Accent Influence and Perception Grammar Quiz

Some accents ___ unfairly ___ by employers.

• are / judged

• is / judge

• are / judging

• was / judged

• were / judge

The recordings ___ carefully ___ by the researchers.

• is / analysing

• are / analysed

• were / analysing

• be / analyse

• was / analyse

Many people regret ___ their real accent when they ___ young.

• lose / was

• losing / were

• to lose / are

• lost / is

• losing / was

He managed ___ his pronunciation but failed ___ his intonation.

• improving / to adjust

• to improve / adjust

• to improve / to adjust

• improving / adjusting

• to improving / adjust

The survey ___ in 2022 by a leading university.

• was conducted

• is conducting

• conducts

• conducting

• conduct

Why ___ some dialects ___ as “less professional”?

• is / seen

• was / saw

• are / seen

• were / seeing

• be / see

If regional accents ___ more accepted, people wouldn’t ___ so judged.

• were / feel

• was / felt

• are / feeling

• is / feels

• be / felt

Many people avoid ___ slang because they want ___ formal.

• use / sound

• to use / to sound

• using / sounding

• using / to sound

• uses / sound

She tried ___ her local accent to fit in, ___ she failed.

• hiding / because

• to hide / so

• to hiding / although

• hide / but

• hiding / and

The audio files ___ last month.

• is recorded

• were recorded

• are recording

• was record

• recording