Choose the correct answer for each question.
A phoneme differs from an allophone insofar as it:
- carries meaning
- sounds odd
- is differently pronounced by different people
- can be transcribed
The most common vowel sound in English is
- /ə/
- /t/
- /e/
- /i/
The expression helter-skelter is
- a single lexeme
- two lexemes
- a single word
- a noun
Function words form a(n)
- closed-class set
- open class
- closed group
- open-ended form
The word contents in The contents of this book is called a(n)
- plurale tantum
- collective noun
- paired noun
- assemblage noun
The word became in She became a linguist is called a(n)
- copular verb
- connective
- cop-out verb
- comprised verb
In He wanted mine we have
- a pronoun and a determiner
- two pronouns
- two determiners
- a determiner and a pronoun
The preposition beside refers to
- vertical proximity
- lateral proximity
- an exception
- apart from something
The verb eat is
- monotransitive only
- transitive only
- ambivalent
- ditransitive
The phrase at that time in He arrived at that time is
- an adverbial prepositional phrase
- an adverb
- the object of the verb
- a preposition
The difference between I take the train and I am taking the train these days is
- that the first refers to current habit and the second to temporary habit
- that the first refers to temporary habit and the second to current habit
- that the first refers to a current event and the second to a future event
- that the first refers to a past event and the second to a current event
English expresses an iterative event by using
- a punctual verb in a progressive form
- a durative verb in a simple form
- a special ending on the verb
- a prefix
I am having lunch with Mary tomorrow is an example of
- A progressive form for prospective aspect
- A simple form for a progressive event
- A progressive form for a durative event
- A progressive form for an iterated event
Central modal auxiliary verbs form questions by
- inversion
- intonation only
- using a primary auxiliary verb
- using do, did or does
Might I go, now? expresses
- permissibility
- likelihood
- lack of obligation
- possibility
Forming an orderly queue is an example of
- a non-finite clause
- a finite clause
- a gerund
- a past participle phrase
Breaking down a sentence into its constituent parts is called
- parsing
- pursing
- trees
- skeletons
If a pronoun refers forwards to a later noun the reference is
- cataphoric
- anaphoric
- exophoric
- hyperphoric
A discussion text
- states both sides of an argument
- must end with a coda
- states all the pros followed by all the cons
- argues a case
Understanding the intentions of a speaker because of the role the person takes is part of
- top-down processing of text
- bottom-up processing of text
- applying generic knowledge of text staging
- understanding intonation