Determiner + Adverb + Past Participle + Noun
Which of the sentences below contains a phrase with the pattern?
? This part of the story reminds me of an easily proven idea.
? Much-respected politicians have a different position in the eyes of the public.
? Well-known cities around the world receive millions of tourists every year
? It seems that the next century will be shaped by some fast-eveloping nations.
? I bought a hand-made carpet in the local bazaar behind the park.
For many years, vocabulary was seen as incidental to the main purpose of language teaching – namely the acquisition of grammatical knowledge about the language. Vocabulary was necessary to give students something to hang on to when learning structures, but was frequently not a main focus for learning itself. —- It is now clear, for example, that the acquisition of vocabulary is just as important as the acquisition of grammar, though the two are obviously interdependent.
Which of the following completes the paragraph?
? There is a consensus about what grammatical structures should be taught at what levels, which is
also the case for vocabulary.
? Words are generally selected based on how frequently they are used by speakers of the language.
? Recently, however, methodologists and linguists have increasingly been turning their attention to vocabulary, stressing its importance in language teaching.
? Teachers should have the same kind of expertise in the teaching of vocabulary as they do in the teaching of structure.
? One of the problems of vocabulary teaching is how to select what words to teach and how much time is to be allocated for this.
—- is the technique of arranging events and information using hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a narrative.
Choose the option that completes the sentence.
? Flashback
? Foreshadowing
? Exaggeration
? Stream of consciousness
? Falling action
When we say language is arbitrary we mean —-.
Choose the option that completes the sentence.
? listeners do not necessarily understand what you say or write
? words or sentences may have more than one meaning
? speakers cannot always express what they have in mind
? there is no logical connection between words and their meanings
? words may mean different things depending on the context
Which of the following is the main characteristic of teaching young learners?
? Froms are ecplicitly taught
? Games should be avoided.
? Emphasis is placed on meaning.
? Deductive teachng methodology is often used.
? Information activities have no role in learning.
In which of the following options are the utterance and the mood wrongly matched?
? Paul nervously asked Jane why she behaved as if nothing had happened. – Interrogative
? The President and his guests are going to visit our city next week. – Declarative
? What a fine watch Martha received for her wedding
anniversary! – Exclamatory
? He insisted that all employees be in the meeting hall at eight o’clock. – Subjunctive
? Come to my office as soon as you have finished your lunch. – Imperative
(I) Teachers have always known that their students have different strengths. (II) In language teaching field, some of the differences among students have been attributed to students’ having different learning or cognitive styles. (III) For instance, some students are better visual learners than aural learners. (IV) Teachers who recognize the multiple intelligences of their students acknowledge that students bring with them several characteristics that influence the way they learn. (V) They learn better when they are able to read new material rather than simply listen to it, though many learners can learn equally well either way. Which of the sentences in the given paragraph is irrelevant, violating its unity and coherence?
? II
? I
? IV
? III
? V
‘Living death’, ‘dear enemy’, ‘sweet sorrow’ and ‘wise fool’ are all examples of —-, which means a short self-contradictory phrase.
Choose the option that completes the sentence.
? metaphor
? oxymoron
? metonymy
? simile
? hyperbole
editor → to edit
babysitter → to babysit
enthusiasm → to enthuse
What is the name of the word-formation process in the examples above?
? Back-formation
? Orthographic abbreviation
? Clipping
? Metaphorical extension
? Generification
The —- syllabus will tend to promote activities which serve to internalize the formal properties of language. The danger of this type of syllabus is that learners may not be able to use their linguistic knowledge in actual communication. However, the —- syllabus is organized around the communicative purposes, for which people use language (e.g., to obtain information or to apologize). Classroom activities thus become a ‘dress
rehearsal’ for real-life encounters.
Choose the option that completes the sentence.
? content-based / negotiated
? structural / functional-notional
? content-based / functional-notional
? product-based / grammatical
? structural / lexical
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