ]

c)

[ŋ]

d)

[ʃ]

2.

Which of the following would most likely explain why a student is having problems being understood when she says the words think, wreath, the, and ruthless?

a)

She is not distinguishing between the voiced and unvoiced /th/ sounds

b)

She has problems making /r/ sounds

c)

She is not putting stress on the correct syllables

d)

She needs more instruction in semantics

3.

In which of the following would a speaker most likely have rising intonation?

a)

Please bring some bread

b)

I am afraid

c)

Frankie and Johnny are waiting outside

d)

Do you want to watch a movie?

4.

The underlined part of the world re'build'ing is

a)

a bound morpheme

b)

an affix

c)

a diphthong

d)

a stem or root

5.

Which of the following statements is/are true?

a)

A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language

b)

All words are morphemes, but not all morphemes are words

c)

An affix is a free morpheme

d)

Both A and B are true statements

6.

Syntax is concerned with which of the following?

a)

how words are combined to convey meaning

b)

stages of second-language acquisition

c)

ensuring transfer of language skills from L1 to L2

d)

how words are formed into phrases or sentences

7.

Semantics could be applied to which aspect of everyday English?

a)

the use of quotation marks in quoted speech

b)

the use of idioms

c)

the pronunciation of vowels

d)

the use of commas with conjunctions

8.

Which of the following statements, said while eating Cajun food for the first time at a friend's house, would suggest that an ESOL student has a good grasp of connotative understanding?

a)

This cuisine is delicious

b)

This slop is delicious

c)

This feed is delicious

d)

This stuff that people and animals eat is delicious

9.

A Spanish speaker who says, "I have fifteen years," when asked how old he is, is likely making a mistake because of

a)

morphemes

b)

pronunciation

c)

metathesis

d)

interference

10.

Pragmatics is concerned with

a)

the way the voice rises and falls in speech

b)

how humans produce sounds

c)

meaning in context

d)

how words are constructed into phrases or sentences

11.

While her class is working on a science project, the teacher overhears a native English speaker and a Spanish-speaking ESOL student communicate using an impromptu simple language that seems to have both English and Spanish words. What would their "language" be called?

a)

a pidgin

b)

a social dialect

c)

a regional dialect

d)

Universal Grammar

12.

In an ESOL classroom, the teacher makes an effort to use authentic audio materials that feature English speakers from English, India, Australia, and the United States as well as nonnative English speakers from Europe and Africa. Which concept would explain why this is a good strategy?

a)

interlanguage

b)

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model

c)

Language Experience Approach (LEA)

d)

World Englishes

13.

Which of the four components of communicative competence would involve understanding the appropriate way for a student to speak to the principal while visiting a class at school?

a)

linguistic competence

b)

sociolinguistic competence

c)

discourse competence

d)

strategic competence

14.

Which of the following sentences is/are correct?

a)

You and he should go to the store.

b)

You and him should go to the store.

c)

Stan and him should go to the store.

15.

A student writes the following sentence on the board: "I am going to beach tomorrow." What is the sentence mistakenly missing?

a)

future verb tense

b)

adverbs

c)

determiners

d)

a subject

16.

Which sentence uses the present perfect verb tense?

a)

He's been there a few times already.

b)

Katrina thinks the present is perfect for her mother.

c)

Juan is going to drive home tomorrow.

d)

Sean leaves at 8:00 every day.

17.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: Wrapping packages for the soldiers, the kind woman tightly rolled the T-shirts to see how much space remained for the homemade cookies.

a)

wrapping packages for the soldiers

b)

the kind woman

c)

to see how much space

d)

for the homemade cookies

18.

Which sentence is correctly labelled according to its structure?

a)

The grandchildren and their cousins enjoyed their day at the beach (compound)

b)

Most of the grass has lost its deep color, despite the fall lasting into December (simple)

c)

The members who had served selflessly were cheering as the sequestration ended (complex)

d)

Do as you please (complex)

19.

Which sentence contains a mistake in apostrophe usage?

a)

Stereos used to be a lot bigger.

b)

I can't see the sign from here.

c)

David's bag is still in the car.

d)

Its' paw is hurt.

20.

A students mistakenly uses the following terms: in the porch, one the basement, and around the ceiling. She needs extra practice with which point of grammar?

a)

prepositions

b)

conjunctions

c)

pronouns

d)

verbs

21.

Which phonetic symbol represents the -a sound in the word sat?

a)

l

b)

e

c)

ae

d)

ai

22.

Regional and social dialects are important points of study in

a)

pragmatics

b)

sociolinguistics

c)

syntax

d)

interference

23.

Which word below uses the sound of the IPA symbol [j]?

a)

young

b)

jump

c)

man

d)

boy

24.

In _____, the context of the situation and the communication between speaker and listener are important beyond the meaning of the words and phrases.

a)

linguistic competence

b)

pragmatics

c)

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)

d)

Phonetics

25.

What is a pidgin?

a)

variety of a language that people in a certain region speak

b)

grayish bird

c)

grammatically simplified mode of communicating that may use elements of two languages

d)

stage of first-language acquisition

26.

In an ESOL classroom, many Spanish-speaking students routinely make mistakes saying sentences such as "Is cold today," or "Alejandra is growing. Is tall now." Teacher could guess that this interference is due to what?

a)

prepositions in Spanish

b)

dropped pronouns in Spanish

c)

using gerunds in Spanish

d)

Spanish not having noncount nouns

27.

The area of communicative competence that deals with being able to recognize and repair instances of communication breakdown is _____ competence.

a)

linguistic

b)

discourse

c)

sociolinguistic

d)

strategic

28.

At mid-semester, an ESOL student is socializing well with both ESOL and non-ESOL students and is excelling in sports after school. However, she is struggling in many of her content area classes. In which area is she lacking proficiency?

a)

BICS

b)

CALP

c)

TPR

d)

SIOP

29.

A student pronounces stay as "suh-tay" please as "puh-lease" and fry as "fuh-ry." What is his problem?

a)

transformation

b)

elision

c)

epenthesis

d)

interlanguage

30.

The underlined part of which of the following words is a derivational morpheme?

a)

'weather'ed

b)

weather'ed'

c)

weather'ize'

d)

weather's'