TESOL

Sample Test 1

1. Having a well-filed collection of data relating to your teaching is a good start towards
assembling a teacher’s
a) actual teaching practice
b) actual teaching portfolio
c) actual teaching presentation

2. An activity where students give feedback to each other is

a) explicit correction
b) error correction
c) peer correction

3. In the formation of the word “irregularly”, the morphemes “ir” and “ly” are
a) affixes
b) roots
c) phonemes

4. _____ can bring the comfort of privacy to finding out about strengths and weaknesses
a) Self-assessment
b) Peer-assessment
c) Teacher’s assessment

5. _____ can extend the amount of feedback that learners receive, and deepen their
learning through the process of applying assessment criteria to someone else’s work.
a) Self-assessment
b) Teacher’s assessment
c) Peer-assessment

6. In word formation “likenesses”, ‘ness’ and ‘es’ are

a) stem
b) suffix
c) bound morphemes

7. The four primary skills are also called

a) macro skills
b) the productive skills
c) the receptive skills

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8. Which figurative usage goes for the following sentence?
“My love is a red rose.”
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) hyperbole

9. The more students are responsible for their own behaviours, the less they need the
teacher-supplied
a) classroom managements
b) classroom lessons
c) classroom activities

10. One of the most factors the predetermines success in learning of any kind is
a) self-control
b) confidence
c) perseverance

11. _____ is the act of doing something without any obvious external rewards.
a) Intrinsic motivation
b) Extrinsic motivation
c) Motivation

12. _____ is a memorization technique based on repetition.

a) Kinesthetic learning
b) Visual learning
c) Rote learning

13. If your learners say they need to “understand lectures”, find out why this is. It is also
finding out about
a) the target situation
b) the cognitive demands of situations
c) learning situation

14. By choosing the right coursebook, it offers to teachers

a) a framework for course planning
b) confidence and reassurance
c) appropriate context

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15. When you mention particular areas of improvement while giving feedback to individual
learners, it is
a) promoting self-esteem
b) providing a feeling of security
c) providing cognitive challenge

16. Pair work and group work provide an opportunity for genuine information and
a) opinion exchange
b) suggestion exchange
c) knowledge exchange

17. When teaching large classes, _____ helps learners to feel that the teacher is aware of
them as individuals.
a) addressing them by name
b) favouring them
c) discussing them individually

18. When teaching mature learners, be aware of _____ that they often have when first
returning to studying.
a) the fright
b) the anxieties
c) the reluctance

19. When teaching vocabulary, most people find it easier to learn lots of new words if they
are presented in a related set such as
a) hyponyms
b) synonyms
c) antonyms

20. The phrases “hard work”, “heavy rain”, “bitter tear”, “pay attention”, “fast food” are
usages with respect to
a) chunks
b) collocations
c) idioms

21. When teaching vocabulary, a teacher should help learners to be aware of _____, if it is
formal, informal, literary, technical or slang.
a) register
b) grammar
c) connotation

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22. Intensive pronunciation work can help the student but short, so a teacher should teach
pronunciation
a) a little at a time
b) as much as possible
c) with great intensity

23. After reading a text, when students are trying to find out the moral or lesson they get
from the text, they are finding
a) the style of the author
b) the theme of the given text
c) the plot of the given text

24. Writing provides students opportunities for creativity and

a) self-expression
b) self-assessment
c) self-control

25. In teaching grammar, a teacher is using a method of teaching in which students are not
directly presented with a target grammatical structure or rule. They are given content in
which the target structure is used. Students then discover the grammatical rule or figure out
the pattern for themselves. The teacher is using
a) discovery techniques
b) concept questions
c) practical activities

26. _____ can help learners to practise pronunciation, develop vocabulary, extend their
repertoire of communication strategies and try to produce humour in the target language.
a) Language structure
b) Language work
c) Language games

27. Which one is a set of homophones?

a) knew, new
b) pin, bin
c) tall, stall

28. _____ is worth using for students who enjoy participating in debates, group discussion,
information building activities and peer feedback activities.
a) Computer learning
b) Computer conferencing
c) Computer teaching

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29. When giving feedback on classroom tests, the words like “failed”, “have not understand
…”, “did not grasp …”, “disappointing”, and so on, have obviously damaging effects on
learners’
a) morale
b) character
c) interest

30. _____ helps you to understand more about how you teach and which aspects of your
practice are most satisfactory.
a) A research
b) A portfolio
c) An action research

31. Time management skills are not only connected with _____, but are closely related to
the quality of your life.
a) effectiveness and efficiency
b) hard work
c) motivation

32. When dealing with stress, allow yourself

a) to feel happiness
b) to feel excitement
c) to feel anger

33. A language classroom isn’t just about helping learners to improve their language, it’s
also about trying to create a rich, supportive, memorable and
a) life-controlling experience
b) life-enhancing experience
c) life experience

34. Which figurative usage goes to the following

“Is life worth-living? Well, it depends on liver.”
a) metonymy
b) pun
c) personification

35. When mature learners make their comments or questions which are silly, be sensitive to
their feelings and help them
a) to save face
b) to save chance
c) to save marks

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36. In word formation “misunderstandable”, ‘understand’ is
a) stem
b) suffix
c) affix

37. Which figurative usage goes to the following. “There were mountains of food.”
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) hyperbole

38. A teacher, course or school with official approval from a reliable body has been
a) qualified
b) accredited
c) academy-awarded

39. The CELTA is certificate for English

a) learners
b) speakers
c) teachers

40. Language learning schools that have many locations in one country or around the world
are called
a) chain schools
b) global schools
c) homestays

41. A TEFL certificate qualifies a teacher to teach English as a _____ language.

a) first
b) foreign
c) foreigner

42. Activities and games that can be used to fill free time during a class are called
a) warmers
b) fillers
c) closers

43. In which activity are words removed from a text at regular intervals and replaced with
blank spaces for students to fill in?
a) a filler
b) an information gap
c) a cloze test

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44. What do we call an activity in which everyone can share their thoughts and ideas on
topic or a problem?
a) brainstorming
b) role-playing
c) drilling

45. Which are often used for pronunciation practice and in pronunciation drills?
a) role-plays
b) minimal pairs
c) gap-fill exercise

46. Repetitive lines of rhythmic text that learners say out loud in a group are called
a) drills
b) rhymes
c) chants

47. Any repetitive practice with the aim of perfecting a specific language point can be called
a) a drill
b) a warmer
c) a chant

48. Gap-fill exercises are most similar to

a) cloze tests
b) information gap tasks
c) filler activities

49. In a language classroom, role-play is an activity usually used for _____ practice.
a) writing
b) reading
c) speaking

50. Learners must communicate with their classmates to get information needed to
complete a task when they’re doing _____ activities.
a) communicative
b) information gap
c) gap-fill