TKT

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Module 1
Test
• 80/80
•1m
• Types of tasks:
a) Matching
b) Multiple choice
c) Sequencing
d) Categorizing errors
e) Finding the odd one out
Match the example language with the grammatical terms. There is one
extra option which you do not need to use.

Example Language Grammatical Terms

1) My, your, our A subject pronouns

2) that, which, who B possessive adjectives

3) we, you, she C prepositions of movement

4) during, after, until D relative pronouns

1b
5) through, along, towards E interrogative pronouns 2d
3a
4e
5c
Look at the questions about phonogy and the possible answers.
Choose the correct option A, B,C
Mark the correct letter (A, B, C) on your answer sheet
1) What is a phoneme?
a) The smallest sound
b) The smallest sound that has a meaning
c) A symbol representing a sound
2) Which of the following ends in a consonant?
a) Banana 1b
b) Carrot 2b

c) Potato
 For questions 1-7, look at the sentences and the three words from each listed A, B and C.
Two of the words have the same grammatical function in the sentence. One does NOT.
Choose the letter (A, B or C) which does NOT have the same grammatical function.

1 She told us it was very cold there. 2 It was built when they were young, so they don't
remember the old building
A There
B It A was
C She B were
C don't

3 He studied IT for his job but he made very slow 4 Nobody understood his spoken French because
progress so he gave up. his accent was so 'strong'

A for A understood
B but B spoken
C so C was

5 They took off their coats and went to the table 1a

near the window. 2b
3a
A off
 What do we teach when we teach a
language?
Language Skills (receptive/productive) Language Systems

Speaking Grammar

Writing Lexis

Reading Pronunciation

Listening Discourse
What is grammar? What is it used for?

• Grammar refers to Descriptive grammar

How we
Combine, organize, change form use
Parts of words, words, groups of words
To make meaning
Grammatical forms
(how words are made up and presented in speech or writing)

Analytical (word +word):

more beautiful, have been doing, will do, isn’t driving, etc.
Synthetic (word+affix (prefix/suffix)):
unreliable, newer, socks, reading, strengthen, empower, etc.

Grammatical forms can be identified in parts of speech, grammatical

structures, w ords with affixes ( prefixes/syuffixes)
 Language system (1):
Grammar: Parts of speech (functions)

Several - quantifier/ pronoun?

Many - quantifier/ pronoun?

1) I saw several kangaroos.

2) He asked for a volunteer and got
several.

3) I don’t know many girls.

4) Teachers are poorly paid…. Many
leave the profession.
What’s missing????
Find 5 mistakes:
1 C 2J 3F 4B 5G 6A 7I 8E 9 H 10 D
Language system (1):
Grammar: Grammatical Structures
Grammatical Structures, i.e. the arrangement of words into
grammatical patters that have meaning.

Grammatical structures = form + use

parts + order meaning it’s used to express
Language system (1):
Grammar: Word Formation
Language system (2):
Lexis:
Language system (3):
Phonology:
• Phoneme
• Word stress (main/secondary)
• Contractions
• Sentence stress (main/secondary)
• Intonation
Phoneme
(unit of sound that makes a difference to meaning in a language)

• Go/goes
• Mad/made
• So/show
• Plaintive/plaintiff
• Sin/thin
• Hill/heel
Word stress (main/secondary)
a) How many syllables?
b) How many phonemes?
Take
Clean
Simple
Dimple
Regular
Unsophisticated
Connected Speech
Features:
• Sentence stress (main (primary)/secondary)
• Weak forms
• Rhythm
• Word boundaries ( want to/ stop lying/ …and wind)
• Intonation (falling/rising tones; fall-rise; rise-fall; high pitch)
Language system (4): Discourse:
Functions (why we communicate)
Focus on the use of language and its meaning for the people who are in the context where it is used
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