The Mother Tongue Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Bill Bryson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Mother Tongue Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Bill Bryson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Pronunciation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of Spain often engages in violence to protect its language?
(a) Barcelona
(b) Madrid
(c) Basque region
(d) Valencian region

2. How many new words did Shakespeare invent?
(a) Over one thousand
(b) Over five hundred
(c) Over two thousand
(d) Over two hundred

3. Language has the ability to do what?
(a) Create peace among countries
(b) Unite global communities
(c) Expand and grow
(d) Go beyond national borders

4. What can make learning English unnecessarily difficult?
(a) Tense switching
(b) Grammar rules
(c) The alphabet
(d) Vowels

5. Who are often responsible for coining new words?
(a) Professors
(b) Mothers
(c) Writers
(d) Scholars

Short Answer Questions

1. How do some linguists think that children learn their languages?

2. How can English be particularly complex for non-native English speakers?

3. What is onomatopoeia?

4. In what American city do people speak with slurred words that make them almost impossible to understand?

5. What is the study of the English language considered to be?

(see the answer key)

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