ESOL GACE Book study guide
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Tense CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talk about her experience
upon arriving in the
United States:
When I arrive in the United States, the first three months for me here were the most
difficult
experience in my life . . .
The verb "arrive" in the first line is incorrect with respect to
Tense CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talk about his experience with
working in the United States.
"I'm studying Business Administration. I was in the second semester."
The verb was in the second sentence is incorrect with respect to:
Usage CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talk about her mother's food.
"My mom's cooking is too good."
The adverb too is incorrect with regards to:
Tense
The subjunctive is not indicated. The simple past, missed is used for reported speech
when the speaker is reporting an event in the present. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to
an ESOL student talk about a math grade he received.
"Just look at this math grade from my teacher. He says I was missing an explanation of
my answer."
The verb was missing is incorrect with regard to:
count / no count
Regular/irregular adjectives such as good/best are irrelevant to the word much. Much is
an adjective, not a collective or compound noun. Much is used with uncountable nouns.
Many is used with plural, countable nouns. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL
student talk about her pet bird.
"The bird causes much problems every day."
The word much is incorrect with regard to the use of ________ nouns.
parallel structure
,Gerunds have neither tense nor agreement elements. A gerund is a verb form used as
a noun, not an adverb. Since the sentence contains both a gerund and an infinitive, one
should be changed so both elements have the same structure. "To raised" should be
changed to "raising." CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talk about
having children.
"Many people are afraid of having and to raise children."
The words to raise are incorrect with regard to:
You
A general you; American English generally uses you instead of one; both, however, are
correct. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talking to her friend about
beliefs on conducting relationships with others.
"How one behaves towards others is more important than anything else."
One refers to:
Number
It refers back to its antecedent, novels. Novels is a countable, plural noun indicating that
any pronoun referring back to it should also be plural. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to
an ESOL student talking about Faulkner's novels.
"Faulkner's books are interesting novels. They are difficult to understand, but it illustrate
life in the South."
The word it is incorrect with regard to
appetite for food CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talking to her friend
about life in the United States.
"I have no stomach for pork."
The word stomach means:
Form
With the negative neither, the correct form is nor. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an
ESOL student talking about her sister's beliefs on eternal love.
"My sister talks about love all the time. As far as I can see, she makes no sense. Her
arguments have neither rhyme or reason."
The word or in the last sentence is incorrect with regard to
Gender
An incorrect gender has been used since Jonathan is a male name. CORRECT
ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talking about her father.
"My father's name is Jonathan. He was named for her great grandfather."
The word her is incorrect with regard to:
primary cardinal vowels
, There are in fact two subsets of
cardinal vowels: primary and secondary. The primary set (vowel sounds) are numbered
1 - 8. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the following
sentence:
"The TV program was live." (Student pronounces live as 'ilv').
The error in the pronunciation of live indicates a problem with:
Elision
A specific type of weakness, elision, is where two phonemes disappear to create an n in
typical speech. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the
following sentence:
"Please bring me a hamburger and some fries." Student pronounces and as (aend).
The error in the pronunciation and indicates a problem with:
Affricatives
-stop consonants that are released slowly into a period of fricative noises such as the ch
in chair CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the following
sentence:
"I am the chairman of the debate club." (Student pronounces chairman as (sheermen).)
The error in the pronunciation of the word chairman indicates a problem with:
Diphthongs
Definition: a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in
which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and
side ).
The dipthong "mai" should be used instead of the pure long vowel "i." CORRECT
ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the following sentence:
I believe that my class is starting. (Student pronounces my as mi.)
The error in the pronunciation of the word my indicates a problem with:
Schwa
the unstressed central vowel (as in a mom e nt a go), represented by the symbol (ə) in
the International Phonetic Alphabet.
(upside down e) is used as a symbol to represent an emptiness in pronunciation
CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the following
sentence:
"What are you reading?" (Student pronounces are as (ar).)
