MY DELTA REVISION MODULE 1 EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Cohesion correct answers the use of grammatical and lexical means to
achieve connected text, either spoken or written. These include: reference
words e.g. this, the, it; linkers, e.g. However and topic-related lexis.
Tenses correct answers a grammatical category which is used to indicate
the time at which an action happens by changing the form of the finite
verb. English has two: past and present, e.g. he walked and he walks
Direct testing correct answers a test employing tasks which replicate real-
life activities,
e.g. role-playing a job interview, writing a letter of complaint, or reading and
completing an application form
Minimal pair correct answers d two words which differ from each other in
pronunciation by only one phoneme e.g. met, mat; pin, bin
Superordinate- hypernym correct answers a term for an 'umbrella' item of
lexis which subsumes a range of more specific items, e.g. fruit in relation
to apple, orange, pear
Product writing approach- model test approach correct answers an
approach to developing learners' writing skills that is informed by the
belief that creating a written text is purely a matter of imitating elements
that are provided in a model
Idiom correct answers Basic definition
• (fixed / semi-fixed) expression / phrase / groups of words / lexical unit /
word sequence
/ other
appropriate wording, in which the meaning is not literal / cannot be
deduced from its individual words
Further point
• Normally colloquial / informal
•Idioms can be viewed as a loose term to include other chunks such as
collocations, phrasal verbs
• Can be spoken or written
• Often taught as one 'chunk' of language without deconstruction to
component parts
• They can be same / different / unique in other languages
•They can vary in how obvious their meaning is (literal / semi-
opaque / opaque) Example
•face the music, a bird in the hand, feeling under the weather, cutting edge
or any other appropriate
, example
Coordinating conjunction correct answers Basic definition
•A word which connects / links (independent) clauses words /
phrases of equal importance/status/rank / have the same
grammatical structure
Further point
• Coordinating conjunctions are a small/closed set of items
•The other type of conjunction are subordinating conjunctions which join a
subordinate clause to a
main clause, i.e. they do not join two clauses of equal status
• They are feature of parataxis / very common in spoken English
•There is generally no comma after a co-ordinating
conjunction Example
• and, but
Modal auxiliary verb correct answers Basic definition
•(Auxiliary) verb which expresses the mood / expresses the attitude /
modifies the meaning of the
main verb (in a
sentence) Further
point
• There are 9 pure
modal auxiliary
verbs
• They do not
conjugate / inflect
like 'normal' verbs
• They express
functions such as
possibility / ability /
prediction /
obligation
•They can have extrinsic (likelihood) and intrinsic (obligation, ability)
meaning / each modal verb
can express both meanings
•They are positioned before the main verb (in a sentence) / always
followed by a bare infinitive
•Semi-modal / marginal modal verbs affect meaning in the same
way but may conjugate
Example
• Must, can, could, will, would, may, might, shall, should
Direct method correct answers Basic definition
•A method in which grammar rules are not taught / only the target
language is used in the
classroom / translation is avoided at all costs (candidates need to give
two of these points)
Further point
• pure inductive approach
• emerged in late 19th century
• there is no tolerance of error
•use of real objects, pictures, dialogues, demonstration, synonyms,
antonyms, definitions to convey
meaning
• writing and reading taught only after speaking / focus on speaking
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Cohesion correct answers the use of grammatical and lexical means to
achieve connected text, either spoken or written. These include: reference
words e.g. this, the, it; linkers, e.g. However and topic-related lexis.
Tenses correct answers a grammatical category which is used to indicate
the time at which an action happens by changing the form of the finite
verb. English has two: past and present, e.g. he walked and he walks
Direct testing correct answers a test employing tasks which replicate real-
life activities,
e.g. role-playing a job interview, writing a letter of complaint, or reading and
completing an application form
Minimal pair correct answers d two words which differ from each other in
pronunciation by only one phoneme e.g. met, mat; pin, bin
Superordinate- hypernym correct answers a term for an 'umbrella' item of
lexis which subsumes a range of more specific items, e.g. fruit in relation
to apple, orange, pear
Product writing approach- model test approach correct answers an
approach to developing learners' writing skills that is informed by the
belief that creating a written text is purely a matter of imitating elements
that are provided in a model
Idiom correct answers Basic definition
• (fixed / semi-fixed) expression / phrase / groups of words / lexical unit /
word sequence
/ other
appropriate wording, in which the meaning is not literal / cannot be
deduced from its individual words
Further point
• Normally colloquial / informal
•Idioms can be viewed as a loose term to include other chunks such as
collocations, phrasal verbs
• Can be spoken or written
• Often taught as one 'chunk' of language without deconstruction to
component parts
• They can be same / different / unique in other languages
•They can vary in how obvious their meaning is (literal / semi-
opaque / opaque) Example
•face the music, a bird in the hand, feeling under the weather, cutting edge
or any other appropriate
, example
Coordinating conjunction correct answers Basic definition
•A word which connects / links (independent) clauses words /
phrases of equal importance/status/rank / have the same
grammatical structure
Further point
• Coordinating conjunctions are a small/closed set of items
•The other type of conjunction are subordinating conjunctions which join a
subordinate clause to a
main clause, i.e. they do not join two clauses of equal status
• They are feature of parataxis / very common in spoken English
•There is generally no comma after a co-ordinating
conjunction Example
• and, but
Modal auxiliary verb correct answers Basic definition
•(Auxiliary) verb which expresses the mood / expresses the attitude /
modifies the meaning of the
main verb (in a
sentence) Further
point
• There are 9 pure
modal auxiliary
verbs
• They do not
conjugate / inflect
like 'normal' verbs
• They express
functions such as
possibility / ability /
prediction /
obligation
•They can have extrinsic (likelihood) and intrinsic (obligation, ability)
meaning / each modal verb
can express both meanings
•They are positioned before the main verb (in a sentence) / always
followed by a bare infinitive
•Semi-modal / marginal modal verbs affect meaning in the same
way but may conjugate
Example
• Must, can, could, will, would, may, might, shall, should
Direct method correct answers Basic definition
•A method in which grammar rules are not taught / only the target
language is used in the
classroom / translation is avoided at all costs (candidates need to give
two of these points)
Further point
• pure inductive approach
• emerged in late 19th century
• there is no tolerance of error
•use of real objects, pictures, dialogues, demonstration, synonyms,
antonyms, definitions to convey
meaning
• writing and reading taught only after speaking / focus on speaking
