NZ accent

NZ accent

6th - 8th Grade

6 Qs

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NZ accent

NZ accent

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

Created by

Anna Ritter

Used 3+ times

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In New Zealand people great each other by saying ...

Ka kite anō

Kia kaha

Kia Ora

Waiata

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The New Zealand accent was associated with ...

high intelligence but lack of humor

low intelligence and high sense of humor

middle class

low intelligence and lack of humor

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Near- /Square-merger refers to ...

words that sound the same but are written differently

the pronunciation of vowels

the disyllabic pronunciation of past participles

th-fronting

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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People from which countries had an influence on the NZ accent?

Ireland, England, Netherlands

Ireland, England, Scotland

Ireland, Scotland, France

Italy, England, Scotland

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is one similarity between the NZ accent and RP?

Flapped /t/

Both drop the yod

Non-rhotic

/l/ sound is dark in all contexts

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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How is the word "accent" pronounced in NZ English?

/æksent/

/iksent/

/ʊksent/

/eksent/