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1.
The pronunciation of which of the following English words includes the vowel sound (i.e., schwa)? 
  1. Background
  2. Although
  3. Possible
  4. Everything
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2.
An English language learner has difficulty distinguishing between the sounds /b/ and /v/ in English words (e.g., bet/vet, boat/vote) because the sounds /b/ and /v/ are spoken interchangeably in words in the student's first language. Which of the following provides an accurate explanation of this linguistic phenomenon?
  1. English is a tonal language in which pitch affects the meaning of a word, while the student's first language is not a tonal language.
  2. The sounds /b/ and /v/ are voiced consonants in English, while they are voiceless consonants in the student's first language.
  3. Consonant-vowel phoneme sequences in the student's first language are more complex than they are in English.
  4. The sounds /b/ and /v/ are distinct phonemes in English, while they are allophones of the same phoneme in the student's first language.
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3.
Use the sentence below to answer the question that follows.

This remarkable species of lichen makes its home in the inhospitable terrain of the Atacama Desert.

Knowing the usage of the suffix -able in the words remarkable and inhospitable would best help a student identify: 
  1. The correct spelling of the words.
  2. The connotative meaning of the words.
  3. The grammatical function of the words.
  4. The register shift of the words.
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4.
Which of the following words consists of a root word and an inflectional suffix?
  1. Hopping
  2. Famous
  3. Assistant
  4. Baker
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5.
Which of the following sentences contains errors in syntax?
  1. There sister who moved to Florida last year works with her husband in real estate.
  2. Every day my brother older eats at home lunch.
  3. We cannot go swimming because the waters are too deep and there are too much waves.
  4. I was boring in school today, but then we singed a funny song.
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