EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms

EXERCISE 27–7Standard English verb forms

Click on the standard English verb form in the parentheses.

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 1 of 10: Many Americans have misconceptions about American Sign Language, also called ASL. Until the 1960s, the use of sign language was (ban / banned) in most American classrooms.

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 2 of 10: A deaf child (was / were) expected to learn to lip-read to be more like a hearing child.

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 3 of 10: Because of this ban, some deaf Americans were not able to learn any language thoroughly when they (was / were) young.

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 4 of 10: Advocates for the deaf finally convinced educators that deaf children needed ASL. Today, ASL is usually the first language that a deaf American (learns / learn).

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 5 of 10: Hearing Americans have often (suppose / supposed) that ASL users are gesturing or spelling out English sentences.

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 6 of 10: However, ASL is not English; it (doesn’t / don’t) have the same syntax or rules of grammar.

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 7 of 10: Many hearing people also (thinks / think) that ASL is a universal sign language understood around the world.

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 8 of 10: However, that is not correct. In fact, ASL was (develop / developed) by a Frenchman.

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 9 of 10: It still (has / have) more in common with French sign language than with British signing.

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EXERCISE 27–7 Standard English verb forms - 10 of 10: As ASL interpreters (appears / appear) in more and more public places, perhaps hearing Americans will begin to understand more about this complex language system.