TEFL METHODOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● What are cognates?
Answer: A word that has a common etymology with similar words in
different languages
●● What is phonology the study of?
Answer: The study of the sound and structure of language
●● Which of the following are common types of phonemes?
Answer: Vowels and Consonants
●● What term describes a morpheme that is not dependent on other
words and carries meaning?
Answer: Free lexical morpheme
●● Light & Dark and Day & Night are examples of what?
Answer: Antonymy
●● Why is phonemic awareness important no matter what native
language a student speaks?
,Answer: Phonemes are unique to a language
●● What are 3 advanced reading strategies?
Answer: Summarizing, Sequencing, & Identifying Main Ideas
●● Why is reading considered an active process?
Answer: Because it requires effort
●● What are 3 suggestions for teaching students to form letter-sound
associations?
Answer: Assessment, Multi-sensory Teaching, & Explicit Instruction
●● What is decoding?
Answer: Rapidly turning written word into speech
●● T/F: The first reading skill you should teach is how to compare and
contrast.
Answer: False
●● Why is reading for purpose a higher level of thinking than
comprehension?
Answer: B/c reading for purpose requires a comprehension of implicit
ideas and reading for purpose allows students to extend meaning
,●● "Samuel ran to the store" is an pattern of what?
Answer: S-V-O
●● "Myrtle drove to the store and Calvin bought a soda." is an example
of what type of sentence?
Answer: Compound sentence
●● What is the word for the noun that a pronoun is replacing?
Answer: Antecedent
●● T/F- A verb always needs to have an object.
Answer: False
●● T/F- In possessive nouns, possession is usually marked by an
apostrophe (')
Answer: True
●● Which of the following is an important component of persuasive
writing?
Answer: Thesis, Support, & Analysis
●● Alveolar ridge
, Answer: The gums just behind the upper teeth.
●● Palate
Answer: The hard palate, or the roof of the mouth within the sphere of
your teeth.
●● Velum
Answer: The soft palate, or the roof of your mouth as it extends past the
teeth, ending at the uvula.
●● Uvula
Answer: The appendage that dangles in the back of your mouth before
your mouth turns into your throat
●● Pharynx
Answer: The back of your throat, behind the uvula
●● Epiglottis
Answer: A flap of flesh that rests below your pharynx, at the top of your
throat
●● Trachea
Answer: The windpipe, which is covered by the epiglottis
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● What are cognates?
Answer: A word that has a common etymology with similar words in
different languages
●● What is phonology the study of?
Answer: The study of the sound and structure of language
●● Which of the following are common types of phonemes?
Answer: Vowels and Consonants
●● What term describes a morpheme that is not dependent on other
words and carries meaning?
Answer: Free lexical morpheme
●● Light & Dark and Day & Night are examples of what?
Answer: Antonymy
●● Why is phonemic awareness important no matter what native
language a student speaks?
,Answer: Phonemes are unique to a language
●● What are 3 advanced reading strategies?
Answer: Summarizing, Sequencing, & Identifying Main Ideas
●● Why is reading considered an active process?
Answer: Because it requires effort
●● What are 3 suggestions for teaching students to form letter-sound
associations?
Answer: Assessment, Multi-sensory Teaching, & Explicit Instruction
●● What is decoding?
Answer: Rapidly turning written word into speech
●● T/F: The first reading skill you should teach is how to compare and
contrast.
Answer: False
●● Why is reading for purpose a higher level of thinking than
comprehension?
Answer: B/c reading for purpose requires a comprehension of implicit
ideas and reading for purpose allows students to extend meaning
,●● "Samuel ran to the store" is an pattern of what?
Answer: S-V-O
●● "Myrtle drove to the store and Calvin bought a soda." is an example
of what type of sentence?
Answer: Compound sentence
●● What is the word for the noun that a pronoun is replacing?
Answer: Antecedent
●● T/F- A verb always needs to have an object.
Answer: False
●● T/F- In possessive nouns, possession is usually marked by an
apostrophe (')
Answer: True
●● Which of the following is an important component of persuasive
writing?
Answer: Thesis, Support, & Analysis
●● Alveolar ridge
, Answer: The gums just behind the upper teeth.
●● Palate
Answer: The hard palate, or the roof of the mouth within the sphere of
your teeth.
●● Velum
Answer: The soft palate, or the roof of your mouth as it extends past the
teeth, ending at the uvula.
●● Uvula
Answer: The appendage that dangles in the back of your mouth before
your mouth turns into your throat
●● Pharynx
Answer: The back of your throat, behind the uvula
●● Epiglottis
Answer: A flap of flesh that rests below your pharynx, at the top of your
throat
●● Trachea
Answer: The windpipe, which is covered by the epiglottis
