ENG501 Quiz 4 by Maha Malik

1. Compared with English as spoken in , Northern American English is more homogeneous.(England)
2. The term literally means “Frankish language”. (lingua franca)
3. In GA, the letter ‘r’ is pronounced in all positions, but in RP it is only pronounced before

. (Vowels)

4. In ‘Received Pronunciation’, the sound disappeared except before vowels. (/r/)
5. ‘Shall’ and ‘should’ are examples of . (auxiliary verbs)
6. Has around 800-850 million native speakers. (Mandarin Chinese)
7. In American English, collective nouns are . (singular)
8. Population growth in areas where English is a second language is about times that in areas where it is a first language. (three)
9. Over million speakers use English as a native language. (400)

10.

A language does not achieve a genuinely status until it develops a special role that is recognized in every country. (Global)

11.

During the British colonial rule, Standard was the language of administration. (British English)

12.

The word ‘Barbeque’ is added to the American vocabulary from language.

(Spanish)

13.

I used to stay out evenings. American English freely adds the suffix –s today to words like night, evening, etc. to form denoting repeated or customary action.