ESOL - Grammar/Linguistics

Question 1

Set up a relationship in time or space (after, under) off of on by at for etc.

Answer 1

Prepositions

Question 2

A letter or letter combination that spells a phoneme; can be one, two, three, or four letters in English (e.g., e, ei, igh, eigh)

Answer 2

Grapheme

Question 3

when added to a word, create a word with a new meaning or part of speech

Answer 3

Derivational morphemes

Question 4

Which verb tense:
I was answering
I am answering
I will be answering

Answer 4

Continuous

Question 5

Sounds are omitted from everyday speech - mac and cheese = mac n cheese

Answer 5

Elision

Question 6

Simple vowels - e in pen, i in dinner etc.

Answer 6

monophthongs

Question 7

grammatically simplified mode of communicating that uses elements of both languages

Answer 7

Pidgin

Question 8

Which verb tense:
I had answered
I have answered
I will have answered

Answer 8

Perfect

Question 9

In a syllable, the _______ is the initial consonant and the _______ is the vowel/any consonants that follow.

Answer 9

Onset and rime

Question 10

Two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual sounds (e.g., /bl/ in block; /str/in string)

Answer 10

Blends

Question 11

The smallest unit of sound within our language system. A ___________ combines with other _____________ to make words. A sound unit. The c in cat and the m in mat are _____________

Answer 11

Phoneme

Question 12

Derivational morphemes

Answer 12

when added to a word, create a word with a new meaning or part of speech

Question 13

Goes beyond semantics to examine meaning in context , focusing on utterances - one or more words with a single idea surrounded by silence. Context/relationship of speaker are important

Answer 13

Pragmatics

Question 14

Two consecutive consonants that represent one phoneme, or sound (e.g., /ch/, /sh/)

Answer 14

Digraph

Question 15

bound ___________ that do not greatly alter the meaning of a part of speech (making words plural, changing tense, etc.)

Answer 15

Inflectional morphemes

Question 16

A vowel produced by the tongue shifting positions during articulation; a vowel that feels as if it has two parts, especially the vowels spelled ow, oy, ou, and oi

Answer 16

Diphthong

Question 17

Inserting an additional sound in the middle of a word. (puh-lace for place)

Answer 17

Epenthesis

Question 18

a form that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun, in English ending in -ing

Answer 18

Gerund

Question 19

Which verb tense:
I had been answering
I have been answering
I will have been answering

Answer 19

Perfect continous

Question 20

The study of the development and change of the meanings of speech forms. How meaning is derived from symbols, signs, text, etc.

Answer 20

Semantics

Question 21

The word order pattern in sentences/phrases

Answer 21

Syntax

Question 22

The smallest meaningful unit of language. A _____________ can be one syllable (book) or more than one syllable (seventeen). It can be a whole word or a part of a word such as a prefix or suffix. For example, the word ungrateful contains three _______________s: un, grate, and ful.

Answer 22

Morphemes

Question 23

Ability to recognize and repair breakdowns in communication through strategic planning/redirecting

Answer 23

Strategic competence

Question 24

verbs include forms of “have” (has, have, had), “do” (does, do, did), and “be” (be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been) as well as the nine _____________ verbs can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, and must

Answer 24

Modal auxiliaries