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Topic 6: Regional and Social Dialect

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dialect is a part of the accent. It can be distinguished by their ________, vocabulary, and influenced by their geographical area

a)

morpheme

b)

grammar

c)

pronunciation

d)

affixes

2.

The northern England English speaker tends to drop the initial ___ to determine their socio-economic and background

a)

t

b)

h

c)

l

d)

r

3.

__________ is a variety of dialects spoken across a large geographical region with only minor differences as they are close geographically.

a)

Monolingualism

b)

Regional dialects

c)

Intro-continental variation

d)

Direct chain

4.

Dialect variations within a nation are best described as ____________.

a)

International varieties

b)

Intra-national

c)

Social dialects

d)

Intra-continental

5.

Social class can be defined as a shorthand term for differences between people which are associated with differences in social prestige, ____________ and education.

a)

regional

b)

location

c)

geographical

d)

wealth

6.

There are three core elements in social class dialects subtopics which are vocabulary,

____________ and grammatical patterns.

a)

pronunciation

b)

social dialects

c)

social variation

d)

regional variation

7.

In Caste dialect, people can be grouped based on similar ________ and ________ factors.

I. Politic

II. Social

III. Economic

IV. Community

a)

I and II

b)

II and III

c)

III and IV

d)

I and IV

8.

What are examples of caste dialects?

I. Brahmin

II. Javanese

III. Vaisha

IV. Sundra

a)

I and II

b)

II and III

c)

III and IV

d)

I and IV

9.

A way of pronouncing words that occur among the people in a particular region or country.

a)

Dialect

b)

Accent

c)

Rhotic

d)

Slang

10.

A variant that combines pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary from southeastern and non-regional English.

a)

Non-standard English

b)

Estuary English

c)

Social Dialect

d)

Received Pronunciation