120 hour TESOL Certificate UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Module 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - Teaching and Learning
1. According to Glasser, which of the following is an inherent need all humans require for
emotional health? - CORRECT ANSWER - c. The need to belong
2. Which of the following are the two types of motivation? - CORRECT ANSWER - b.
Extrinsic
c. Intrinsic
3. Can a student's cultural background affect his or her learning? Choose the correct answer. -
CORRECT ANSWER - a. Yes, because people learn from the world around them
4. Which of the following are common barriers a new English language learner might run into? -
CORRECT ANSWER - b. Getting used to letters and words instead of conceptual symbols
c. Getting used to reading left to right
d. Getting used to the order of adjectives and nouns in a sentence
5. What are cognates? - CORRECT ANSWER - c. A word that has a common etymology
with similar words in different languages
6. a. Breaking words down to their root parts is a great way to help students understand English.
- CORRECT ANSWER - True
6. b. Students learning English for the first time should not be able to use translations in their
native language. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
, 7. Which of the following are basic skills that students need to master to have English fluency? -
CORRECT ANSWER - c. reading
d. writing
Module 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Linguistics
1. What is phonology the study of? - CORRECT ANSWER - c. The study of the sound and
structure of language
2. Which of the following are common types of phonemes? - CORRECT ANSWER - b.
Vowels
d. Consonants
3. Which of the following terms describes a morpheme that is not dependent on other words and
carries meaning? - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Free lexical morpheme
4. Which of the following are word forms of the word "go"? - CORRECT ANSWER - a.
went
b. goes
5. What part of speech describes an action or a state of being? - CORRECT ANSWER - a.
verb
6. a. A compound sentence is a sentence that is made up of one clause. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
6. b. An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
7. Which of the following words have antonymy? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. light and
dark
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Module 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - Teaching and Learning
1. According to Glasser, which of the following is an inherent need all humans require for
emotional health? - CORRECT ANSWER - c. The need to belong
2. Which of the following are the two types of motivation? - CORRECT ANSWER - b.
Extrinsic
c. Intrinsic
3. Can a student's cultural background affect his or her learning? Choose the correct answer. -
CORRECT ANSWER - a. Yes, because people learn from the world around them
4. Which of the following are common barriers a new English language learner might run into? -
CORRECT ANSWER - b. Getting used to letters and words instead of conceptual symbols
c. Getting used to reading left to right
d. Getting used to the order of adjectives and nouns in a sentence
5. What are cognates? - CORRECT ANSWER - c. A word that has a common etymology
with similar words in different languages
6. a. Breaking words down to their root parts is a great way to help students understand English.
- CORRECT ANSWER - True
6. b. Students learning English for the first time should not be able to use translations in their
native language. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
, 7. Which of the following are basic skills that students need to master to have English fluency? -
CORRECT ANSWER - c. reading
d. writing
Module 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Linguistics
1. What is phonology the study of? - CORRECT ANSWER - c. The study of the sound and
structure of language
2. Which of the following are common types of phonemes? - CORRECT ANSWER - b.
Vowels
d. Consonants
3. Which of the following terms describes a morpheme that is not dependent on other words and
carries meaning? - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Free lexical morpheme
4. Which of the following are word forms of the word "go"? - CORRECT ANSWER - a.
went
b. goes
5. What part of speech describes an action or a state of being? - CORRECT ANSWER - a.
verb
6. a. A compound sentence is a sentence that is made up of one clause. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
6. b. An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
7. Which of the following words have antonymy? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. light and
dark
