The CELTA Handbook quiz

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  1. a, some, those, my, his, any, seventy-three are examples of ...
    1.   pronouns
    2.   determiners
    3.   lexical words
    4.   content words
  2. In the sentence, The silly boy immediately spent all the money I lent him. the words immediately spent form:
    1.   the object
    2.   the complement
    3.   the noun phrase
    4.   a modified verb phrase
  3. CELTA written assignments must be:
    1.   500 and 1000 words
    2.   between 750 and 1000 words
    3.   1000 and 1500 words
    4.   650 and 900 words
  4. In the word dissatisfying, we have ...
    1.   three bound and one free morpheme
    2.   two bound and one free morpheme
    3.   two bound and two free morphemes
    4.   one bound and two free morphemes
  5. If, in a CELTA assignment, you write, It is blindingly obvious that ... you are guilty of ...
    1.   using an inappropriate copular verb
    2.   being aggressive
    3.   using colloquial language and failing to hedge
    4.   hedging too much
  6. In the sentence, The silly boy immediately spent all the money I lent him. the words all the money I lent him form:
    1.   the verb phrase
    2.   the subject
    3.   the complement of the verb
    4.   the object
  7. Homophones are ...
    1.   words where the stress shifts to signal a different meaning
    2.   words which are the same in two languages
    3.   words which look the same but are differently pronounced
    4.   words which look different but are pronounced the same
  8. If you are looking at a departure board to find your gate number you are ...
    1.   scudding
    2.   skimming
    3.   scanning
    4.   surfing
  9. Active Construction of Grammar Theory is a theory of ...
    1.   structuralism
    2.   cognitivism
    3.   pragmatism
    4.   behaviourism
  10. Language usage focuses on significance but language use focuses on ...
    1.   understanding
    2.   value
    3.   meaning
    4.   functions
  11. If you can't understand a phrase by understanding all the words in it, you have encountered ...
    1.   a transparent idiom
    2.   an opaque idiom
    3.   an idiomatic clause
    4.   a set phrase
  12. The word handmade is ...
    1.   a compound adjective
    2.   a compound verb
    3.   a blended word
    4.   a compound noun
  13. An allophone can best be described as ...
    1.   a sound which distinguishes between minimal pairs
    2.   an alternative way to say a sound which is non-standard
    3.   an alternative way to say a sound which carries meaning
    4.   an alternative way to say a sound which carries no meaning
  14. When we are talking about what people say rather than what they know about language, we are discussing ...
    1.   competence
    2.   performance
    3.   articulation
    4.   structural awareness
  15. A book written for learners which describes the language systems is a ...
    1.   prescriptive, pedagogical grammar
    2.   prescriptive, reference grammar
    3.   descriptive, pedagogical grammar
    4.   descriptive, reference grammar
  16. The receptive skills are ...
    1.   reading and listening
    2.   speaking and listening
    3.   writing and reading
    4.   speaking and writing
  17. Modal auxiliary verbs ...
    1.   express how the speaker feels
    2.   make tenses with main verbs
    3.   can never stand alone
    4.   are primary auxiliary verbs
  18. In the sentence, The silly boy immediately spent all the money I lent him. the subject is:
    1.   boy
    2.   the silly boy immediately
    3.   the silly boy
    4.   all the money I lent him
  19. How many syllables are there in denationalisation?
    1.   6
    2.   5
    3.   7
    4.   8
  20. What forms the basis of communicative language teaching?
    1.   functions
    2.   notions
    3.   structures
    4.   word meanings
  21. If you are listening to understand how to use a chain saw safely, you are using ...
    1.   intensive listening skills
    2.   extensive listening skills
    3.   top-down processing
    4.   monitoring listening
  22. SLA stands for ...
    1.   Special Libraries Association
    2.   Second Language Acquisition
    3.   Service Level Agreement
    4.   Secondary Language Access
  23. If you tell someone the rule and then ask them to apply it, you are using ...
    1.   an inductive approach
    2.   a systematic approach
    3.   a discovery approach
    4.   a deductive approach
  24. How many consonant sounds are there in English?
    1.   23
    2.   22
    3.   24
    4.   21
  25. In the sentence, John has been drinking, the aspect of the tense is ...
    1.   perfect progressive
    2.   past simple
    3.   past perfect
    4.   simple progressive