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All rights reserved.  \nEvaluation Systems, Pearson, P.O. Box 226, Amherst, MA 01004  \nCalifornia Subject Examinations for Teachers, CSET, and the CSET logo are trademarks of the  \nCommission on Teacher Credentialing and Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s) . Pearson and its logo are trademarks, in the U.S. and/or other countries, of Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s) .  \nCS-TG-QR106-04  \nSample Test Questions for CSET: English Subtest II  \nBelow is a set of multiple-choice questions that are similar to the questions you will see on Subtest II of CSET: English. You are encouraged to respond to the questions without looking at the responses provided in the next section. Record your responses on a sheet of paper and compare them with the provided responses.  \n1. Which of the following examples illustrates how grammatical change occurs over time in the English language?  \nA. The term chronology is introduced in the work of Renaissance scientist William Gilbert.  \nB. The word snark is created by combining the words snake and shark.  \nC. The pronouns this, that, these, and those become gender neutral.  \nD. The expression \"one fell swoop\"enters the vernacular as a result of Shakespeare's use ofit in a play.  \n2. Which of the following statements accurately describes a significant effect that the Great Vowel Shift had on the English language?  \nA. English vowel sounds no longer corresponded to French vowel sounds.  \nB. Regional variations of vowel sounds emerged within England as well as in Scotland and Wales.  \nC. Vowel sounds used by speakers in British colonies differed from vowel sounds used in Great Britain.  \nD. The spelling of certain vowel sounds no longer corresponded to the pronunciation of those sounds.  \nCalifornia Subject Examinations for Teachers Test Guide 1  \n3. The term Universal Grammar can best be defined as:  \nA. the grammatical rules that are established before the introduction of slang and jargon.  \nB. a set of principles that apply to all languages and are unconsciously accessible to every human language user.  \nC. the grammatical rules that all the dialects of a language have in common.  \nD. a set of general principles to follow when writing or speaking in a formal setting.  \n4. Read the passage below; then answer the question that follows.  \nWhen speakers of two mutually unintelligible languages come into contact, the need for communication often requires that they develop a common code that contains features of both languages. This code is then learned as a first language by subsequent generations of children. 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