The CELTA Handbook quiz

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