CALT Syntax and Sentence Structure 2

Question 1

Syntax refers to the system of rules governing:

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The arrangement of words to form grammatically correct sentences

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The sounds of a language

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The meanings of individual words

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The history of word origins

Question 2

A student who consistently writes fragments such as Because it was raining most likely needs instruction in:

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Identifying and constructing complete sentences with a subject and predicate

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Phoneme awareness

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Vowel team spelling patterns

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Reading fluency only

Question 3

Sentence combining instruction helps students with:

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Creating more syntactically complex and varied sentences from simple kernel sentences

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Phoneme deletion tasks

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Decoding multisyllabic words

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Learning vocabulary definitions

Question 4

The ability to understand complex sentences with embedded relative clauses is a:

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Higher-level syntactic comprehension skill

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Phonological processing skill

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Basic decoding skill

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Morphological awareness skill

Question 5

In English grammar, a compound sentence contains:

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Two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction

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One independent clause

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An independent and a dependent clause

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A phrase but no clause

Question 6

Understanding the passive voice construction The trophy was awarded to the winner by the judges requires:

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Syntactic awareness to correctly identify who performed the action

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Knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences

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Vocabulary knowledge of the word trophy only

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Fluency skills