TRS5 P2 UNIT 1 Supporting 1 + 2

Consulting a dictionary as you write will .............that you are spelling words correctly.

• nonsense

• enable

• subtle

• input

• ensure

In the experiment, all participants heard the same................. - a high, loud sound. Then they were asked to identify it. Some people thought it was some kind of animal, and others thought it was some kind of machine.

• nonsense

• enable

• subtle

• input

• ensure

In many languages, a rising intonation at the end of a sentence is a (n) ..............that the speaker is asking a question.

• cue

• enable

• subtle

• input

• ensure

Visitors and outsiders may not be able to hear the.................differences in the way English is spoken in different sections of New York City.

• cue

• enable

• subtle

• input

• ensure

...............the Roman conquest of what is now France, the people of the region spoke a Celtic language called " Gaulish", which is unrelated to modern French.

• Cue

• Prior to

• Subtle

• Input

• Ensure

Some private language lessons might .............you to learn strategies for reading faster in English.

• cue

• enable

• nonsense

• input

• prior to

"Jabberwocky" is a poem by Lewis Carroll that includes read - sounding ............phrases like " slithy toves", " jub - jub bird", and " beamish boy".

• cue

• enable

• nonsense

• input

• prior to

The linguist Noam Chomsky claims that all human children have a natural, ......................ability to learn language.

• sweeping

• innate

• mainstream

• draw

• universal

Many elementary - level teachers are .............of the view that it is best for children to learn to read in their first language.

• sweeping

• innate

• adherents

• draw

• universal

My psycholinguistics professor is teaching us about some interesting new ideas that are not widely accepted. However, I am glad that my other professors concentrate on .................ideas and theories so that I can get a good education in the basics of the field.

• sweeping

• innate

• adherents

• draw

• mainstream