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7. You can conclude that
a. people who speak sign language are incapable of deep thoughts
b. American Sign Language has all the linguistic components of a true
language

c. all deaf people would not use sign languages if they did not have to
d. oral languages are superior to sign languages

8. Which of the following is a fact?
a. It is more difficult to learn a sign language than an oral language.
b. Oral languages are easier to understand than sign languages.

c. Deaf people are not the only people who use sign languages.
d. It is easier to communicate in American Sign Language than it is in British
Sign Language.

9. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
a. to argue that sign language is a true language

b. to illustrate the differences between British Sign Language and American
Sign Language
c. to argue that sign language is not a true language
d. to list some examples of situations, in which non-deaf people would use
sign language

10. What does the phrase means of communication mean?

a. an average way of communicating
b. speaking rudely
c. a method of communicating
d. to intend to communicate

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. Sign languages are not universal. T F
2. People who can understand British Sign Language T F

can easily understand American Sign Language.

3. People with speech impairments cannot learn sign T F
languages.

4. There is no reason a hearing person would learn a T F
sign language.

5. There are hundreds of sign languages in use T F

around the world.

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