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WEP: Kachru Book Quiz (Part 1)

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The spread of English has been viewed into ...

a)

1 diffusion

b)

2 diffusions

c)

3 diffusions

d)

4 diffusions

2.

The spread of English as a consequence of the migration of English-speaking people from Great Britain to these country, except

...

a)

Australia

b)

North America

c)

New Zealand

d)

North Africa

3.

The spread of English among speakers of diverse groups of peoples and languages across the world as a result of these reasons, except ...

a)

colonialism

b)

politics

c)

economics

d)

history

4.

What language is categorized as standard English?

a)

British English

b)

Australian English

c)

New Zealand English

d)

Irish English

5.

The English-using world in terms of three concentric circles, except ...

a)

Inner Circle

b)

Outer Circle

c)

Expanding Circle

d)

Insider Cricle

6.

Which country comprises as the ‘mother country’?

a)

England and British Isles

b)

England and America

c)

America and Australia

d)

America ansd New Zealand

7.

Below are the outer circle countries, except ...

a)

Kenya

b)

Singapore

c)

Ghana

d)

South America

8.

Below are the expanding circle countries, except

...

a)

South Africa

b)

Japan

c)

Egypt

d)

Bangladesh

9.

Nigeria belongs to ...

a)

Inner circle

b)

Outer circle

c)

Expanding circle

d)

Invander circle

10.

South Africa belongs to ...

a)

Expanding circle

b)

Outer circle

c)

Inner Circle

d)

Invander circle

11.

National variety as a means of communication is called ...

a)

Language

b)

Accent

c)

Dialect

d)

Pidgin

12.

The feature commonly used as a criterion in talking about variation, in addition to the pronunciation to stress and intonation, or to the rhythm of speech is ...

a)

Language

b)

Accent

c)

Dialect

d)

Pidgin

13.

The varieties of English that are commonly accepted and are considered ‘legitimate’ for educational purposes all over the world are ...

a)

British and American English

b)

Australian and British English

c)

New Zealand and American English

d)

Irish and British English

14.

In inner circle country English is used in functional domains ...

a)

All domains

b)

Most domains

c)

Some domains

d)

Few domains

15.

In outer circle country English is used in functional domains ...

a)

All domains

b)

Most domains

c)

Some domains

d)

Few domains

16.

What are the external model in outer and expanding circle country?

a)

Standard English

b)

Cultural and social background

c)

English variation

d)

English codification

17.

What are the internal model in outer and expanding circle country?

a)

Standard English

b)

Cultural and social background

c)

English variation

d)

English codification

18.

Below is the difference between literature in world Englishes compared to American

and British English ...

a)

National identity

b)

English Grammar

c)

English Vocabulary

d)

English Discourse

19.

A wide-ranging ‘association’ of varieties which would be conceded to be different from one another in particulars, but which are subsumable as ‘subvarieties’ under abroad label is called ...

a)

Speech community

b)

Speech fellowship

c)

Speech act

d)

Speech level

20.

English speaking repesents regional speakers which noticeably distinc dialectal features of prounciation, lexicon is called ...

a)

Speech community

b)

Speech fellowship

c)

Speech act

d)

Speech level

21.

Context of analysis and discussion refers to all the functions which English has in a given community context, e.g., in education at all levels, business, legal system, administration is called ...

a)

range

b)

depth

c)

community

d)

fellowship

22.

The uses of English that are available to people with varying degrees of education who are at different socioeconomic levels, with different jobs and professions is called ...

a)

range

b)

depth

c)

community

d)

fellowship

23.

Which

of this term which is used to name Inner-circle Englishes that they provide norms and less abstractly, teaching models and physical materials such as

textbooks is called ...

a)

Norm providing

b)

Norm accepting

c)

Norm community

d)

Norm fellowship

24.

See

examples afterwards. ‘success for suc cess (Nigeria), recog’nize for ‘recognized (India, Nigeria). What variety is found the previous example?

a)

stress

b)

rhythm

c)

grammar

d)

sounds

25.

The morae of the syllables; long syllables are twice as long as short ones, but the quality of the vowels in long as well as short syllables remains the same. What

variety is found the previous example?

a)

stress

b)

rhythm

c)

grammar

d)

sounds

26.

Simplification of final consonant clusters, for example [lef]

for left, [pick] for picked, [bed] for beds are found in ...

a)

American English

b)

British English

c)

Australian English

d)

Singaporean English

27.

The change of fricative ph for f is found in ...

a)

Nigerian English

b)

Indian English

c)

Malaysian English

d)

Australian English

28.

“They were knowing all the answer.” What violation found in the previous sentence?

a)

Stative and dynamics

b)

Factivity and volitionality

c)

Tense and aspect

d)

Syntactic pattern

29.

Which

of this sentence that violate the rule of ‘tense’?

a)

I have written to him yesterday.

b)

I had written to him.

c)

I wrote to him yesterday.

30.

Which

of this sentence that violate the rule of ‘tags’?

a)

You didn’t want to come, is it?

b)

You did want to come, didn’t you?

c)

You want to come, do you?

d)

You wanted to come, didn’t you?

31.

Which of this sentence that violate the rule of ‘focus and theme’?

a)

Certain medicine we don’(t) stock in our dispensary.

b)

We don’(t) stock certain medicine in our dispensary.

c)

We stock certain medicine in our dispensary.

d)

We didn’t stock certain medicine in our dispensary.

32.

There are some competences in using language, except ...

a)

Linguistic competence

b)

Pragmatic competence

c)

Sociocutural competence

d)

Codified competence

33.

Do not say what you believe to be false: do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence. What cooperative principle is it?

a)

Maxim of quality

b)

Maxim of quantity

c)

Maxim relevance

d)

Maxim of manner

34.

Make contributions to communication as informative as required do not give more information than required. What cooperative principle is it?

a)

Maxim of quality

b)

Maxim of quantity

c)

Maxim relevance

d)

Maxim of manner

35.

Be relevant. What cooperative principle is it?

a)

Maxim of quality

b)

Maxim of quantity

c)

Maxim relevance

d)

Maxim of manner

36.

Be perspicuous, i.e., avoid obscurity of expression; avoid unnecessary ambiguity; be brief, be orderly. What cooperative principle is it?

a)

Maxim of quality

b)

Maxim of quantity

c)

Maxim relevance

d)

Maxim of manner

37.

Politeness involves considerations of maintaining face. What does it mean if the speaker give a negative face?

a)

Presentational

b)

Avoidance

c)

Agreement

d)

Confrontation

38.

In what case of Arabic writing is different with standard English?

a)

Grammar

b)

Syntax

c)

Vocabulary

d)

Tradition

39.

An acceptance of language use in society which has difference compared to standard English is called ...

a)

Codification

b)

Accent

c)

Sounds

d)

Rhythm

40.

In India, asking request is varied based on the level of society. The higher the level of society ...

a)

The more polite the utterance

b)

The more impolite the utterance

c)

The shorter the utterance

d)

The more ambigue the utterance