“Singular and Plural Nouns" Self Study Quizzes

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct

           

1. The Philosopher HP Grice, in his article "Logic and Conversation," formulated a Cooperative Principles (CP) underlying language use.
   Answer Principles

     

2. These principle is based on the fact that talk exchanges are, in part, cooperative efforts.
   Answer These

    

3. The CP is more of a general principle rather than a strict guidelines, suggesting that talk exchanges are often cooperative efforts.
   Answer guidelines

    

4. Each speaker recognizes the contribution requirements, purposes and reason for initiating the talk exchange. Answer reason

    

5. ESL teacher who want to build the communicative competence of students should consider the following three assumptions regarding language use.
   Answer teacher

    

6. First, every language makes available to the user the same basic set of speech acts such as requesting, apologizing, declaration and promising.

   Answer declaration

    

7. Second, every language often makes available similar sets of strategies for performing a given speech acts.
   Answer acts

    

8. Third, language will differ significantly with respect to both when a particulars speech act will or will not be performed, and with what strategy (Larsen 78).

   Answer particulars

    

9. I found this assumptions to be true as I explained implicature.
   Answer this

    

10. Grice’s Cooperative Principle and its maxims already exists to explain basic human behavior in general in all the ESL students’ languages

    Answer exists

     

11. I was not teaching student anything that they did not already do or were not unconsciously aware of except the third assumption.
    Answer student

     

12. The explicit teaching of implicature is useful because it show the students how implicature is used and with what strategies students can use to work out the implied meanings of their interlocutors.
    Answer show

     

13. In closing this section on classroom tasks for teaching implicature, a summaries of the principles guiding the teaching of implicature will now be discussed.

    Answer summaries

     

14. I will use an adapted excerpt from Ellis that illustrates the principle that are helpful in developing a faster rate of the interpretation of implicature and overall language development.

    Answer principle

     

15. The following eight idea have strong theoretical grounds.
    Answer idea

     

16. In the last chapter of this theses, I will explain the pedagogical implications of the findings.
    Answer theses

     

17. Despite some statisticals concerns mentioned in chapter four, this study contributes to the field of ESL.
    Answer statisticals

     

18. An understandings of how explicit instruction in implicature impacts a student’s listening comprehension abilities is provided.
    Answer understandings

     

19. After seven hour of explicit teaching in implicature, the students in the experimental group increased their TOEFL listening scores on average 7.09 points during the ten weeks of instruction.

    Answer hour

     

20. That the experimental student increased their scores 7.09 points is encouraging.
    Answer student

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

1. This studies is attempting to fill the gap in ESL between theory and practice.
   Answer studies

    

2. The goals of this class is to help you to succeed in the American University setting.
   Answer goals

    

3. On a week to week basis we will go over the class lectures by reviewing our notes and we will prepare for all quizzes and exam.
   Answer exam

    

4. This class will address the special problem  and challenges that you as a nonnative speaker may face.

   Answer problem

    

5. I will have exercise  in which you will be able to assess your strengths and weaknesses in many of the above study skill areas.
   Answer exercise

    

6. I will work with you and together we will discover the ways that you, as a nonnative speakers of English who is beginning his/her college career, learn the easiest.
   Answer speakers

    

7. You will discover a best ways for you to study as you adapt to the ideas that we talk about and as you suit them to your own needs and personal style.
   Answer a

    

8. Try out the skills that we discuss in our class in the Geography class to see whether or not they works for you.
   Answer works

    

9. Make an appointment within the first three week of class to meet with Professor Zorn.
   Answer week

    

10. How would you suggest he best prepares for this last exam?
    Answer prepares

     

11. Share with her some interesting thing  that you have learned about World Geography.
    
    Answer thing

     

12. When you turn your note in for review, write down three skills that you are having trouble with and tell me how you are going to improve and strengthen these skills.
    Answer note

     

13. You should write the journal based on your experiences with the study skill/reading strategy as you attempt to use them in the Open University SSI165 class.

    Answer strategy

     

14. Death Valley is a desert surrounded by mountain.

    Answer mountain

     

15. The valley floors is dry, barren, and very hot with temperatures reaching 134F.
    Answer floors

     

16. Life exists in Death Valley but it is not easy to find in such a barren and sparse places.
    Answer places

     

17. It’s hard to find beauty in such the bleak place but to some there is beauty in bleakness.

    Answer the

     

18. A dust devils is the same as Mini-tornado.

    
    Answer devils

     

19. A parasite is a plant or animal that feeds on other plants or animal.

    
    Answer animal

     

20. There are four obstacles that life face in Death Valley: salt, extreme heat, dryness, and lack of food.
    Answer face