Given What We Know About the Language Development of Elementary

question 5

Multiple Choice

Given what we know about the language development of elementary school children, three of the following errors might be observed in a class of second graders.Which one is not likely to be observed?

• A)Annie asserts quite adamantly that a penguin is not a bird.
• B)When Deepak is shown a doll that has a blindfold and asked if the doll is easy to see, Deepak says no.
• C)Elizabeth speaks mostly in "semi-sentences"-i.e., subjects without predicates, and predicates without subjects.
• D)Daniel complains that his bicycle is "broked."

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