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title: Accents and dialects around the world — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» 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.
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# Accents and dialects around the world

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The 15 questions of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language 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/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t1/) — Your mate goes "all Americans talk the same, like in films, innit." What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t2/) — An Aussie mate texts "beach this arvo, bring ya togs, it'll be heaps good." ("Heaps" means very or lots.) When and what to bring? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t3/) — A tourist in Johannesburg is told "Stop at the robot." She looks around for a machine. What should she look for? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t4/) — Your Indian English cousin says "The test, set for Wednesday, has been preponed to Monday." What happened? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t5/) — A Kiwi says "Yeah nah, sweet as, chur." What's the mood? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t6/) — A Singapore uncle asks "Tomorrow can come or not?" What is he asking? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t7/) — What would happen if all English speakers used exactly the same words everywhere? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t8/) — A Gen Z American says "I could care less about football, ngl." ("Ngl" is not gonna lie.) Your British gran is confused. How do you explain? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t9/) — Your mate laughs at a Jamaican kid saying "Mi soon come." What do you tell him? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t10/) — In a cartoon, an Aussie says "G'day mate!" and rides a kangaroo to school. What's real and what isn't? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t11/) — Puzzle: postpone means move later and prepone means move earlier. If a match is postponed from Friday by two days and then preponed by one day, when is it? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the varieties of English spoken around the world? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/e2/) — Identify the meaning of the South African English word "robot" in the instruction "Turn left at the robot". — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the Australian accent. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/e4/) — Ascertain the meaning of the Indian English verb "prepone". — right ✓ · exam

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