Linguistics MCQs by Sajjad Haider (Part 1)
1. According to Hinduism, language came from
a. Sarasvati
b. Brahma
c. Vishnu
d. Ishvara
2. Language might be started by the imitation of sounds which
early men and women heard around them. This describes
a. Ye-heave-ho theory
b. Bow-wow theory
c. Oral-gesture theory
d. Divine source theory
3. The sounds of a person involved in physical effort could be the
source of our language describes
e. Ye-heave-ho theory
f. Bow-wow theory
g. Oral-gesture theory
h. Divine source theory
4. The biological basis of formation and development of human
language is called
a. Glossogentics
b. Biogenetics
c. Physogenitcs
d. Morphology
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5. Human beings can talk about their present, past and future.
This property of language is called
a. Duality
b. Arbitrariness
c. Displacement
d. Productivity
6. There is no connection between a linguistic form and its
meaning describes
e. Duality
f. Arbitrariness
g. Displacement
h. Productivity
7. We can utter new and novel words and sentences but animal
can’t. It describes which property?
i. Duality
j. Arbitrariness
k. Displacement
l. Productivity
8. `A little change in the sound can change the meaning
describes which property of human language?
a. Duality
b. Displacement
c. Discreetness
d. Cultural Transmission
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9. The general study of characteristics of speech sounds is
called
a. Phonetics
b. Phonology
c. Articulatory Phonetics
d. Auditory Phonetics
e. Acoustic Phonetics
10. The study of movement of speech organs in articulation
of speech or the study of how the speech sounds are made
is called
f. Phonetics
g. Phonology
h. Articulatory Phonetics
i. Auditory Phonetics
j. Acoustic Phonetics
11. The study of physical properties of a language is called
k. Phonetics
l. Phonology
m. Articulatory Phonetics
n. Auditory Phonetics
o. Acoustic Phonetics
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12. The study of perceptions of speech sounds is called
p. Phonetics
q. Phonology
r. Articulatory Phonetics
s. Auditory Phonetics
t. Acoustic Phonetics
13. The study of sounds involving speaker’ s identification
and analysis of recorded utterances is called
u. Forensic phonetics
v. Acoustic Phonetics
w. Articulatory Phonetics
x. Auditory Phonetics
14. When the vocal cords are spread apart and the air from
the lungs passes between them unimpeded(without any
stoppage) the sound is called
a. Unvoiced
b. Voiceless
c. Both
d. Voiced
15. When there is some vibration in vocal cord while
producing sound, the sound will be
a. Voiced
b. Unvoiced
c. Voiceless
d. None
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16. There are total________ sounds in English Language
a. 42
b. 44
c. 46
d. 48
17. Total number of vowel and consonant sounds in English
respectively
a. 24, 20
b. 20, 24
c. 22,22
d. 19, 25
18. The sounds in English language are classified as Bilabials,
Dentals, Alveolar etc it is according to their
a. Place of Articulation
b. Manner of Articulation
c. Both
d. None
19. The sounds which are formed using both upper and lower
lips (/m/, /b/,/w/) are called
a. Bilabials
b. Labiodentals
c. Dentals
d. Alveolar
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20. /f/ and /v/ are
e. Bilabials
f. Labiodentals
g. Dentals
h. Alveolar
21. The sounds formed with tongue tip behind(between) the
upper front teeth (ð, θ] are called
i. Bilabials
j. Labiodentals
k. Dentals (interdentals)
l. Alveolar
22. /t/, /d/, /s/, /n/ ad /z/ are called ________ because they
are pronounced with the front part of the tongue on the
alveolar ridge.
m. Bilabials
n. Labiodentals
o. Dentals
p. Alveolar
23. /k/ and /g/ are called
q. Bilabials
r. Velars
s. Dentals
t. Alveolar
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24. There a sound that is produced without the active use of
the tongue and the other parts of the mouth. What is it
called?
u. Bilabials
v. Velar
w. Glottal
x. Alveolar
25. IPA stands for
a. International Phonetic Association(Alphabet )
b. International Phonetic Authority
c. International Phonetic Academy
d. International Phonic Association
26. The consonants sounds resulting from a blocking effect
on air stream is called
a. Nasals
b. Affricates
c. Fricatives
d. Plosives or Stops
27. /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/,/k/ and /g/ are 6
a. Plosives
b. Nasals
c. Liquids
d. Fricatives
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28. The consonants having the air push through the narrow
opening are called
e.
