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WorksheetsTeaching and Assessment of Grammar_Long Test 2025-2026
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 32mins
In a professional development workshop, the speaker explains that Michael Halliday views language as a tool for making meaning in social contexts. This perspective is central to which approach?
Structural grammar
Functional grammar
Transformational grammar
Prescriptive grammar
A student of historical linguistics learns that certain full verbs, over centuries, have evolved into auxiliary verbs. What is this process called?
Grammaticalization
Nominalization
Subordination
Lexical expansion
In an advanced grammar lesson, the teacher says that the modal “must” has lost some of its original meaning related to personal willpower and is now mainly used for expressing obligation. This is an example of:
Decategorialization
Semantic bleaching
Morphological reduction
Obligatorification
When a student pronounces “want to” as “wanna,” this is an example of:
Phonetic erosion
Morphological expansion
Semantic shift
Reduplication
A teacher pauses during a speaking activity to point out a repeated subject-verb agreement error. The primary purpose of this intervention is:
To improve learner accuracy
To embarrass the learner
To prevent all errors permanently
To measure class participation
A student says “She can sings well” but immediately changes it to “She can sing well” without any teacher help. This is an example of:
Peer correction
Teacher correction
Self-correction
Systematic fossilization
When learners’ speech reflects a blend of features from their first language and the target language, Selinker refers to this transitional linguistic system as:
Interlanguage
Code-switching
Borrowing
Language shift
A child says “mouses” instead of “mice” because they applied the plural -s rule to an irregular noun. This is:
Overgeneralization
Code-mixing
Interference
Lexical borrowing
A student says “He give me a pen” and the teacher can still understand the message. This error is:
Global error affecting comprehension
Local error with minor impact on understanding
Phonological interference
Fossilized structure
When a teacher refrains from giving the correct answer immediately and encourages the learner to think and correct themselves, this is:
Encouraging self-correction
Ignoring the error
Teacher-centered correction
Recasting
A student says, “Close the light,” due to direct translation from their first language. This is:
L1 interference
L2 influence
Morphological overgeneralization
Free variation
A teacher must decide whether to correct minor vocabulary slips during a fluency exercise without disrupting communication. This is an example of:
Timing and focus in error correction
Teacher evaluation bias
Over-reliance on grammar drills
Exclusive attention to pronunciation
A student uses “less books” instead of “fewer books” due to conflicting quantity rules in English. This is:
Cross-linguistic transfer
Intralingual error
Fossilization
Code-switching
A teacher’s feedback highlights both correct usage and areas for improvement. This feedback focuses on:
Form only
Balanced evaluation
Error avoidance
Teacher-led correction
Students consistently misuse a rule because it was taught incorrectly at the start of the course. This is an example of:
Error from mislearning
Fossilized error
Phonological slip
Random performance error
In a substitution drill, the teacher asks students to replace certain words in a sentence while keeping the grammatical structure correct. The main aim is:
Controlled practice
Free expression
Fluency building
Vocabulary guessing
A teacher repeats a student’s incorrect sentence with rising intonation to prompt the learner to think about the mistake. This is:
Elicitation technique
Explicit correction
Peer review
Clarification request
A student finds a spelling error in their own essay during proofreading and corrects it before submission. This is:
Peer correction
Teacher correction
Self-correction
Collaborative editing
A correction aimed at introducing a new form, such as the passive voice, is meant to:
Support language development
Punish the learner
Avoid all mistakes
Improve only pronunciation
While students are practicing role-plays, the teacher notes down common mistakes and discusses them after the activity. This is:
Delayed correction
On-the-spot correction
Ignoring the error
Error fossilization
A student helps a classmate use the correct verb tense during a group discussion. This shows:
Peer-assisted learning
Teacher-centered instruction
L1 interference
Grammar avoidance
When a teacher discusses errors after a listening activity rather than during it, this is:
Immediate correction
Post-activity feedback
Indirect evaluation
Summative assessment
Students’ casual conversation uses simpler grammar and vocabulary than formal essays. This is:
Informal spoken grammar
Written discourse
Academic register
Complex syntax
A learner says “um” or “you know” before continuing their speech. These are examples of:
Fillers
Conjunctions
Modifiers
Determiners
The teacher explains that written grammar is more standardized and carefully constructed than spoken grammar. This means:
Spoken grammar is spontaneous
Written grammar is unplanned
Written grammar is less organized
Spoken grammar is always more formal
A midterm exam designed to see learners’ progress so far is an example of:
Summative assessment
Formative assessment
Peer evaluation
Informal observation
A group presentation where students must use newly learned sentence structures is an example of:
Performance-based assessment
Multiple-choice test
Dictation exercise
Grammar quiz
Writing a cover letter for a scholarship application as a class task is an example of:
Authentic assessment
Structural grammar drill
Written accuracy test
Timed reading
A teacher points out that research articles often use passive voice more frequently than spoken discussions. This is a feature of:
Informal language
Academic writing
Conversational grammar
Idiomatic usage
Correcting a pronunciation error right after hearing it is:
Immediate correction
Delayed feedback
Self-correction
Peer review
He don’t like pizza.
Right
Wrong
The children are playing outside.
Right
Wrong
She is senior than her brother.
Right
Wrong
Despite of the rain, we went jogging.
Right
Wrong
My father is a doctor, isn’t he?
Right
Wrong
Each of the boys have a ticket.
Right
Wrong
I prefer tea than coffee.
Right
Wrong
There’s five books on the table.
Right
Wrong
Whom is coming to the party?
Right
Wrong
The students has finished their work.
Right
Wrong
I (a) (live) in Manila since 2010.
She has already (a) (finish) her homework.
We (a) never tried Japanese food before.
It was she (a) I saw yesterday.
I hate the way the dog (a) tail.
Do you think error correction should always be immediate? Explain with reasons.
How should teachers decide which errors to correct during activities focused on fluency?
What are the common fossilized Englsih grammar errors?
