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South African English

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did first british settlers arrive?

a)

North-west

b)

Limpopo

c)

Free state

d)

Cape

2.

How many English speakers are in South Africa?

a)

3 millions

b)

2 millions

c)

5 millions

d)

6 millions

3.

What does 'sarmie' mean?

a)

Traffic light

b)

Sandwich

c)

To steal

d)

Father

4.

Which word is not a borrowing from African languages?

a)

Braai

b)

Boer

c)

Kwela-kwela

d)

Indaba

5.

What does 'Boet' mean?

a)

Father

b)

Brother

c)

Grandfather

d)

Enemies

6.

Which process is not visible in South African English?

a)

Rising of front short vowels

b)

Rising of back short vowels

c)

Schwa instead of short i

d)

'Th' realised as 'f'

7.

In which tense the operator is skipped in questions?

a)

Present simple

b)

Past simple

c)

Present perfect

d)

Past perfect

8.

In South African English verbs may appear at the end of the sentence.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

In South African English inversion is used only in questions.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

South Africa used to be a Dutch colony.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

A shortcut 'Y'all' may appear in South African English.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Words 'bad friends' have no other meaning.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Name the thing in the picture in South African English.

a)

Traffic light

b)

Robot

c)

Lights

14.

'pretty pretty' means:

a)

not pretty

b)

very pretty

c)

(just) pretty

d)

prettier