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Which of the following best represents a morphological error?
A. Saying “goed” instead of “went”
✔✔ B. Saying “runned” instead of “ran”
C. Saying “tat” instead of “cat”
D. Saying “doggy bark loud”
Which sentence demonstrates syntactic development?
A. “Want juice.”
✔✔ B. “I want some juice, please.”
C. “Dog run.”
D. “Ball blue.”
Which of the following best defines a free morpheme?
✔✔ A. A word that can stand alone with meaning
B. A prefix or suffix
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,C. A sound unit without meaning
D. A morpheme that must attach to another word
Which of the following is an example of a bound morpheme?
A. “Walk”
B. “Dog”
✔✔ C. “-ed”
D. “Cat”
What aspect of language does phonology primarily deal with?
A. Sentence structure
✔✔ B. Sound system of language
C. Meaning of words
D. Word endings
Which of the following best describes a semantic error?
A. “Him go to school.”
✔✔ B. “Dog” used to label all four-legged animals
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,C. “I goed to the store.”
D. “He walking yesterday.”
Which term describes the rules for how words are arranged in sentences?
A. Morphology
✔✔ B. Syntax
C. Semantics
D. Pragmatics
Which of the following is a pragmatic skill?
✔✔ A. Taking turns in conversation
B. Using proper tense
C. Pronouncing /s/ correctly
D. Recognizing rhyming words
Which of the following is an example of overgeneralization?
A. Saying “ball” for all round objects
✔✔ B. Saying “goed” for “went”
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, C. Pointing instead of speaking
D. Whispering instead of speaking loudly
Which of the following best describes code-switching?
A. Mixing past and present tense
B. Using gestures with speech
✔✔ C. Alternating between languages or dialects depending on context
D. Mislabeling items
Which of the following is the smallest unit of sound that can change meaning?
✔✔ A. Phoneme
B. Morpheme
C. Syllable
D. Grapheme
What is the typical first word stage age for language development?
A. 3–4 months
B. 6–8 months
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