Plosives
f. Nasals
g. Liquids
h. Fricatives
29. Find the examples of Affricates
a. /m/, /n/,/b/
b. /f/,/v/
c. /ð/, /θ/
d. /tʃ/,/dǯ/
30. /m/, /n/ and /ђ/ are called______________ consonants.
i.
Plosive
j. Nasal
k. Liquid
l. Fricative
31. /w/, /r/and /j/ are called__________ consonants.
a. Nasal
b. Gliding
c. Approximant
d. Both B and C
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32. Find out liquid consonants.
a. /l/,/r/
b. /l/,/m/
c. /l/,/n/
d. /t,/,/p/
33. What are the syllabic consonants in the following
e.
/l/,/r/
f. /l/,/m/
g. /l/,/n/
h. /t,/,/p/
34. In American English if /t/ occurs between vowels, it is
pronounced as /d/; for example, writer as rider and metal
as medal. Name this term.
a. Flapping
b. Taping
c. Stopping
d. Mashing
35. The only lateral sound is
a. /l/
b. /t/
c. /b/
d. /h/
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36. The ___________ sounds are mostly articulated with
obstruction in the vocal cart.
a. Vowel
b. Consonant
c. Abstract
d. Diphthongs
37. The sounds which are pronounced without any
obstruction in air passage, and are produced with a free
flow of air are called
e. Vowel
f. Consonant
g. Abstract
h. Diphthongs
38. Mark the number of monothongs and diphthongs
respectively.
a. 12, 8
b. 8,12
c. 14.6
d. 14.8
39. Read the transcription and judge the words (ˈ/flaʊə/,
/ɔːtəməbiːl/,/ ˈkriːtʃə/
a.
b.
c.
d.
Flower, Reach, mobile
Flour, mobile. Crèches
Flour, Automobile, Creature
Flower, Mobile, Richer
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40. The study of speech patterns is called
a. Phonetics
b. Phonology
c. Morphology
d. Pragmatics
41. The smallest unit of speech sound is called
a. Morpheme
b. Phoneme
c. Lexeme
d. Allophone
42. The versions of one phone are called
e. Morpheme
f. Phoneme
g. Lexeme
h. Allophone
43. A sound pronounced with one puff of air is called ( a sound with one
vowel sound)
a. Vowel
b. Consonant
c. Syllable
d. Coda
44. Syllable consists of onset and rime while rime is further
divided into
a. Onset and nucleus
b. Onset and coda
c. Nucleus and onset
d. Nucleus and coda
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45. The consonants after the nucleus are called
a. Rime
b. Onset
c. Coda
d. Syllable
46. The syllables having onset and nucleus but not coda are
called
a. Open syllables
b. Closed syllable
c. Light syllable
d. Heavy syllable
47. The syllables having nucleus and coda but no onset are
called
e. Open syllables
f. Closed syllable
g. Light syllable
h. Heavy syllable
48.
There are one or more consonants before or after
nucleus which describes
a. Consonant Cluster
b. Elision
c. Assimilation
d. Syllable
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49. When two phonemes occurring in a sequence, and some
aspect of one phoneme is taken or copied by other
phoneme, this process is called
e. Consonant Cluster
f. Elision
g. Assimilation
h. Syllable
50. The omission or deletion of some sound from a word is
known as
i.
Consonant Cluster
j. Elision
k. Assimilation
l. Syllable
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Linguistics MCQs by Sajjad Haider (Part 2)
1. When the name of a company becomes the name of its
product, it is called
a. Coinage
b. Calques
c. Blending
d. Compounding
2. When one part of a word is joined with other part of other
word, we get a new word. This process is known as
e.
Coinage
f. Calques
g. Blending
h. Compounding
3. When one part of a word is joined with other part of other
word, we get a new word. Such type of words in linguistics
terminology are called
a. Acronyms
b. Portmanteau
c. Palindrome
d. Slang
4. A word, phrase or sentence having same sequence of alphabet
from left to right and right to left( for example, madam, nurses
run) are called
e.
Acronyms
f. Portmanteau
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g. Palindrome
h. Slang
5. If a word of more than one syllable is reduced to a shorten
form ( for example; laboratory to lab, gasoline to gas,
advertisement to ad) this process will be termed as
a. Compounding
b. Clipping
c. Hypocorism
d. Conversion
6. If a long word is reduced to single syllable and then “y” or “ie”
is added to end to make new words (example handkerchief to
hankie, and breakfast to breaky) the process is called
e. Compounding
f. Clipping
g. Hypocorism
h. Conversion
7. A change in the function of a word, when a noun is used as
verb or a verb is used as a noun it is called
i.
