Unseen Passage Practice Sheet-2

Read the following passage:

The mother tongue is the first language that the child learns and picks up from the people around him. A foreign language is a language that one uses for a limited purpose. The mother tongues may have a different sentence structure. Often the method of translation is adopted for easy understanding of a foreign language. This is not a good way of learning a foreign language through translation one should learn and correct structure, grammar and vocabulary of the new language. The exposure to a language is also an important factor in learning.

Now answer the following questions:

Q1.   Which is the first language that a child learns?

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Q2.   What is the purpose of a foreign language?

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Q3.   How is the language learned?

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Q4.   Which method is often adopted to learn a foreign language?

Ans- _______________________________

Q5.   Which is the most important factor in learning a language?

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Answers:

Q1.   Which is the first language that a child learns?

Ans- The mother tongue is the first language that a child learns.

Q2.   What is the purpose of a foreign language?

Ans- The purpose of a foreign language is to be able to write and speak.

Q3.   How is the language learned?

Ans- A language is learned with its structure, grammar and vocabulary.

Q4.   Which method is often adopted to learn a foreign language?

Ans- The method of translation is often adopted to learn a foreign language.

Q5.   Which is the most important factor in learning a language?

Ans- Exposure to a language is the most important factor in learning a language.