1) When do babies usually say their first single words? a) about 1 year old b) about 1½ years old c) about 2 years old d) about 2½ years old 2) Which is a one-word talk? a) "daddy sleep" b) "ball" c) "I want milk" d) "the cat is big" 3) In the two-word stage, kids: a) use long clauses b) drop every verb c) put two important words together d) use past-tense endings 4) To make two-word sentences, kids must first: a) know the alphabet b) sort words like "noun" and "verb" c) copy adults exactly d) leave out little words 5) Kids word order in this stage a) copies the language they hear b) is mixed up c) always puts the verbs first d) puts adjectives last 6) Which sentence fits the two-word stage? a) "mommy go" b) "the dog is running" c) "I saw a big dog" d) "Where did it go? 7) When do kids start using three or more words? a) about 9 months b) about 1 year c) about 1½ years d) about 2-3 years 8) Early long sentences often miss: a) nouns b) verbs c) little words like "the" and "is" d) adjectives 9) "Telegraphic speech" means: a) stuttering b) keeping big words, dropping small ones c) using hard clauses d) mixing two languages 10) Which is telegraphic? a) "I don't want any more" b) "daddy car go" c) "the cats are sleeping" d) "she said that it was big" 11) Endings like "-ed" and plural "-s" show up around: a) 6 months b) 1 year c) 1½ years d) 3 years 12) To make harder sentences, kids: a) drop verbs b) stick phrases inside other phrases c) only ask questions d) stay at two words 13) Which sentence has a relative clause (the dog that barked)? a) "doggy sleep" b) "the dog that barked is big" c) "big dog" d) "daddy go car" 14) At age three, "richer" sentences can have: a) only nouns b) extra parts like "the dog that barked" c) no verbs d) jumbled order 15) What happens to kids' word meanings over time? a) they know fewer words b) they learn only object names c) they learn more words, groups, and figurative talk d) they forget word links

Early Syntax Development Quiz

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