The CELTA Handbook quiz

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