DELTA Module One / Paper One / Task One / June 2019

Shady Abuyusuf

Fri, 14 Nov 2025

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Provide the term for each definition.

Write your answers in your answer booklet. Provide only one answer per question.

a the process of decoding letters, sounds, words and grammatical structures when reading or listening to a text

b a term in lexis used to refer to two or more words which are frequently used together, e.g. make a speech, do homework

c a sentence which takes the form of a statement, as opposed to a question or imperative. It can be either positive or negative, e.g. Max plays the guitar. Rick doesn't play an instrument.

d a discourse feature where elements of a sentence are omitted because the reader or listener can understand the sentence without them, e.g. Bad news today, working late

e in lexis, words that are specific examples of a more general word, e.g. specific examples of the more general word fruit are banana, grape and pineapple

f a term used to describe a part of a sentence that consists of a pronoun or a noun and any other words placed before or after which modify it, e.g. an old photograph of my father

Answers: 

a. Bottom-up Processing b. Collocation c. Declarative sentence d. Ellipsis e. Hyponym f. Noun phrase