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Question 1 of 5.

Some people think New Orleans is the best city for people who like Creole food and live music in the United States. This sentence does not conform to standard English syntax due to the relative placement of the

A. quantifying determiner

B. superlative adjective

C. noun phrase

D. prepositional phrase

Explanation: The sentence is awkward because the prepositional phrase 'in the United States' is misplaced. It should come immediately after 'New Orleans' or 'city' to clearly modify the location being discussed (e.g., 'Some people think New Orleans is the best city in the United States for people who like...'). Its current position makes it seem like it modifies 'live music,' which doesn't make sense. The determiner, adjective, and noun phrase placement is generally standard.

Question 2 of 5.

The ability of ELs to express themselves in ways that are appropriate to the situations in which they are speaking is most commonly referred to as

A. sociolinguistic competence

B. strategic competence

C. grammatical competence

D. structural competence

Explanation: Sociolinguistic competence involves understanding and using language appropriately in different social and cultural contexts, which matches the description given in the question. Strategic competence is about using communication strategies to overcome difficulties. Grammatical competence relates to knowledge of sentence structure, and structural competence is not a standard term used in this context.

Question 3 of 5.

An ELL asks his teacherÃ¯Â¼Å’ ""Can you tell me what time is it?"" The student's question includes an error in

A. the use of relative pronouns

B. subject-verb agreement

C. subject-verb inversion

D. the use of modals

Explanation: The correct word order for this question should be "Can you tell me what time it is?" The student incorrectly inverted the subject and verb within the embedded question clause. The error is not specifically about relative pronouns, subject-verb agreement, or modals.

Question 4 of 5.

ELs learning American English often have difficulty with decoding and spelling words that contain letter combinations such as "ough"or "augh" found in words like"cough","through " "though." "laugh" and"caught." English words that have complex spelling patterns or atypical formations are examples of

A. false cognates

B. sight words

C. inflectional morphemes

D. English language inconsistencies

Explanation: The difficulty arises from the fact that English spelling is not always phonetically consistent. Words like "cough," "through," and "laugh" demonstrate inconsistencies in how letter combinations map to sounds, making them challenging for learners. False cognates are words that look similar in two languages but have different meanings. Sight words are high-frequency words often memorized by sight. Inflectional morphemes are grammatical endings like -ed or -s.

Question 5 of 5.

IfÃ¯Â¼Å’ you knowÃ¯Â¼Å’ some studentÃ¯Â¼Å’ something happen like thatÃ¯Â¼Å’ they can send you home. The speaker would most likely benefit from pronunciation instruction that focuses on

A. initial S

B. initial H

C. final T

D. final N

Explanation: The speaker says "some student" which sounds like "some th-student" or has difficulty clearly producing the initial 's' sound in 'student' or 'something'. Focusing on initial S would help clarify this sound. Initial H, final T, and final N are not the primary sounds needing focus in this excerpt.

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