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Language and Communication Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the requirements for identifying a means of communication as a language?

a)

A writing system, a sound system, and a system of rules

b)

A sound system, a vocabulary, and a writing system

c)

A system of rules, a vocabulary, and a writing system

d)

A system of rules, a sound system, and a vocabulary

2.

What do we call the languages that are essential for various reasons?

a)

Second languages

b)

Mother tongues

c)

First languages

d)

Primary languages

3.

What is the process of learning other languages formally in school or informally on your own called?

a)

Language change

b)

Language learning

c)

Language contact

d)

Language acquisition

4.

What happens when people visit another speech community that is different from their own?

a)

They spell English words accurately

b)

All of the above

c)

They pronounce words the same as it should be

d)

They have different ways of expressing the same concepts

5.

What is the result of language contact when our languages come into contact with other people's languages?

a)

Language development

b)

Language change

c)

Language learning

d)

Language acquisition

6.

What do we call the process of people acquiring languages from their community as they grow up?

a)

Language learning

b)

Language contact

c)

Language change

d)

Language acquisition

7.

What do we call the languages that are acquired as people grow up?

a)

Initial languages

b)

Primary languages

c)

First languages

d)

Native languages

8.

What happens when people constantly interact and communicate with each other in terms of their languages?

a)

Their languages become more complex

b)

Their languages remain unchanged

c)

Their languages become extinct

d)

Their languages come into contact with each other

9.

What is the term for the languages that are learned in school or on one's own besides the first languages?

a)

Primary languages

b)

First languages

c)

Mother tongues

d)

Second languages

10.

What is the term for the human capacity that consists of a system of rules, a sound system, and a vocabulary?

a)

Language change

b)

Language

c)

Language contact

d)

Language acquisition

11.

True or False and Explain:

Not all languages have a grammar system.

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12.

True or False and Explain:

Change happens to all languages.

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13.

True or False and Explain:

The first language that a child acquires is called mother tongue.

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14.

True or False and Explain:

All living creatures have the capacity for language.

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15.

True or False and Explain:

Two people who do not speak the same language will never be able to communicate with each other.

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