TRUE+WAY ASL Test #1 (Unit 1 & 2) KEY

Watch your instructor sign a sentence followed by a question. You are to choose the best answer to the question.

1. a) ARTART CLASS S/HE TAKE WHAT?

2. b) MY/MINEASL CLASS MY. ASL CLASS WHO?

3. c) AFTERNOONAFTERNOON SCIENCE CLASS, NIGHT ASL CLASS. SCIENCE CLASS WHEN?

4. a) navyCOLOR BLUE(eye squint/furrow) MY FAVORITE. COLOR MY FAVORITE WHAT?

5. d) TSUMARIA IX TSU GO-to. SCHOOL IX GO-to WHICH?

6. b) WEDNESDAYSEE-you WEDNESDAY. SEE-you WHEN?

7. a) EASYMATH BASIC IX-R EASY, SCIENCE IX-L HARD. MATH HARD [or] EASY WHICH?

8. b) HARD-OF-HEARINGSTUDENT IX HoH, STUDENT IX WHAT?

9. d) seniorNOW IX COLLEGE SENIOR. NOW IX COLLEGE [LIST-year] WHICH?

10. a) residential school for the deafDEAF-SCHOOL ME GROW-UP THERE. SCHOOL ME GROW-UP GO WHERE?

Watch your instructor sign sentences and identify which type of sentence.

11. b) yes/no-question PENCIL YOU HAVE? (eyebrows-UP)

12. a) wh-question TEACHER YOUR WHO? (eyebrows-DOWN)

13. a) wh-question BLACK BOARD ME GO WRITE-on FOR-FOR?(eyebrows-DOWN)

14. b) yes/no-questionPAPER ME NEED?(eyebrows-UP)

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15. c) statementTEACHER MY HER/HIS OFFICE ME KNOW WHERE(nod). [eyebrows-NEUTRAL] English translation: “I know where my teacher’s office is.”

Math: Watch your instructor sign a basic math equation and then choose the correct answer.

16. a) 9 3 x 3 WHAT

17. b) 2012+8 EQUAL WHAT

18. b) 2224-2 ANSWER WHAT

19. d) 618/3 WHAT? (18 divided by 3 = )

20. c) 7525 x 3 WHAT?

Parameters: Watch your instructor sign and Identify the difference between two signs. Don’t worry about the meaning of the signs; just focus on the differences.

21. c) locationUGLY/DRY

22. e) non-manual markersSHOE-cha/SHOE-po (size same but different mouthing)

23. a) handshapeFiancée/Diamond-ring (same movement, on ring finger, only difference is the handshape)

24. b) movementPLAY/PARTY (both same handshape but different in movement)

25. e) non-manual markers

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dark-ORANGE/bright-ORANGE (same sign, same movement, same location… NMM different what EYES)

Parameters: Identify the error in a sign - choose the best answer.

26. a) handshapeCOLLEGE ME GO-TO. SIGN COLLEGE, IX (college sign) WRONG WHAT?(C-handshape)

27. b) movementCOLOR BROWN++ , ME DON’T-LIKE. SIGN BROWN++, IX(sign “BROWN”)WRONG WHAT?(repeat movement “BEER” when BROWN should move once)

28. b) movementHELLO, MY SHORT(name) fs-MARY. SIGN SHORT, IX(sign “SHORT”) WRONG WHAT? (SHORT vs NAME - movement)

29. d) palm orientationNOW CLASS ME GO-to. SIGN GO-to, IX (sign “GO-to”) WRONG WHAT? (GO-to, PO facing toward other hands “sideways”**Palms should be facing downward NOT sideways)

30. a) handshapeMY BOOK COLOR BLACK, WHERE? SIGN BLACK, IX(sign “BLACK”) WRONG WHAT?(B-handshape)

Watch your instructor sign the word and choose the best answer that matches the signer’s intention.

31. a) NounDOOR

32. b) Verb FLY-here-from

33. a) NounTELEPHONE

Watch your instructor give commands and choose the best answer.

34. b) WORD YOU DRAW (line-under-word).

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35. c)MATCH+ YOU WRITE.

Knowledge: Choose the best answer.

36. b) horseshoe

37. c) gently tap the person's shoulder with open-bend-B handshape, stomp your foot, and/or getting the person next to the targeted person to direct her/him to you

38. a) Object-Subject-Verb

39. d) Lamar University, McDaniel College, NTID, and Gallaudet University.

40. c) furrow eyebrows, tilt head forward slightly

41. If I sign 'I LIKE HER' which handshape should I use for "HER"?

a)

42. c) sign WHITE and frown/eye squinted along with normal sign movement.

43. b) False

44. a) True

45. a) True

46. b) False

47. b) False

48. b) False

49. a) True

50. b) False

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