ENG 506

GRAND QUIZ FILE

Complied by: Saba Gulzar
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ENG506 Quiz-2

1). English has enriched English and the indigenous languages through -----------.
borrowing
coinage
semantic shifts
✓ All the given options
2). Depending on culture and social context, varieties of English differ in ------------.
formal characteristics
thought patterns
discoursal features
✓ All the given above
3). There is a great deal of -------------- in the use of the tense-aspect markers of
English across its varieties.
✓ variation
similarity
complexity
easiness
4). All the ----- sounds can be divided as voiced and unvoiced.
✓ Consonants
Vowels
Stressed
Phonemic
5). The multilingual users of English base their system on their ---------- language.
✓ first
second

foreign
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6). In linguistics -------- is the process by which a word from one language is
adapted for use in another.
✓ borrowing
coinage
blending
compounding
7). The unstressed syllables are squeezed in between the stresses to
accommodate the regular rhythm of the ---------.
✓ stress
rhythm
accent
annotation
8). Which of the following varieties of English is included in New Englishes?
Pakistani English
Indian English
Nigerian English
✓ All the given option
9). The initial element in the sentence usually signals the --------.
✓ theme
style
surface structure
deep structure
10). -----------is the world formation process in which a new word is created either
deliberately or accidently.
✓ coinage
compounding
blending
assimilation

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11). In linguistics, the process of combining two or more words to create a new
word is called ----------.
Coinage
compounding
✓ blending
assimilation
12). The literature written is distinctive varieties of English is often called ---------.
✓ contact literature
literature
literature review
none of the given above
13). The differences are in stress, rhythm and in segmental features is called-------.
✓ accent
intonation
phonation
dialect
14). English had been influenced by ‘foreign’ sources long before the diaspora
into Asia and Africa. Those were are essentially -------------------.
✓ European
Asian
Indonesian
All the given options
15). All the vowels are ------- sounds in English.
✓ voiced
unvoiced
stressed
unstressed
16). The variety of speech that is closest to a standard prestige language,
especially in an area in which a creole is spoken is termed as ---------.
✓ acrolect
mesolect

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basilect
none of the given option
17). The conventions of marking the countability --------- across languages.
✓ differ
remains the same
enhance
decrease
18). We use quantifiers (much, few, a lot, little etc.) to talk about ------------------.
✓ quantities
style
qualities
method
19). ------------ is the morphological process in which a root, system or part of it is
repeated.
✓ Reduplication
Compounding
Blending
Borrowing
20). One categorization of the noun is specific and -------- nouns.
✓ non-specific
countable
proper
plural
21). The nativeness paradigm places speakers into --------- classification
Mono
✓ Binary
Tertiary
Tetra

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22). The second diaspora of English allowed a section of the population to learn
English as a ------- language.
first
✓ second
third
none of the given options
23). Strevens’ model of World Englishes provides a ------- overview of the
development of globalized English.
✓ historical
geographical
sociological
none of the given options
24). In Manfred Gorlach’s “Circle model of English”, what does WSE stands for?
✓ World standard English
Web service enhancements
Wall street English
Whole school evaluation
25). According to Kachru’s concentric circles, spread of English in the outer
circle overlaps with ……
✓ ESL
EFL
ENL
ELT
26). Strevens’ model of 1980 is one the oldest model, and shows the relationship
of different varieties of English with ------- and American English.
✓ British
Singaporean
Jamaican
Australian

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27). Inner circle countries comprise of people who traditionally are ------- native
English speakers.
bilingual
✓ monolingual
multilingual
None of the given options
28). One categorization of the noun is specific and ------- noun.
✓ non-specific
countable
proper
plural
29). What does “three concentric circles” means?
✓ Circles with the same centre
Overlapping circles
Circles with different centres
None of the given options
30). In many former British colonies, English serves as a/an -------- language.
unofficial
✓ official
native
foreign

31). What is the status of English in Pakistan?

Mother tongue
✓ Official language
Foreign language
All the given options

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32). According to Kachru’s three circle model, native speakers are considered
-------- to the non-native speakers regardless of their language proficiency.
✓ superior
inferior
equal
closer
33). Who proposed modification in Kachru’s three circle model in 1997?
✓ David Graddol
David Crystal
Noam Chomsky
Edward Sapir
34). According to Kachru’s concentric circles model, which of the following
circles is norm-dependent?
inner circle
outer circle
✓ expanding circle
none of the given options
35). English reached the countries which were colonized by the British in the -----
diaspora.
first
✓ second
third
fourth

36). What is the status of English in India?

✓ Official language
Associate language
Foreign language
Native language

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37). The advantage of World Englishes models is that they provide English as
having ------- identities.
cultural
semi cultural
✓ multicultural
monocultural
38). ------------ emerged as a result of first diaspora, i.e. migration to the North
America (USA and Canada), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa.
✓ new Englishes
New Englishes
World Englishes
39). Manfred Gorlach’s “Circle model of English” is similar to -----
Kachru’s concentric model
✓ McArthur’s wheel model
Modiano’s centripetal circles of International English
Modiano’s English as an International Language model
40). The expanding circles comprises countries where English is used as a -----
language.
first
native
✓ foreign
none of the given options
41). The official recognition and acceptance of a language is termed as --------.
✓ institutionalization
pidginization
creolization
assimilation

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42). Which of the following varieties of English is included in New Englishes?

Pakistani English
Indian English
Nigerian English
✓ All the given options
43). In Modiano’s “Centripetal Circles model”, English serves as an/a ---------
✓ International language (IE)
Second language
Foreign language
English as an International language (EIL)
44). A singular countable noun must be preceded by a/an -------
✓ article
noun
verb
adverb

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