The error in the pronunciation of the word are indicates a problem with:
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Tense CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talk about her experience
upon arriving in the
United States:
When I arrive in the United States, the first three months for me here were the most
difficult
experience in my life . . .
The verb "arrive" in the first line is incorrect with respect to
Tense CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talk about his experience with
working in the United States.
"I'm studying Business Administration. I was in the second semester."
The verb was in the second sentence is incorrect with respect to:
Usage CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talk about her mother's food.
"My mom's cooking is too good."
The adverb too is incorrect with regards to:
Tense
The subjunctive is not indicated. The simple past, missed is used for reported speech
when the speaker is reporting an event in the present. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to
an ESOL student talk about a math grade he received.
"Just look at this math grade from my teacher. He says I was missing an explanation of
my answer."
The verb was missing is incorrect with regard to:
count / no count
Regular/irregular adjectives such as good/best are irrelevant to the word much. Much is
an adjective, not a collective or compound noun. Much is used with uncountable nouns.
Many is used with plural, countable nouns. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL
student talk about her pet bird.
"The bird causes much problems every day."
The word much is incorrect with regard to the use of ________ nouns.
parallel structure
,Gerunds have neither tense nor agreement elements. A gerund is a verb form used as
a noun, not an adverb. Since the sentence contains both a gerund and an infinitive, one
should be changed so both elements have the same structure. "To raised" should be
changed to "raising." CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talk about
having children.
"Many people are afraid of having and to raise children."
The words to raise are incorrect with regard to:
You
A general you; American English generally uses you instead of one; both, however, are
correct. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talking to her friend about
beliefs on conducting relationships with others.
"How one behaves towards others is more important than anything else."
One refers to:
Number
It refers back to its antecedent, novels. Novels is a countable, plural noun indicating that
any pronoun referring back to it should also be plural. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to
an ESOL student talking about Faulkner's novels.
"Faulkner's books are interesting novels. They are difficult to understand, but it illustrate
life in the South."
The word it is incorrect with regard to
appetite for food CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talking to her friend
about life in the United States.
"I have no stomach for pork."
The word stomach means:
Form
With the negative neither, the correct form is nor. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an
ESOL student talking about her sister's beliefs on eternal love.
"My sister talks about love all the time. As far as I can see, she makes no sense. Her
arguments have neither rhyme or reason."
The word or in the last sentence is incorrect with regard to
Gender
An incorrect gender has been used since Jonathan is a male name. CORRECT
ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student talking about her father.
"My father's name is Jonathan. He was named for her great grandfather."
The word her is incorrect with regard to:
primary cardinal vowels
, There are in fact two subsets of
cardinal vowels: primary and secondary. The primary set (vowel sounds) are numbered
1 - 8. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the following
sentence:
"The TV program was live." (Student pronounces live as 'ilv').
The error in the pronunciation of live indicates a problem with:
Elision
A specific type of weakness, elision, is where two phonemes disappear to create an n in
typical speech. CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the
following sentence:
"Please bring me a hamburger and some fries." Student pronounces and as (aend).
The error in the pronunciation and indicates a problem with:
Affricatives
-stop consonants that are released slowly into a period of fricative noises such as the ch
in chair CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the following
sentence:
"I am the chairman of the debate club." (Student pronounces chairman as (sheermen).)
The error in the pronunciation of the word chairman indicates a problem with:
Diphthongs
Definition: a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in
which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and
side ).
The dipthong "mai" should be used instead of the pure long vowel "i." CORRECT
ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the following sentence:
I believe that my class is starting. (Student pronounces my as mi.)
The error in the pronunciation of the word my indicates a problem with:
Schwa
the unstressed central vowel (as in a mom e nt a go), represented by the symbol (ə) in
the International Phonetic Alphabet.
(upside down e) is used as a symbol to represent an emptiness in pronunciation
CORRECT ANSWERS Listen to an ESOL student reading aloud the following
sentence:
"What are you reading?" (Student pronounces are as (ar).)
The error in the pronunciation of the word are indicates a problem with:
