--- title: Standard English and dialect: "we was" in talk, "we were"… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 38 «Standard English and dialect: "we was" in talk, "we were" in writing» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / Standard English and dialect: "we was"… # Standard English and dialect: "we was" in talk, "we were" in writing The 15 questions of lesson 38 «Standard English and dialect: "we was" in talk, "we were" in writing» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 89 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t1/) — Your mate laughs at the new kid's Glasgow accent and says "he can't even talk proper." What is wrong with that? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t2/) — ★★★ Which sentence is Standard English but could be spoken in any accent? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t3/) — In a cartoon, the posh character always speaks "properly" and the farmer always "wrongly". What is the cartoon getting wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t4/) — What would happen if Kai wrote "we was" in his SATs grammar test? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t5/) — A cousin from Newcastle says "Howay, man, we was robbed!" about a football match. ("Howay" means come on.) Is this wrong to say at the match? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t6/) — ★★★ Which is the only sentence with NO dialect forms in it? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t7/) — A gran in Kerry says "Youse are grand." ("Grand" means fine.) Her grandson writes about her in a story. Should her words stay as she said them? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t8/) — Your teacher, dry: "Innit is great at break time and not so great in a job application." What is she teaching? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t9/) — ★★★ "I didn't see nobody." Many languages, such as French and Spanish, use two negatives like this as standard. What does that show? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t10/) — A Gen Alpha kid writes "this lesson is bussin no cap" in his English book. ("Bussin" means really good, "no cap" means for real.) What would Standard English be? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/t11/) — A girl from Texas says "I'm fixin' to go." ("Fixin' to" means about to.) Is that Standard English? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/e1/) — Identify the sentence composed in Standard English. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between Standard English and regional dialects? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/e3/) — Select the definition consistent with established usage of the term "code-switching". — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/e4/) — Ascertain the Standard English equivalent of "I done it". — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [37. Paragraphs and cohesion: holding a text together](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together/) - next →: [39. Planning before writing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/)