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1 What language family does English belong to?

A) Romance

B) Slavic

C) Celtic

D) Germanic

2 What is the term for a newly invented word entering common usage?

A) Archaism

B) Jargon

C) Neologism

D) Colloquialism

3 What is the study of meaning in language called?

A) Morphology

B) Semantics

C) Phonetics

D) Syntax

4 What is a word that means the same as another?

A) Homophone

B) Antonym

C) Acronym

D) Synonym

5 Syntax is to sentences as phonology is to ?

A) Words

B) Sounds

C) Writing

D) Meanings

6 What is pragmatic competence?

A) Grammar knowledge only

B) Vocabulary size

C) ability to use language

D) Spelling accuracy

7 Taxonomy is to classification as etymology is to ?

A) Word origins

B) Word spelling

C) Word sounds

D) Grammar

8 What is the past tense of 'see'?

A) Seed

B) Seen

C) Saw

D) Seeed

9 What is the opposite of 'increase'?

A) Extend

B) Decrease

C) Enlarge

D) Expand

10 What word contains 26 letters but only 3 syllables?

A) Abcdefg

B) Encyclopedia

C) Alphabet

D) Dictionary

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1 What language family does English belong to?

2 What is the term for a newly invented word entering common usage?

3 What is the study of meaning in language called?

4 What is a word that means the same as another?

5 Syntax is to sentences as phonology is to ?

6 What is pragmatic competence?

7 Taxonomy is to classification as etymology is to ?

8 What is the past tense of 'see'?

9 What is the opposite of 'increase'?

10 What word contains 26 letters but only 3 syllables?

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1 What language family does English belong to?

2 What is the term for a newly invented word entering common usage?

3 What is the study of meaning in language called?

4 What is a word that means the same as another?

5 Syntax is to sentences as phonology is to ?

6 What is pragmatic competence?

7 Taxonomy is to classification as etymology is to ?

8 What is the past tense of 'see'?

9 What is the opposite of 'increase'?

10 What word contains 26 letters but only 3 syllables?

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