Does Grammar Matter?

Does Grammar Matter?

9th - 12th Grade

9 Qs

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Does Grammar Matter?

Does Grammar Matter?

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Rachelle Sy

FREE Resource

9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is grammar according to linguistics?

A guide for writing novels

A list of words in a language

A set of patterns for how words are put together

A set of rules for proper speaking

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the usual order of words in an English sentence?

Subject, Object, Verb

Object, Verb, Subject

Subject, Verb, Object

Verb, Subject, Object

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do prescriptivists believe about language?

It is impossible to learn

It should follow consistent rules

It should constantly change

It does not need rules

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is descriptivism?

A strict set of language rules

Describing how people actually use language

A historical study of languages

A method to learn new languages quickly

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was written language standardized?

To make it easier to forget

To allow broader communication

To limit the number of languages

To make it more complex

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is considered the 'proper' form of a language?

The form with the most words

The standard form derived from a spoken variety

The oldest form

The most complex form

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do most of us learn to speak?

By listening to music

By memorizing rules

Through unconscious habits

By reading dictionaries

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does speech use besides words for meaning?

Mathematical formulas

Colors and shapes

Mood and intonation

Silence only

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is prescriptivism useful?

For informing about common patterns

For making languages more difficult

For stopping language change

For reducing the number of languages