Judge the following items.
In “The strong belief that he was unbeatable was Hugh’s first defeat”, the underlined passage has an appositive function.
Having in mind the established rules for the formation of comparative forms, judge the following items.
The two brothers Peter and Paul are very good-looking, but Peter is the most handsome one.
Decide about the correctness of the following items concerning singular and plural forms.
The plural forms of hypothesis, thesis, and crisis are respectively hypotheses, theses, and crises.
Judge the following items concerning subordinated structures.
“Although Grant did not have any money” requires another clause introducing an expected result, such as he didn’t go to the movies.
Having in mind the established rules for the formation of comparative forms, judge the following items.
The worse thing that could possibly happen to me is to lose my job.
Decide about the correctness of the following items concerning singular and plural forms.
The singular and plural form of the following words is the same: series, species, means.
In regard to error treatment and language teaching methods, decide about the correctness of the items below.
In the Grammar-Translation method, errors are seen as a natural, indispensable part of the learning process. The teacher uses students’ errors as a basis for deciding where further work is necessary. Self and peer correction are fostered as well.
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A disjunct is found in “Donna won’t cooperate, which makes things more difficult”.
In regard to error treatment and language teaching methods, decide about the correctness of the items below.
In the Silent Way, errors are to be avoided at all costs through the teacher’s awareness of where the students will have difficulty and restriction of what they are taught to say.
With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.
Considering that John asked: “How can I apply?”, in reported speech, this sentence would become: John asked how he can apply.
According to the established rules of phonetics and phonology of the English language, judge the items below.
The sound of the letter a in ago and in about is unstressed and it is called a schwa.
With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.
In the sentences “Dancing is an excellent aerobic exercise” and “She is dancing with her brother”, the underlined forms are gerunds.
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In terms of sentence structure, “I came, I saw, I conquered” is an example of a simple sentence with asyndetic coordination.
Decide about the correctness of the following items in regard to adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns.
Why should I be punished? I haven’t done nothing wrong.
According to the established rules of phonetics and phonology of the English language, judge the items below.
The pronunciation of the verb use has two different forms in “He used his pen to sign his name” and in “He used to wear short trousers when he was a boy”.
Decide about the correctness of the following items in regard to adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns.
In “The friendly lady sings beautifully”, the underlined words have both an adverbial function.
Judge the following items concerning subordinated structures.
The relative structure in “The judge praised the jury members who had respected the rules of court” means that some members of the jury failed to comply with the rules.
In regard to error treatment and language teaching methods, decide about the correctness of the items below.
In Georgi Lozanov’s Suggestopedia, now called Desuggestopedia to reflect the importance placed on suggesting no limitations on learning, errors are corrected gently, with the teacher using a soft voice. This method is illustrative of what came to be known as an affectivehumanistic approach to language teaching.
Decide about the correctness of the following items concerning singular and plural forms.
Mathematics, athletics, and politics are singular nouns.
According to the established rules of phonetics and phonology of the English language, judge the items below.
A shift (or change) in the stressed syllable of nouns such as contract, defect, object, progress turns them into verbs.