Why is Australian English is recognisable and familiar to English speaker around the world?
A. It is used to identify Australian in characters non - Australian films and television programs.
B. English is spoken around the world.
C. It is easy to speak English like native-speaker.
D. Australian native learnt English when they were child.
How do Americans use the verbal auxiliary “shan’t”
A. sometimes
B. Very often
C. never
D. seldom
How does American English use collective noun?
A. Singular form
B. either singular or plural forms
C. none
D. plural forms
What are the main differences between British and American English?
A. The presence of rhotic accent.
and Differences in vowel pronunciation.
B. Differences in consonant
C. Change of stress
and differences in articulation
D. All of A, B, C
When was the English language first introduced to the Americas?
A. 19th century
B. 20th century
C. 18th century
D. Early 17th century
How often do Americans use irregular verbs?
A. never
B. rarely
C. Very often
D. sometimes
Southern English accents are distinguished from …………………
A. Western English
B. American English
C. Northern English
D. Eastern English
Where is Middlesbrough share characteristics with?
A. Cheshire and East of England
B. Lancastrian and North of England
C. East of England
D. Yorkshire and North – East of England
How many mains historical factors influenced on Southern English accents?
A. four
B. five
C. three
D. two
Southern English accents have three mains historical influences:
A. The London accent, Received Pronunciation, Southern rural accents
B. The London accent, Received Pronunciation, Northern rural accents
C. The Australia accent, Received Pronunciation, Southern rural accents
D. The Australia accent, Received Pronunciation,Northern rural accents
When has there been academic interest in dialects?
A. Since late 17th
B. since late 20th
C. Since late 18th
D. since late 19th
Different accents throughout England are mainly influenced by …
A. Discrimination between the rich and the poor
B. Phoneme inventory of regional dialects
C. Editing English
D. Racial discrimination
The pronunciation differences in the UK are mainly distinguished by …
A. Money
B. Region
C. Social class
D. Age
When did the Longman Grammar of spoken and written English publish?
A. In 2000
B. In 1998
C. In 1997
D. In 1999
Which country doesn’t belong to the inner circle?
A. United Kingdom
B. New Zealand
C. Ireland
D. Viet Nam
When did the first permanent English-speaking colony in north America establish?
A. In 1608
B. In 1635
C. 1796
D. In 1607
What Englishes are there in oceania?
A. Australian English
B. New Zealand English
C. Fijian English
D. All of A, B, C
The greater social mobility after world war I and II helped…..
A. To make English become dialects
B. To make English important
C. To lessen the differences between social accent
D. To make English standard
From 1500 to 1650: Early Modern English develops, there is a large influx of
A. D. Celtic and Gaelic borrowings and neologisms.
B. B. Celtic and Greek borrowings and neologisms.
C. C. Latin and French borrowings and neologisms.
D. A. Celtic and Greek borrowings and neologisms.
Why are there no official rule for ‘’Standard English’’?
A. Because it like some other languages.
B. Because it isn’t complicated,
C. Because it unlike some other languages.
D. Because it is complicated.
