ASL-English final part 2

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

Every planet, including the earth, revolves around the sun

noun

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

The tropical forests of Brazil are dense and humid.

noun

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

Dad has a new power saw, Pam. He will let you use it.

pronoun

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

Someone left a briefcase on the beach

pronoun

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

Jim felt his bruised arm.

verb

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

The breeze blew softly through the aspen leaves

adverb

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

The soft bed felt good after a long day of travel

adjective

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

The astronomer spotted the comet in the southwestern sky

verb

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

The people stood in respectful silence.

adjective

State whether the underlined word is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

Around the bend came the train.

noun

Choose the correct verb form to go with the subject

The books on your desk (look, looks) interesting

look

Choose the correct verb form to go with the subject

Several of the world’s most famous orchestras (is, are) right here in the United States

are

Choose the correct verb form to go with the subject

The rugs in the living room (needs, need) vacuuming

need

Choose the correct verb form to go with the subject

All puppies (enjoys, enjoy) friendly play

enjoy

Choose the correct verb form to go with the subject

The length of the women’s skirts (is, are) always changing

is

True or False

Spoken language interpreters work almost exclusively from their A language into their B language.

False

True or False

The same word in English can function as both an adjective and an adverb

True

True or False

Reverse interpreting is an outdated term

True

True or False

Spoken language interpreters mostly work from their A language to their B language

False

True or False

Cultural relativism is the belief that anything foreign is best, and one’s own lifestyle, products, or ideas are inferior to others

False

True or False

There are two kind of interpretation: content-based and meaning-based

False

True or False

A modified literal interpretation is the level of interpretation that interpreters should aim for

False

True or False

The processing levels from small to big go from lexical, phrasal, sentential, to textual/discourse level

True

True or False

Interpreter trainees and interpreters ask more frequently for repetition of fingerspelled words and classifier clarification than any other message feature.

False

True or False

The 3 Cs of fingerspelling are context, configuration, and closure

True

True or False

People who are fluent in reading fingerspelling see the shape of the whole word, versus individual letters

True

_________ is a word that takes the place of a noun, noun phrase, or a clause

pronoun

__________ is the process of replacing a fingerspelled word with a sign. This is temporary and won’t be the same with each consumer you may work with

flagging

What’s the rule to follow when deciding whether to use “a” or “an” before a word in

“a” comes before a word with a consonant sound

“an” comes before a word with a vowel sound

Write a sentence that has a link verb with a predicate nominative in it

That girl is my friend

“is” → link verb, “my friend” → predicate nominative

Write a sentence that has a linking verb with a predicate adjective in it

Some people are jealous

“are” → linking verb, “jealous” → predicate adjective

Underline the prepositions in the sentence below and put brackets around the prepositional phrases

Juan and Julian worked so hard on their project

Juan and Julian worked so hard [on their projects]

Underline the prepositions in the sentence below and put brackets around the prepositional phrases

A large number of swimmers competed in the races this year

A large number [of swimmers] competed [in the races] this year

Underline the prepositions in the sentence below and put brackets around the prepositional phrases

All of the townspeople ran from the burning building

All [of the townspeople] ran [from the burning building]

Underline the prepositions in the sentence below and put brackets around the prepositional phrases

The saber-toothed tiger is a good example of an extinct predator

The saber-toothed tiger is a good example [of an extinct predator]

Underline the prepositions in the sentence below and put brackets around the prepositional phrases

His broken leg will heal in three months

His broken leg will heal [in three months]

Read the following phrases and see if they’re a sentence or fragment

_______ The women who was on the pier in the morning at 7 am

fragment

Read the following phrases and see if they’re a sentence or fragment

_______ Stop!

sentence

Read the following phrases and see if they’re a sentence or fragment

________ The little girl’s mom is the nurse who works in the emergency room

sentence

What are the 12 tenses

past, simple, present simple, future simple, past perfect, present perfect, future perfect, past continuous, present continuous, future continuous, past perfect continuous, present perfect continuous, future perfect continuous.

What are four stages of the Dunning-Kruger effect?

• unconscious incompetence, when you don’t know what you don’t know

• conscious incompetence, when you’re aware of what you don’t know but haven’t yet learned it

• conscious competence, when you’re gaining knowledge

• unconscious competence, when you’ve mastered something