Compounding
j. Clipping
k. Hypocorism
l. Conversion
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8. NASA, NATO, UNESCO are the example of
a. Abbreviations
b. Acronyms
c. Compounding
d. Mixing
9. To form new words by attaching affixes with existing words is
called
a. Abbreviation
b. Acronym
c. Conversion
d. Derivation
10.
The study of forms ( words) is called
a. Phonetics
b. Phonology
c. Morphology
d. Assimilation
11.
originally, morphology is a
a. Linguistic term
b. Literary term
c. Biological term
d. Mathematical term
12.
A minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function or a
minimum unit of word is called
a. Phoneme
b. Morpheme
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c. Lexeme
d. Phone
13.
A word or a group of word which has one meaning is
called
e.
Phoneme
f. Morpheme
g. Lexeme
h. Phone
14.
The morphemes which are independent to give meaning
and they can stand by as single words are called
a. Free morphemes
b. Bound morphemes
c. Inflectional morphemes
d. Derivational morphemes
15.
The morphemes which are dependent to other words
give meaning and they cannot stand by as single words are
called
e. Free morphemes
f. Bound morphemes
g. Lexical morphemes
h. Derivational morphemes
16.
i.
All the affixes in English are
Free morphemes
j. Bound morphemes
k. Lexical morphemes
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l. Independent morphemes
17.
The word to which affixes are attached is technically
known as
a. Phoneme
b. Morpheme
c. Stem
d. Lexeme
18.
Lexical and functional morphemes are two types of
a. Free morphemes
b. Bound morphemes
c. Derivational morphemes
d. Inflectional morphemes
19.
e.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives come under
Lexical morphemes
f. Functional morphemes
g. Derivational morphemes
h. Inflectional morphemes
20.
Articles, pronouns and prepositions cover
i. Lexical morphemes
j. Functional morphemes
k. Derivational morphemes
l. Inflectional morphemes
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21.
Which of type of morphemes is used to indicate the
grammatical function of a word
m. Lexical morphemes
n. Functional morphemes
o. Derivational morphemes
p. Inflectional morphemes
22.
There are total__________ inflectional morphemes in
English language.
a. 5
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
23.
The study of rules of a language covers
a. Grammar
b. Syntax
c. Semantics
d. Pragmatics
24.
Following two languages are considered Classical
languages
a. Arabic and Greek
b. Greek and Latin
c. Greek and English
d. Latin and Dutch
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25.
English followed ____________ language for making rules
of grammar
a. Greek
b. Latin
c. Dutch
d. Scottish
26.
Which of the following approaches deals with the set of
grammar rules and focuses on the teaching of grammar rules?
a. Descriptive Approach
b. Prescriptive Approach
c. Generative approach
d. Mystic approach
27.
Mention the approach which discourages the too much
focus on rules of language, according to it, how language is
used is important rather than how language should be used.
e.
Descriptive Approach
f. Prescriptive Approach
g. Generative approach
h. Mystic approach
28.
Syntax is originally taken from a___________ word
a. Greek
b. Latin
c. Germen
d. Russian
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29.
The study of order or arrangements of words is called
a. Grammar
b. Syntax
c. Semantics
d. Pragmatics
30.
The study of meaning of forms is called
e. Grammar
f. Syntax
g. Semantics
h. Pragmatics
31.
“The table was listening to the music”. This sentence
syntactically is correct, but ___________ wrong.
a. Semantically
b. Grammatically
c. Pragmatically
d. Morphologically
32.
When the meaning of one form is included in the meaning
of another form it is called
a. Hyponymy
b. Polysemy
c. Homonymy
d. Prototypes
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33.
Horse is________ of animal
a. Hyponym
b. Co-hyponym
c. Homonym
d. Homophone
34.
When two words have different different spellings have
same pronunciations (for example, meet, meat, flour flower)
they are called
a. Homonyms
b. Homophones
c. Hyponyms
d. Metonyms
35.
When one word has two or more meanings or two words
have two different meanings but same spellings are called.
(examples; bank- of river, bank- a financial institution)
e. Homonyms
f. Homophones
g. Hyponyms
h. Metonyms
36.
When one form have different meanings which are all
related by extension, the term is named
e. Hyponymy
f. Polysemy
g. Homonymy
h. Prototypes
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37.
Words frequently occurring together are termed as (
examples; husband and wife,salt-pepper)
a. Synecdoche
b. Metonymy
c. Collocation
d. polysemy
38.
