--- title: Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 18 «Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland» of the language 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/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Accents and dialects of Britain and Ir… # Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland The 15 questions of lesson 18 «Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 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/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t1/) — Your mate goes "Scousers talk lazy English, innit." What's the fair answer? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t2/) — A Geordie lad at footie shouts "Howay, that goal was canny!" How did he find the goal? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t3/) — A poll says one city's accent is "the worst in Britain". What does that mostly show? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t4/) — What would happen if everyone in Britain spoke exactly the same way? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t5/) — A Cockney grandad says "Give us a butcher's at your new phone." What does he want? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t6/) — Your Welsh auntie says "I'll put the kettle on now in a minute, love." Should you expect tea this second? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t7/) — Your mate thinks most Brits sound like old BBC newsreaders. What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t8/) — In a cartoon, a Scottish character only says "Och aye the noo!" Is that real Scots? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t9/) — A Dublin girl says "Your man there is a total eejit, but he's great craic." ("Your man" means that man.) What does she think of him? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t10/) — An Aberdeen boy texts "Fit's fer tea?" ("Fer" is for, "tea" is the evening meal.) What's he asking? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/t11/) — Puzzle: in Doric, wh- often becomes f-. What would "Where are you going?" start with? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a dialect? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/e2/) — Identify the proportion of the British population estimated to employ Received Pronunciation as a natural accent. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Cockney rhyming slang. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/e4/) — In respect of the Irish English word "eejit", which statement is most accurate? — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [17. Slang and how it changes with every generation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/) - next →: [19. Accents and dialects around the world](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)