ESL Supplemental Practice Questions
With Correct Answers
The grammatical error by an ELL in the sentence below suggests that the
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English language learner needs practice in: Ms. Brown don't have any
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with paper on her desk. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Subject/verb
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agreement
In the sentence below, the word Maria is: Ms. Brown gives Maria the
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book. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An indirect object
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Ms. Brown, an ESL teacher makes sure to model the appropriate use of
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oral communication by responding to different types of listeners in a
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variety of languages registers. To accomplish this goal, she invites
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different people to her class at different times, such as the principal, the
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superintendent, the biology teacher, a few parents, and students from
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other classes. She is careful to demonstrate the differences in her
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manner of speaking to each person and how she addresses each one.
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This type of awareness in the rules of politeness is a lesson in: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pragmatics |
Ms. Perez, a first year ESL teacher knows that much of what is learned in
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the first language transfers easily to the second language. However,
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,when confronted with a situation where an emergent level ESL student
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tells her in English that Raul, a fellow student, is pulling her hair, the
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teacher becomes confused to find that she is smiling and doesn't mean
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to mind such treatment. Upon further review of the situation, she finds
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that translated literally from the student's native language, pulling hair
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is similar to "pulling my leg" or more literally "kidding me". Even though
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the student understood the actual translation of words used, what
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language concept needed to be taught here in light of the confusion? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Idioms |
Read the words below. Piece peace, right write, feet feat. The pair of
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words in each row can be best described as: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Homophones
A beginning English language learner wrote the following: "I visited the
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house red with grandparents mine" The student's arrangement of
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words in the sentence below shows which of the following. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Syntactical interference from L1 | | |
According to convergent research, most students take and average of
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five to seven years to develop: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Academic-
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language proficiency |
Pedro, and intermediate ESL student, rapidly acquired irregular past-
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tense verb forms such as "went" and "came". Shortly, thereafter he
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began to say "goed" and "comed". This developmental stage is
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, explained by the concept of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Overgeneralization
Which statement best characterizes Stephen Krasen's recommendations
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|for determining the appropriateness of reading materials for ESL
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students? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They should be at a comprehensible
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level of complexity and of interest to the reader.
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Which of the following statements is primarily true about the
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relationship between a student's first- and second - language
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acquisition? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Students who receive formal
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schooling in L1 dot better at acquiring L2 than students with no
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schooling in L1. | |
Marcos is an ELL who is literate in his native language and speaks English
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well but struggles with reading informative texts in English. After
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assigning a research project, the teacher wants to find a way to support
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Marcos's English literacy development as he completes the assignment.
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Which of the following is the best way to accomplish the teacher's goal?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Supplementing English texts with research in
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Marco's native language and having him present his findings in English.
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A native speaker of English would be most likely to use a rising
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intonation at the end of which of the following utterances? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-"Would you like coffee?" | | |
With Correct Answers
The grammatical error by an ELL in the sentence below suggests that the
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English language learner needs practice in: Ms. Brown don't have any
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with paper on her desk. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Subject/verb
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agreement
In the sentence below, the word Maria is: Ms. Brown gives Maria the
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book. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An indirect object
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Ms. Brown, an ESL teacher makes sure to model the appropriate use of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
oral communication by responding to different types of listeners in a
| | | | | | | | | | |
variety of languages registers. To accomplish this goal, she invites
| | | | | | | | | |
different people to her class at different times, such as the principal, the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
superintendent, the biology teacher, a few parents, and students from
| | | | | | | | | | |
other classes. She is careful to demonstrate the differences in her
| | | | | | | | | | |
manner of speaking to each person and how she addresses each one.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
This type of awareness in the rules of politeness is a lesson in: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pragmatics |
Ms. Perez, a first year ESL teacher knows that much of what is learned in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the first language transfers easily to the second language. However,
| | | | | | | | | | |
,when confronted with a situation where an emergent level ESL student
| | | | | | | | | | |
tells her in English that Raul, a fellow student, is pulling her hair, the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
teacher becomes confused to find that she is smiling and doesn't mean
| | | | | | | | | | | |
to mind such treatment. Upon further review of the situation, she finds
| | | | | | | | | | | |
that translated literally from the student's native language, pulling hair
| | | | | | | | | |
is similar to "pulling my leg" or more literally "kidding me". Even though
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the student understood the actual translation of words used, what
| | | | | | | | | |
language concept needed to be taught here in light of the confusion? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Idioms |
Read the words below. Piece peace, right write, feet feat. The pair of
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words in each row can be best described as: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | |
Homophones
A beginning English language learner wrote the following: "I visited the
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house red with grandparents mine" The student's arrangement of
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words in the sentence below shows which of the following. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Syntactical interference from L1 | | |
According to convergent research, most students take and average of
| | | | | | | | | |
five to seven years to develop: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Academic-
| | | | | | | |
language proficiency |
Pedro, and intermediate ESL student, rapidly acquired irregular past-
| | | | | | | |
tense verb forms such as "went" and "came". Shortly, thereafter he
| | | | | | | | | | |
began to say "goed" and "comed". This developmental stage is
| | | | | | | | | |
, explained by the concept of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Overgeneralization
Which statement best characterizes Stephen Krasen's recommendations
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|for determining the appropriateness of reading materials for ESL
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students? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They should be at a comprehensible
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level of complexity and of interest to the reader.
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Which of the following statements is primarily true about the
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relationship between a student's first- and second - language
| | | | | | | | |
acquisition? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Students who receive formal
| | | | | | |
schooling in L1 dot better at acquiring L2 than students with no
| | | | | | | | | | | |
schooling in L1. | |
Marcos is an ELL who is literate in his native language and speaks English
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
well but struggles with reading informative texts in English. After
| | | | | | | | | | |
assigning a research project, the teacher wants to find a way to support
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Marcos's English literacy development as he completes the assignment.
| | | | | | | | |
Which of the following is the best way to accomplish the teacher's goal?
| | | | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Supplementing English texts with research in
| | | | | | | | |
Marco's native language and having him present his findings in English.
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A native speaker of English would be most likely to use a rising
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
intonation at the end of which of the following utterances? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-"Would you like coffee?" | | |
