CETP - Child Language Development
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
The study of word structure -
correct answer ✅Morphology
The smallest meaningful unit of a language -
correct answer ✅Morpheme
-if it were subdivided any further, it would become meaningless
Free morpheme -
correct answer ✅-Words that have meaning, cannot be broken
down into smaller parts, and can have other other morphemes
added to them (E.g., ocean, book, color)
Bound morpheme -
correct answer ✅-Cannot convey meaning by themselves; must be
joined with free morphemes to have meaning
-Can be a prefix (before the free morpheme; e.g., prearrange,
misunderstand)
-Can be a suffix (after the free morpheme; e.g., arranged,
understanding)
Common bound grammatical morphemes:
,CETP - Child Language Development
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
-present progressive -ing
-regular plural morpheme -s
-possessive inflection -'s
-regular past tense -ed
Study of sentence structure -
correct answer ✅Syntax
Passive sentence -
correct answer ✅-the subject receives the action of the verb
(e.g.,"The cat was petted by Mike")
Active sentence -
correct answer ✅-The subject performs the actions of the verb
(e.g., "Mark petted the cat")
Interrogatives -
correct answer ✅Questions (e.g., Did you see that gorgeous
sunset?)
,CETP - Child Language Development
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Declaratives -
correct answer ✅Statements (e.g.,The sunset was gorgeous)
Imperatives -
correct answer ✅Commands (e.g., Shut the door)
Exclamatory sentences -
correct answer ✅Express strong feeling (e.g., I never said that!)
Compound sentence -
correct answer ✅Two or more independent clauses joined by a
comma and a conjunction or by a semicolon (e.g., the policeman
held up the sign, and the cars stopped)
Clause -
correct answer ✅-Contains a subject and a predicate (predicate:
part of a sentence and/or clause containing a verb and stating
something about the subject)
, CETP - Child Language Development
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Independent clause -
correct answer ✅-Has a subject and a predicate and can stand
alone
Complex sentence -
correct answer ✅-Contains one independent clause and one or
more dependent or subordinate clauses (e.g., I will drive my car to
Reno if I have enough gas)
-Dependent clauses cannot stand alone; e.g., "if I have enough gas"
would be a dependent clause
Subject-verb-object -
correct answer ✅The basic syntactic structure in English; can also
be called the phrase structure or base structure
The meaning in language -
correct answer ✅Semantics
Vocabulary -
correct answer ✅-also known as lexicon
-Semantics includes someone's vocabulary
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
The study of word structure -
correct answer ✅Morphology
The smallest meaningful unit of a language -
correct answer ✅Morpheme
-if it were subdivided any further, it would become meaningless
Free morpheme -
correct answer ✅-Words that have meaning, cannot be broken
down into smaller parts, and can have other other morphemes
added to them (E.g., ocean, book, color)
Bound morpheme -
correct answer ✅-Cannot convey meaning by themselves; must be
joined with free morphemes to have meaning
-Can be a prefix (before the free morpheme; e.g., prearrange,
misunderstand)
-Can be a suffix (after the free morpheme; e.g., arranged,
understanding)
Common bound grammatical morphemes:
,CETP - Child Language Development
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
-present progressive -ing
-regular plural morpheme -s
-possessive inflection -'s
-regular past tense -ed
Study of sentence structure -
correct answer ✅Syntax
Passive sentence -
correct answer ✅-the subject receives the action of the verb
(e.g.,"The cat was petted by Mike")
Active sentence -
correct answer ✅-The subject performs the actions of the verb
(e.g., "Mark petted the cat")
Interrogatives -
correct answer ✅Questions (e.g., Did you see that gorgeous
sunset?)
,CETP - Child Language Development
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Declaratives -
correct answer ✅Statements (e.g.,The sunset was gorgeous)
Imperatives -
correct answer ✅Commands (e.g., Shut the door)
Exclamatory sentences -
correct answer ✅Express strong feeling (e.g., I never said that!)
Compound sentence -
correct answer ✅Two or more independent clauses joined by a
comma and a conjunction or by a semicolon (e.g., the policeman
held up the sign, and the cars stopped)
Clause -
correct answer ✅-Contains a subject and a predicate (predicate:
part of a sentence and/or clause containing a verb and stating
something about the subject)
, CETP - Child Language Development
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Independent clause -
correct answer ✅-Has a subject and a predicate and can stand
alone
Complex sentence -
correct answer ✅-Contains one independent clause and one or
more dependent or subordinate clauses (e.g., I will drive my car to
Reno if I have enough gas)
-Dependent clauses cannot stand alone; e.g., "if I have enough gas"
would be a dependent clause
Subject-verb-object -
correct answer ✅The basic syntactic structure in English; can also
be called the phrase structure or base structure
The meaning in language -
correct answer ✅Semantics
Vocabulary -
correct answer ✅-also known as lexicon
-Semantics includes someone's vocabulary
