AGE
Grammar Rules & Culture
Listing & Ordering/ Shoulder-Shifting/ Contrastive Structure
Signs/Sentences
Grammar Rules & Culture Part 2
100

Where do you sign ages?

on the chin

100

What is a CODA?

Child of a Deaf Adult(s)
100

Sign this phrase: She is mean and he is friendly.

SHE MEAN SHE (SS) HE FRIENDLY HE.

100

Sign "My younger brother is 5 months old"

MY BROTHER YOUNG 5-MONTHS OLD

100

What is ASL grammar structure?

TIME, TOPIC, COMMENT

200

What is the legal drinking age in America?

21 years old

200

True or False: When 2 people are signing, it is best to duck as you walk through so you do not block their conversation.

False! You do not need to duck! You can walk through quickly between two signers having a conversation

200

Sign this phrase in ASL: He is falling in love. She doesn't want to date.

HE FALL-IN-LOVE HE (SS) SHE DONT-WANT DATE.

200

What is the difference between the signs: LOVE and LOVE-IT? How do you sign them?

LOVE: Romantic

LOVE-IT: sentimental, favorite, admire

200

True / False, pronouns with number follow the rule of 9.

True

300

What is a legal age to drive?

16 years old

300

Name one thing shoulder-shifting/role shifting is used for?

Comparing, contrasting, or separating details

300

Sign this phrase in ASL: He is 34 and she is 36.

HE AGE 34 HE (SS) SHE AGE 36 SHE.

300

Sign this phrase in ASL: Do you want to go on a date? (be sure to include NMS)

DATE YOU WANT GO-TO YOU? (eyebrows up)

300

What is the best way to negate a sign (e.g. change WANT to DONT-WANT)

Shake head

400

What is a legal voting age?

18 years old

400

What kind of pronoun expresses "TWO-OF-YOU" "THREE-OF-THEM", etc.?

Pronoun with number

400

Sign this phrase in ASL: My children are 21, 23, and 25.

MY CHILDREN: (Listing / REF-HAND) 1. AGE 25, 2. AGE 23, 3. AGE 21.

400

When a sign differs depending on gender, this is called what?

Gender distinction

400

Sign this phrase in ASL: This is my Aunt Kelly and my Uncle Bob

MY AUNT KELLY (ss) MY UNCLE BOB

500

What age is considered becoming a teenager?

13 years old

500

What is the rule called when referring to ages that are less than 10?

Rule of 9

500

Sign this phrase in ASL: I have a dog, a cat, and a fish.

(constrast. struct.) ME HAVE DOG (right), CAT (center), FISH (left)

500

Sign this phrase in ASL: She is smart, funny, friendly, and outgoing.

SHE (REF-HAND) 1. SMART, 2. FUNNY, 3. FRIENDLY, 4. OUTGOING SHE. (constrastive structure okay too)

500

Demonstrate 2 ways you can fix a mistake in ASL.

OOPS, WAVE-NO, SLIP-MIND, or UM..UH..

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