Variants of English
Exploring English Dialects Quiz
Test your knowledge of the fascinating variations in English dialects around the world! With ten engaging multiple-choice questions, this quiz challenges you to identify distinctive features of various English variants.
Discover how well you know:
- Rhyming slang in Cockney
- Unique terms from Australian and South African English
- Phonological differences in Scottish English
Wich of the dialects in Great Britain uses rhyming slang?
Estuary
Midlands dialect
Cockney
Yorkshire dialect
Words "arvo, barbie, bikkie, servo" brightly represent:
New Zealand English
South African English
Australian English
Irish English
Abbreviation RC stands for:
Right Pronunciation
Rhymed Pronunciation
Royal Pronunciation
Recieved Pronunciation
What is peculiar to Indian English?
Present Perfect rather than Past Simple
Ending -ize instead of -ise
[t], [d] instead of [θ] and [ð]
Lack of 5 English vowels
Which of these are words from South African English?
Izzat, achcha, bahadur, yatra
Bra, dorp, voorskot, indaba
Brae, fitba, toleoo, wee
Reeve, bobskate, loonie, tuque
On the language of which country Maori had influence?
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
America
Presence of words with the same form as in British English but different meanings is peculiar for:
Irish English
Scottish English
American English
In which of the variants lexical difference between AmE and BrE is indicated correctly?
Ava - at all, greet - cry
Footpath - pavement, mailbox - postbox
Bonny - pretty, pictures - cinema
Candy - sweets, sidewalk - pavement
Which phonological pecularity is typical of Scottish English?
[eɪ] > [aɪ], [aɪ] > [ɔɪ]
[ʊ] > [ɪ], [u˝] > [ɜ˝]
[ɑ˝] > [æ], [ɒ] > [ɑ˝]
[əʊ] > [ɒ], [eɪ] > [e]
Which of these English variants is non-thotic?
Australian
Scottish
Irish
Canadian
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