2.1.1 Regional Varieties of English

• Regional varieties of English often have distinct accents, vocabularies, and grammatical structures
• What is a characteristic grammatical feature of Geordie English?

  Use of 'us' for 'we'
• Geordie English uses glottal stops in words like 'water'.


  True
• Order the key accent features of the following regional varieties:

  1️⃣ Cockney: Dropping of 'h' sounds

  2️⃣ Geordie: Glottal stops

  3️⃣ Scouse: Elongated vowel sounds
• Match the regional variety with its accent feature:

  Cockney ↔️ Dropping of 'h' sounds

  Geordie ↔️ Elongated vowel sounds

  Scouse ↔️ Distinctive intonation patterns

  Brummie ↔️ Flattened vowel sounds
• Understanding regional accents is important for effective communication.


  True
• Match the regional variety with its grammatical feature:

  Geordie ↔️ Use of 'us' instead of 'we'

  Scouse ↔️ Use of 'yous' for plural 'you'

  Brummie ↔️ Unique idiomatic expressions

  Cockney ↔️ Dropping 'g' in '-ing' words
• Cockney rhyming slang uses phrases like 'apples and pears' for stairs
• In Cockney, 'apples and pears' is rhyming slang for stairs
• In Brummie English, 'Bostin'' means fantastic
• Cockney involves dropping 'h' sounds, such as in 'house' to pronounce it as 'ouse'


  True
• In Geordie, 'us' is used instead of we
• What does 'apples and pears' mean in Cockney rhyming slang?

  Stairs
• What are the primary historical factors that contributed to regional variation in English?

  Colonization, migration, social influences
• What shapes regional varieties of English?

  Historical, social, cultural influences
• Cockney accents involve dropping 'h' sounds at the beginning of words.


  True
• What is a unique vocabulary term used in Scouse English?

  'Scran' for 'food'
• Regional varieties of English often have distinctive accents
• Accents refer to the patterns of pronunciation that differ from Standard English and are shaped by historical, social, and cultural influences
• Geordie speakers use glottal stops, such as pronouncing 'water' as 'wa'er
• Cockney speakers drop the 'g' in '-ing' words, such as pronouncing 'walking' as 'walkin'
• What three features define regional varieties of English?

  Accents, vocabularies, grammar
• Order the regional varieties by region from south to north:

  1️⃣ Cockney (London)

  2️⃣ Brummie (Birmingham)

  3️⃣ Scouse (Liverpool)

  4️⃣ Geordie (Newcastle)
• Scouse English uses 'yous' for plural 'you'

  True
• What is the term for patterns of pronunciation that differ from Standard English?

  Accents
• What grammatical feature is unique to Cockney English?

  Dropping 'g' in '-ing'
• Match the regional variety with its grammatical feature:

  Cockney ↔️ Dropping 'g' in '-ing'

  Geordie ↔️ Use of 'us' for 'we'

  Scouse ↔️ Use of 'yous' for plural 'you'

  Brummie ↔️ Unique idiomatic expressions
• 'Bostin'' in Brummie English means fantastic

  True
• Match the regional variety with its region:

  Cockney ↔️ London

  Geordie ↔️ Newcastle

  Scouse ↔️ Liverpool

  Brummie ↔️ Birmingham
• Scouse English uses 'yous' for plural you
• What does 'Bostin'' mean in Brummie English?

  'Fantastic'
• What shapes the distinctive accents of regional varieties of English?

  Historical, social, cultural influences
• Cockney speakers pronounce 'house' as 'ouse'.


  True
• What is the term for unique grammatical structures in regional varieties of English?

  Grammatical structures
• Grammatical differences in regional varieties reflect distinct linguistic histories and social influences.


  True
• Brummie speakers use 'Bostin' to mean 'fantastic'.

  True
• What does 'howay' mean in Geordie English?

  Let's go
• Match the regional variety with its accent feature:

  Cockney ↔️ Dropped 'h' sounds

  Geordie ↔️ Elongated vowels

  Scouse ↔️ Distinctive intonation

  Brummie ↔️ Flattened vowels
• Order the following accent features by their corresponding regional variety:

  1️⃣ Cockney: Dropping of 'h' sounds

  2️⃣ Geordie: Elongated vowel sounds

  3️⃣ Scouse: Distinctive intonation patterns

  4️⃣ Brummie: Flattened vowel sounds
• Scouse English uses 'yous' for plural 'you'


  True