Second Preliminary Examination in English 5 July 10, 2017 Test I
Second Preliminary Examination in English 5 July 10, 2017 Test I
Second Preliminary Examination in English 5 July 10, 2017 Test I
TEST I. Read the following sentences carefully. Write VERDAD if the statement is true and FALSO if the
statement is false.
1. Learners are most likely to achieve more progress if they want to learn.
2. Exposure to the target language has a negative impact to the acquisition of that language.
3. Substitution happens when a sound is replaced by another sound.
4. Fossilized forms are difficult to change and needs to be avoided as early as possible.
5. Through constant practice, learners will develop muscle memory allowing them to pronounce sounds easily.
6. Suprasegmental features include stress, intonation and rhyme.
7. Teachers should not tell all the details of pronunciation to students because they might be too much.
8. Consonants are sounds in which the air stream meets some obstacles on its way up from the lungs.
9. Letters and sounds are not the same thing.
10. Consonants whose points of articulation are the back of the tongue and soft palate are called velars.
11. In producing fricative consonants, the air stream is compressed and passes through an opening creating a hissing.
12. The tongues position in producing vowel sounds could be vertical or horizontal.
13. The musical aspects of pronunciation need to be given consideration in teaching.
14. Segmental features are less important than suprasegmental features.
15. Teachers should not allow second language learners to use connected speech.
TEST II. Analyze the following questions and write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheets.(2 pts.
each)
The hardest thing in life is to learn which bridge to cross and which to burn.
_David Russell
_teacheRachel