The CELTA Handbook quiz

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