Second Examination in English 7

September 15-16, 2016

TEST I: Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if not.

1. Langue is a social, set of conventions shared by a few speakers of a language.
2. Parole constitute the actual sounds and sentences produced by an individual speaker or
writer.
3. Langue is considered the executive side or law of language.
4. Parole belongs to the individual as well as to the society.
5. When used in concrete forms in actual speech, parole become instances of langue.
6. Both parole and langue are objects fit for study.
7. If a speaker has mastery of the system of rules in the system of his language, he is
competent.
8. A sign is an abstract marker which carries information.
9. Although abstract, the information that sign gives is direct, brief and precise.
10. Symbol on the other hand contains one more information.
11. Signs are relational entities which only exist in terms of relation to the other.
12. Language is structured and a system of systems.
13. The sounds in language, which cannot be combined is called syntagmatic.
14. The sounds in language which can be combined is called paradigmatic.
15. If elements of language is placed in a linear sequence, then a syntagmatic relationship is
established.
16. Substance signifies meaning.
17. Phonemes, graphemes and morphemes are the raw materials of language.
18. If one wished to study a language at a specific time, he has to use the synchronic
approach.
19. A syntactic system and syntactic structure enable the formation of sentences.
20. A diachronic study is less concerned with the changes in language but is more
concerned with what the language has become after the changes.
TEST II: Group the following paradigmatically:
A. Beauty
Sugar
Bleach
B. Then
When
Beyond

break
steer
broil
moreover
if
beside

sturdy
blue
weave
those
because
since

antique
blast
grace
behind
down
mine

spontaneous
semester
disgust
across
himself
nevertheless

*Hint: A and B should be grouped into 3 and you need to label each group.
TEST III: Arrange the following in syntagmatic order.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

I read paper in the burglar been caught had the that.

nightfall began cricketers the at their piercing calls.
wore a hat he of coconut made fiber his on head.
parts many coffee popular in world the is very of.
cave could explore not they torch the without a.
the storm shed damaged the was during.
the dog James talking sat next to himself to.

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9. book formality a certain considerate must be treated with a borrowed
10. one of that of reading known to is greatest the pleasures man
11. cave could explore not they torch the without a.
12. the storm shed damaged the was during.
13. the dog James talking sat next to himself to.
14. the hand your library should be as well as free accessible to to the eye and.
15. ship violently the storm rocked the.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

-Thomas A. Edison
Teacher Rachel