University of Kerbala
College of Education for Humanities
Dept. of English
M.A. Candidates Admission Test 2017-2018
Q1: Choose the most suitable option: (40 M.)
1. Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis differ from other qualitative research method
in that they treat language as :
a. a resource rather than a topic. c. a theory rather than a method.
b. a language rather than a theory d. a topic rather than a resource.
2. Discourse analysis is
a. how language operates in real life communicative events.
b. language at a level which is broader than a sentence.
c. found in interview data. d. All of these.
3. The adjective in the sentence ( I want to try on something larger ) is
a. postpositive b. attributive c. predicative d. inherent
4. The underlined verbal in the sentence (He has been elected carefully ) is
a. non- finite b. modal c. finite d. bare infinitive
5. In which approach the native language is completely eliminated in class?
a- - TPR b- CLT c- ALM d- GTM
6. Dialogue memorization and repetition drills are two technique used in ..............
a- CLT b- ALM c- DM d- GTM
7. What suggests that human beings can talk about things that are remote in time and /or
space is
a. Discreteness b. Productivity c. Displacement d. Arbitrariness.
8. The sentence "Jan saw the people with binoculars" If said out of context could serve as an
example of
a. structural ambiguity b. lexical ambiguity c. part-of-speech ambiguity
d. deep structure
9. Henry says, “Mary never eats any green vegetables” presupposes that
a. Henry eats spinach. b. Henry has a sister.
c. Mary would not eat string beans if they were offered to her. d. Mary never eats broccoli.
10. The word ……… is not an example of space deixis.
a. here b. behind c. there d. then
11. The verb in the sentence ( “The can holds two gallons” is
a. dynamic b. intransitive c. stative d. none of them
12. ………… are words that can't be interpreted at all if we don't know the context, e.g. here
and there, this or that, now and then , etc.
a. referents b. deixis c. cues d. exophora
13. The two research approaches which are predominately concerned with analyzing language
are :
a. conversation and discourse analysis b. structured and semi-structured interviewing c.
observation and content analysis d. none of the above
14. How parts are fitting together. How things can be unspoken but still be understood, e.g.
A) That's the phone
B) I'm in the shower
A) O.K. is an example of
a. coherence b. cohesion c. endophora d. cataphora
15. The morphemes which can occur by themselves as independent units. Ex: celebrate, learn,
work are called
a. bound morphemes b. free morphemes c. semantics d. phraseology
16. You have a dinner party and all the guests ask for seconds. What is the most logical
conclusion?
a. Your food is terrible. c. Your guests will eat anything you serve.
b. Your guests eat too much. d. Your food is good
17- The pronunciation of the word economics as [i ka'nami ks] or [E ka'nami ks] is an
example of
a. prevarication b. free variation c. openness d. discreteness
18- Knowledge of how a certain thing is ordered, such as a store, a classroom, a restaurant is
called
a. script b. schema c. connector d. sample
19- The underlined word in the sentence ( I am talking with you as a teacher )is
a. subordinator b. demonstrative c. preposition d. pronoun
20- The most cohesive tied sentences can be shown in
a. Jamaica is in the Caribbean. It is near Cuba
b. my friend visited Jamaica. She went there on a cruise ship
c. Jamaican people are very friendly. They like to dance and have fun
d. there are beautiful beaches in Jamaica. The ocean is really blue
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blanks with suitable words: (50 M.)
1- ----------------------- is not found in animals, but in humans, since most animals cannot
communicate about things in the immediate environment.
2- An allomorph is a phonemically different from the -------------------- with the same meaning.
3- Oral tests can be further divided into three categories -------------, ---------------
and ------------------.
4- Testing the writing skills includes two main areas ------------ and--------------.
5- In order for a scientific theory to be acceptable it must be----------, or-----------
and---------------
6- The four different positions of the vocal folds are 1.------------ 2.------------- 3.------------ and
4.----------
7- Grice described -------------- principle as: “Make your conversational contribution such as is
required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose direction of the talk exchange in
which you are engaged”.
8- Hedges are used to show that we are concerned about following the maxims while being
cooperative participants in -----------------.
9- According to Halliday, register can be analysed precisely by looking at a
text’s tenor, mode and -----------------------
10- As far as the consonant sequences are concerned, the sound system of English
permits no more than---------------- consonants initially and no more than--------
consonants finally.
11- Oral sounds are produced by-------------- the velum.
12- ------------------- is a set of symbols which represents both consonants and vowels of English
words.
13- According to ‘voicing’, consonants are either 1.---------- or 2.-----------.
14- ------------------- is a general term for a conventional knowledge structure that exists in memory.
15- ----------------------- is that languages share the general linguistic features and levels like:
phonology, morphology, grammar, etc.
16- “ I know you have no time, but…” indicates ------------------------
17- The consonants which are produced by the two lips are called--------------.
18- -------------------- is a combination of two or more adjacent consonants.
19- --------------------is a phonetic process when two phonemes occur in a sequence and some aspects
of one phoneme is taken or ‘copied’ by the other.
20- ----------------- is the process where a word is formed from the initials or beginning segments of a
succession of words.
21- ---------------- refers to the pattern of occurrence of related forms, according to which each form
occupies its own territory and does not trespass on the domain of another.
22- --------------- indicates the combining of two separate forms to produce a single new term by
taking the beginning of one word joining it to the end of the other word.
23- Semantics studies sentence meaning, but pragmatics studies--------------- meaning.
24- ------------------ is either done by simplified words like tummy, nana or alternative forms like
choo- choo, wa-wa.
25- In --------------- there is a “low” variety, acquired locally and used for everyday affairs, and a
“high” or special variety, learned in school and used for important matters.
26- The maxims co-operative suggested by Grice (1975) are ---------------
27- ------------------- is the association of a lexical item with other lexical items.
28- “I now pronounce you husband and wife,” is a -----------------Speech Act.
29- Junggrammatiker thought that sound laws are ---------------.
30- Falcon/ birds show the meaning of --------------------.
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