Which language is described as non-pro-drop in the material?

• A. English
• B. Spanish
• C. Italian
• D. Japanese

Answer: (A)

The tested idea is whether a language requires an explicit subject, or can omit it because the verb form carries enough information. A non-pro-drop language needs a subject in finite sentences, since the verb alone doesn’t signal who is performing the action. English fits this pattern: you typically need a subject like “I’m learning” or “She sings,” and you can’t just say “am learning” or “sings” in a standard declarative sentence. The only common exception is weather or impersonal expressions where “it” acts as a dummy subject, as in “It is raining.” In contrast, languages like Spanish and Italian often omit the subject pronoun because their verb endings show the person and number, and Japanese regularly drops subjects when the context makes them clear. Therefore, English is the non-pro-drop language described.