Theories
A language learning hypothesis which states that the more we read, the greater our vocabulary will be.
Reading Hypothesis
A type of noun which refers to intangible objects such as feelings, emotions, and ideas.
Abstract Noun
Identify the specific part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
Wow! That's such a great idea!
Interjection
Identify the specific part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
Whose pencil is this?
Interrogative Pronoun
In degrees of comparison, what is the positive form of the word “eldest”
old
A language learning hypothesis in which learners acquire parts of language in a predictable order and teachers cannot change the order of a grammatical teaching sequence.
Natural-Order Hypothesis
Rules of a language governing the sounds, words, sentences, and other elements, as well as their combination and interpretation.
Grammar
Identify the specific part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
This is my favorite novel.
Demonstrative Pronoun
Identify the specific part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
The farmer makes his money from sugar.
Mass Noun / Uncountable Noun
Choose: in, on, at
______ what day were you born?
On
A term given by Noam Chomsky in which it's a problem of explaining how we can know so much given our limited experience. This also explains the noumenal and phenomenal realm.
Plato's Problem
A term for the word/s which pronoun replaces or refers to in a sentence.
Antecedent
Choose: in, on, at
She always gets up ______ quarter past six in the morning.
at
Identify the specific part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
He hasn't come, because he's ill.
Subordinating Conjunction
Choose: in, on, at
____ breakfast-time, we do not eat salad.
at
In monitoring hypothesis, what will happen if the learner over monitors himself/herself when speaking?
There'll be lack of fluency. / Fluency will be affected.
The smallest unit of language that has its own meaning.
Morphemes
Linking Verb or Helping Verb:
The car was incredibly fast.
Linking Verb
Identify the specific part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."
Indefinite Article.
Adjective or Adverb:
Toothpaste ads on television always feature models with gleaming, pearly teeth.
Adjective