Delta Module 1 Paper 1 Task 1 Questions
& Answers
The syllable in a tone group on which pitch movement begins. - ANSWERStonic
syllable
An activity in which learners have to use more than one skill in order to complete a task
- eg to interview people (speaking/listening) in order to produce a report (writing). -
ANSWERSintegrated skills activity
A lexical relationship in which words are in a whole-part relationship - eg body - head,
arm, leg. - ANSWERSmeronymy
A type of reference in which an item forms a cohesive link with another item which has
already occurred in the text. Eg "It" with "a new car" in - I bought a new car yesterday. It
was a real bargain. - ANSWERSanaphoric reference
Replacing words, phrases or clauses in discourse with another word or words to
achieve cohesion e.g. in the
sentence 'Bill is going to university next year, and Jim is too', 'too' substitutes for 'going
to university next year'. - ANSWERSsubstitution
A clause introduced by a relative pronoun which gives extra information about a
person/thing etc already described. Eg the second clause in the sentence : They stayed
on until about 1am, which didn't please me much. - ANSWERSnon-defining relative
clause
The tendency of a final /t/ or /d/ followed by an initial /j/ to blend into an affricate - /ʧ/
or /ʤ/ respectively as in eg "got you!" /gɒʧu:/ - ANSWERSyod coalescence
The first auxiliary verb in a verb phrase, which is used for grammatical functions such as
inversion, negation etc. - ANSWERSoperator
A consonant sound made by partially blocking the airflow but allowing air to pass down
the sides of the tongue - in English the only example is /l/ - ANSWERSlateral
A reading strategy whereby you run the eyes over a stretch of text looking for a specific
word or phrase known or assumed to be in the text - eg looking up a name in a phone
directory. - ANSWERSscanning
In testing, how easy or difficult a test is to administer and mark. - ANSWERSpracticality
A lexical relationship in which one word describes a category and other words the
members of that category - eg vehicle / car, bus, truck, etc - ANSWERShyponymy
& Answers
The syllable in a tone group on which pitch movement begins. - ANSWERStonic
syllable
An activity in which learners have to use more than one skill in order to complete a task
- eg to interview people (speaking/listening) in order to produce a report (writing). -
ANSWERSintegrated skills activity
A lexical relationship in which words are in a whole-part relationship - eg body - head,
arm, leg. - ANSWERSmeronymy
A type of reference in which an item forms a cohesive link with another item which has
already occurred in the text. Eg "It" with "a new car" in - I bought a new car yesterday. It
was a real bargain. - ANSWERSanaphoric reference
Replacing words, phrases or clauses in discourse with another word or words to
achieve cohesion e.g. in the
sentence 'Bill is going to university next year, and Jim is too', 'too' substitutes for 'going
to university next year'. - ANSWERSsubstitution
A clause introduced by a relative pronoun which gives extra information about a
person/thing etc already described. Eg the second clause in the sentence : They stayed
on until about 1am, which didn't please me much. - ANSWERSnon-defining relative
clause
The tendency of a final /t/ or /d/ followed by an initial /j/ to blend into an affricate - /ʧ/
or /ʤ/ respectively as in eg "got you!" /gɒʧu:/ - ANSWERSyod coalescence
The first auxiliary verb in a verb phrase, which is used for grammatical functions such as
inversion, negation etc. - ANSWERSoperator
A consonant sound made by partially blocking the airflow but allowing air to pass down
the sides of the tongue - in English the only example is /l/ - ANSWERSlateral
A reading strategy whereby you run the eyes over a stretch of text looking for a specific
word or phrase known or assumed to be in the text - eg looking up a name in a phone
directory. - ANSWERSscanning
In testing, how easy or difficult a test is to administer and mark. - ANSWERSpracticality
A lexical relationship in which one word describes a category and other words the
members of that category - eg vehicle / car, bus, truck, etc - ANSWERShyponymy