When a part represents a whole entity it is known as
e. Synecdoche
f. Metonymy
g. Collocation
h. Polysemy
39.
The study of intended speaker meaning is called
a. Semantics
b. Syntax
c. Pragmatics
d. Grammar
40.
The set of words used in the same phrase or sentence is
called linguistics context. It is also known as
a. Co-text
b. Dixie
c. Anaphora
d. Inference
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41.
Word s that cannot be interpreted at all without the
physical context of the speaker are called
e. Co-text
f. Dixies
g. Anaphora
h. Inference
42.
Any additional information used by the listener to
connect what is said to what must be meant is called
i. Co-text
j. Dixies
k. Anaphora
l. Inference
43.
A subsequent reference to an already introduced entity is
called
m. Co-text
n. Antecedent
o. Anaphora
p. Inference
44.
Linkage of ideas in a text is called
a. Cohesion
b. Coherence
c. Anaphora
d. Co-text
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45.
A conventional knowledge structure which exists in
memory is called
e. Cohesion
f. Schema
g. Anaphora
h. Co-text
46.
When we feel extreme difficulty in production of speech
which part of our brain is damaged?
a. Broca’ Area
b. Wernicke’s area
c. Motor cortex
d. Arcuate fasciculus
47.
Damage in Wernicke’s Area of brain causes difficulty in
a. Speech production
b. Speech comprehension
c. Speech listening
d. Speech memorizing
48.
Which of the following part of the brain controls the
articulatry muscles, jaw, tongue and lynx?
e. Broca’ Area
f. Wernicke’s area
g. Motor cortex
h. Arcuate fasciculus
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49.
Which of the following parts forms a crucial connection
between Brcoa’s area and Wernicke’s area?
i. Vex Area
j. Motor cortex
k. Arcuate fasciculus
l. John’s Area
50.
Language ability is located in _________ of the brain
a. Right Hemisphere
b. Left Hemisphere
c. Both
d. None
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Linguistics MCQs by Sajjad Haider (Part3)
1. The inability to produce or comprehend the speech because of
damage to certain parts of brain is called
a. Anaphora
b. Aphasia
c. Cataphora
d. Diexes
2. When the baby is three month old, they can produce velar
sounds /k/, /g/ and vowels /i/ and /u/ this stage is known as
a. Cooing
b. Babbling
c. Holophrastic
d. Telegraphic
3. By the six month, a baby can produce nasal and fricative
sounds. This stage is called
e. Cooing
f. Babbling
g. Holophrastic
h. Telegraphic
4. What is difference between acquisition of a language and
learning of a language?
a. Learning is natural while acquisition is conscious way of
getting language
b. Acquisition is natural and learning is conscious effort to get
language
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c. Acquisition focuses on grammar while learning not
d. None
5. Which one is a traditional method of learning a language?
a. GTM
b. Audio lingual
c. Silent
d. Drill method
6. When you mix L1 and L2 and make another language is called
a. Interlanguage
b. Forelangue
c. Post language
d. Coding
7. While speaking one language if we shift to another language it
is called
a. Code Mixing
b. Code Switching
c. Coding
d. None
8. In conversation, if we use the words of two languages it is
called
e. Code Mixing
f. Code Switching
g. Coding
h. None
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9. English is derived from which of the following major language
a. Latin
b. Greek
c. German
d. French
10.
A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a
specific region or social group is called
a. Accent
b. Dialect
c. Bilingualism
d. Pidgin
11.
Dialect is peculiar to vocabulary while accent is peculiar
to _______ of a specific group of people
a. Grammar
b. Spelling
c. Pronunciation
d. Tenses
12.
A variety of language developed for some practical
purpose among groups of people who don’t know each other
languages is called
a. Pidgin
b. Creole
c. Dialect
d. Accent
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13.
When a language developed for some practical purpose
goes beyond that purpose and becomes the first language of
social community, it is called
e. Pidgin
f. Creole
g. Dialect
h. Accent
14.
The personal dialect of each individual speaker of a
language is called
a. Register
b. Jargon
c. Diglossia
d. Idiolect
15.
Variations in a language according to use in specific
situations is called
e. Register
f. Jargon
g. Diglossia
h. Idiolect
16.
Technical vocabulary associated with a specific field or
group is called
i. Register
j. Jargon
k. Diglossia
l. Idiolect
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17.
When we speak two varieties of one language in a society,
one is formal and other is informal, it is called
m. Register
n. Jargon
o. Diglossia
p. Idiolect
18.
The study of language in relation to brain is called
a. Sociolinguistics
b. Psycholinguistics
c. Neurolinguistics
d. Applied linguistics
19.
