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title: Accents and dialects around the world — how Mova does on the tests · Language
description: Lesson 19 of the language course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Accents and dialects around the world

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**Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 3 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 19 of the language course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Your mate goes "all Americans talk the same, like in films, innit." What's true?

- **1.** He's right, every American sounds like a film star — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Americans all speak like the Queen used to — no support
- **3.** He's right, but only in New York — no support
- **4.** The US has many regional words and accents, like yinz, y'all, wicked and hella — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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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?

- **1.** Tonight, a big woolly jumper — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** This evening, some sandwiches — no support
- **3.** This afternoon, a swimsuit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Tomorrow morning, some sun cream — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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A tourist in Johannesburg is told "Stop at the robot." She looks around for a machine. What should she look for?

- **1.** A police officer — no support
- **2.** A robot shop — no support
- **3.** A big metal statue — no support
- **4.** A traffic light — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 2: «The same word can mean different things in different countries: in Cape Town "Turn left at the robot" means at the traffic light, and in Sydney "Grab your togs…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Your Indian English cousin says "The test, set for Wednesday, has been preponed to Monday." What happened?

- **1.** It was repeated on Monday and Wednesday — no support
- **2.** It was cancelled completely — no support
- **3.** It was moved later, to next week — no support
- **4.** It was moved earlier, to Monday — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 3: «Some Englishes have grown into rich systems of their own: Indian English gives us "prepone" (move earlier, the opposite of postpone), Singapore's Singlish says…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «move» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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A Kiwi says "Yeah nah, sweet as, chur." What's the mood?

- **1.** Angry and upset about something that happened — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Confused and asking for help — no support
- **3.** Sad and about to cry — no support
- **4.** Friendly and relaxed: no worries, thanks — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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A Singapore uncle asks "Tomorrow can come or not?" What is he asking?

- **1.** Can tomorrow be cancelled? — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Is it tomorrow or not? — no support
- **3.** Did you come yesterday? — no support
- **4.** Can you come tomorrow? — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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What would happen if all English speakers used exactly the same words everywhere?

- **1.** We'd lose words like prepone, lekker and sweet as, and the stories behind them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** English would split into seven new languages overnight — no support
- **3.** Nothing, because English is already exactly the same everywhere — no support
- **4.** People in Australia would start speaking Spanish — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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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?

- **1.** It means she cares a little about football — no support
- **2.** It means she doesn't care at all, same as "couldn't care less" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **3.** It means she cares more than anyone else — no support
- **4.** It means she cares about less football — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 15: «"I couldn't care less" and the American "I could care less" both mean "I don't care at all"; "couldn't" is the original and makes more sense, so use it in care…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «care» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Your mate laughs at a Jamaican kid saying "Mi soon come." What do you tell him?

- **1.** Patois is a made-up language for songs — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Patois is a full language with its own grammar — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Jamaicans speak only French at home — no support
- **4.** He's right, it's just English spoken badly by people — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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In a cartoon, an Aussie says "G'day mate!" and rides a kangaroo to school. What's real and what isn't?

- **1.** Nothing is real, Aussies never say g'day — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** "G'day" is a real greeting; riding kangaroos to school isn't — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Kangaroo riding is real, g'day isn't — no support
- **4.** Everything is real, every Aussie kid rides one to school — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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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?

- **1.** Sunday — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Thursday — no support
- **3.** Saturday — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Friday — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the varieties of English spoken around the world?

- **1.** None is recognised as a form of English — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** All are identical in vocabulary and pronunciation — no support
- **3.** Each possesses distinctive vocabulary and rules of its own — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** All constitute defective imitations of British English — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Identify the meaning of the South African English word "robot" in the instruction "Turn left at the robot".

- **1.** A traffic signal — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A police constable — no support
- **3.** A toy shop — no support
- **4.** A mechanical servant — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the Australian accent.

- **1.** It has no connection with any accent of the British Isles — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It was copied deliberately from American broadcasts — no support
- **3.** It developed from the accents of settlers from London, south-east England and Ireland — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It was imposed by royal decree in the nineteenth century — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Ascertain the meaning of the Indian English verb "prepone".

- **1.** To bring forward to an earlier time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** To defer to a later time, day or date — no support
- **3.** To cancel altogether — no support
- **4.** To repeat on a later date — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/e4/)

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- ← previous: [18. Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/)
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