ESL Certification test questions with correct answers

Active vocabulary Answer the words a learner can understand and use independently Alphabetic Writing System Answer a writing system in which each symbol represents a phoneme of the language phonology Answer the study of the sound systems in a language. Example would be to identify all the sounds that "a" makes Morphology Answer the structure of meaningful units and patterns in words. An example is "talk" is 1 and "talked" is 2 Bound morpheme Answer a morpheme that cannot stand alone as an individual word, but can be used only in combination with other morphemes syntax Answer the manner in which words and other structural elements of a language are arranged to construct sentences is called syntax lexicon Answer the terms used in a particular profession, subject or style: vocabulary semantics Answer the study of meaning; some words can have multiple meanings