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Chapter 11 | Exercises
Exercise 11.1
- My sister {am/is} six years old.
- She will give me {them/these} dolls.
- I {shall/will} go there tomorrow.
- I {am/are} a good pupil.
- There {was/were} no ducks on the lake.
- Is George going to eat with {us/we}?
- Father and {they/them} are going on a trip.
Exercise 11.2
Item 9. The boy is writing something. This is what he wrote/has written/did write.
Item 15. This horse is not big. This horse is big. This horse is bigger.
Item 19. This is soap, and these are soap/bars of soap/more soap.
Item 22. Here is a foot. Here are two feet.
Item 29. The boy has two bananas. He gave one away and he kept one for himself.
Item 15. Comparatives and superlatives may show considerable variation in vernacular varieties, which may include regularization of irregular forms as well as doubly-marked regular forms. In this case, bigger may be represented as more bigger or most biggest.
Item 19. In terms of pluralization, irregular nouns may be regularized to take the plural -s in some vernacular varieties. In this case, soap, which is considered a non-countable or mass noun, may be regularized to take the plural -s to be soaps.
Item 29. Reflexive pronouns like himself may be regularized to hisself by analogy with other forms of possessive pronouns like myself and yourself.
Exercise 11.3
- When measuring an unknown voltage with a voltmeter, the proper precaution to take is to start with the ...
- When a certain pitcher contains three cups of water, the pitcher contains half its capacity.
- It can be inferred from the passage that all of the following are characteristic of the author’s grandmother EXCEPT ...
- Unlike a patient with Wernicke’s aphasia, a patient with Broca’s aphasia can do which of the following?
Exercise 11.4
- Get ready for the test by taking other tests on your own.
- Don’t let the thought of taking a test throw you, but being a little nervous won’t hurt you.
- Arrive early, rested, and prepared to take the test.
- Ask questions until you understand what you are supposed to do.
- Some parts of the test may be easier than others. Don’t let the hard parts keep you from doing well on the easier parts.
- Keep time limits in mind when you take a test.
- Don’t be afraid to answer when you aren’t sure you are right, but don’t guess wildly.
- Work as fast as you can but try not to make mistakes. Some tests have short time limits.
While there is a lot to talk about in these exam hints, notice that they do presume that test-takers will have ready access to tests or test-preparation material and that all tests are similar (1). Further, hints like 7 and 8 assume that the “correct” answers are based on knowledge that should be known or naturalized to the test-taker. This could encourage a test-taker to choose an answer that appears “natural” to them based upon their dialect, whereas the “correct” answer was from a more formal or MAE form that is less “natural” to the test-taker.
Exercise 11.5
What might MAE do for students right now, in terms of people they interact with?
Looking at it from such a vantage point, what do you conclude about the utility of MAE at this point in the students’ lives?