The study of language in relation to society is called
e. Sociolinguistics
f. Psycholinguistics
g. Neurolinguistics
h. Applied linguistics
20.
Scientific study of production, transmission, reception of
speech sounds is called
a. Phonetics
b. Linguistics
c. Phonology
d. Anthropology
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21.
According to Chomsky, the native speakers knowledge of
his language, the system of rules he has mastered, his ability
to produce and understand a vast number of new sentences is
a. Competence
b. Performance
c. Both none
d. None
22.
Who gave the concept of competence and performance?
a. Chomsky
b. Sapir
c. D e Saussure
d. Watson
23.
The concept of language and parole is given by
e. Chomsky
f. Sapir
g. D e Saussure
h. Watson
24.
The set of all possible grammatical sentences in the
language is called
a. Langue
b. Parole
c. Performance
d. None
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25.
The set of all utterances that have actually been produced
in the language is called
e.
Langue
f. Parole
g. Competence
h. None
26.
The major names related to the theory of Behaviorism
are
a. Chomsky and De Saussure
b. Watson and De Saussure
c. Fried and Chomsky
d. Skinner and Watson
27.
“Big” and “small” are the examples of________ antonyms
a. Gradable
b. Non-Gradable
c. Both
d. None
28.
According to_____________ we perceive the world as our
language leads us to perceive it.
a. Sapir- Whorf hypothesis
b. Behaviorism
c. Performance and competence
d. Lange and parole
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29.
The forms of verb ‘to be” (is, are, am, was, were) are
technically known as
a. Anaphora
b. Aphasia
c. Copula
d. Cataphora
30.
The originator of theory of Structuralism is
a. De Saussure
b. Chomsky
c. Skinner
d. Watson
31.
“Language may be defined as the expression of thought
by the means of speech sounds”. Who defines language in
these words?
a. Chomsky
b. Skinner
c. Henry Sweet
d. De Saussure
32.
The study of language ignoring its history is called
a. Diachronic study
b. Synchronic study
c. Both
d. None
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33.
The study of language through different periods of its
history is called
a. Historical linguistics
b. Diachronic linguistics
c. Synchronic linguistics
d. A and B
34.
A flood of French words came in to English in
its___________
a. Old period
b. Middle period
c. Modern period
d. All
35.
English is considered as ‘lingua franca’ what does it
means?
a. Easy language
b. Language of communication
c. Tough language
d. Old language
36.
Omission of a word or more from a sentence is called
a. Elision
b. Ellipsis
c. Assimilation
d. Analogy
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37.
The study and analysis of text in regard to their linguistic
and literary style is called
a. Sociolinguistics
b. Stylistics
c. Psycholinguistics
d. Historical linguistics
38.
‘Unhate’ ‘unlove’ ‘untroden’ are the examples of
a. Syntactical Deviation
b. Morphological Deviation
c. Graphical Deviation
d. Grammatical Deviation
39.
Which of the following links literary criticism to linguistics
e. Sociolinguistics
f. Stylistics
g. Psycholinguistics
h. Historical linguistics
40.
Which one of the following accents is considered a
standard accent of British English for non native speakers?
a. Irish Accent
b. Scottish Accent
c. Received Pronunciation
d. Yorkshire Accent
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41.
The information given about the Subject in a sentence is
called
a. Infinitive
b. Gerund
c. Participle
d. Predicate
42.
This, That, These, and Those are
a. Reflexive Pronouns
b. Personal Pronouns
c. Demonstrative Pronouns
d. Relative Pronouns
43.
Painting, Smoking, Fishing are the examples of
e. Infinitive
f. Gerund
g. Participle
h. Predicate
44.
Class, Team, Committee are the examples of
a. Proper Noun
b. Material Noun
c. Collective Noun
d. Concrete Noun
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45.
Ahmad, sit down. ‘Ahmad’ in this sentence is in
a. Accusative case
b. Genitive case
c. Dative case
d. Vocative case
46.
If a noun is the indirect object of the verb it will be in
e. Accusative case
f. Genitive case
g. Dative case
h. Vocative case
47.
There are ____________ basic skills of a language
a. 2
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
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The productive skills are
a. Listening and reading
b. Speaking and writing
c. Listening and writing
d. Speaking and listening
49.
The entity to which anaphora is referred is called
a. Inference
b. Co-text
c. Antecedent
d. Context
50.
The concept of LAD was given by
a. Chomsky
b. Skinner
c. De Saussure
d. G.B. Watson
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