TEFL: Grammar and Phonics Basics

What does TEFL stand for?

• Testing English Fluency Level
• Trained English First Language
• Teaching English Foreign Lang.
• Total English Focus Learning

A TEFL certificate typically requires at least ____ hours of training.

• 44
• 200
• 120
• 60

Which part of speech names people, places, or things?

• Adverbs
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Nouns

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other ____.

• articles
• nouns
• adverbs
• pronouns

Which is the definite article in English?

• this
• the
• a
• an

'An' is used before words beginning with a vowel sound.

• True
• False

Which tense describes an action happening now?

• Simple present
• Present perfect
• Present continuous
• Past simple

English basic statement word order follows Subject-____-Object.

• Adverb
• Article
• Verb
• Adjective

Questions usually require which auxiliary verb?

• do
• the
• walk
• is happy

About how many distinct sounds (phonemes) does English have?

• 120
• 26
• 5
• 44

____ is the method of linking a language's sounds to its letters.

• Intonation
• Grammar
• Syntax
• Phonics

Which word has a long vowel sound?

• bit
• cat
• ship
• bite

What is a digraph?

• Two words, one meaning
• Two letters, one sound
• A stressed syllable
• A silent letter

In a blend like 'bl' the individual consonant sounds can still be heard.

• True
• False

English is a syllable-timed language.

• True
• False