243. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:
Мое свадебное платье лежит в коробке на чердаке.
244. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:
Все товары уже загрузили в грузовик.
245. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:
Я считаю, что Женя, родившаяся в рубашке, не может избежать
неприятностей.
246. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:
Малыш плачет. Мне кажется, что надо поменять ему подгузники.
247. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:
Я умираю от голода! Давай зайдем в закусочную.
248. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:
Перед тем, как подать на стол консервированные персики, удали из них
косточки.
249. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:
Мне очень нравится сельдь, приготовленная с майонезом.
250. Give the American and British equivalent to the Russian phrase:
Чтобы быстро перекусить, можно растворить кубик бульона.
251. List the questions that should be answered in the first two paragraphs
in media English or newspaper articles.
252. Define sub-dialect.
253. Define sub-subdialect.
254. Explain why dialects occur.
255. Explain the influence(s) that Quebec has(have) on North American
English.
256. List Canada’s dialects.
257. Describe the subdialect of the Appalachians in the United States.
258. Describe the subdialect of the Southern United States.
259. Describe the subdialect of Texas.
260. Describe the subdialect of the Rocky Mountain/West Coast area of the
United States.
261. Describe the subdialect of Hawaii.
262. Give a synonym for the word «district» which is only used in New York
City.
263. Describe the sub-subdialects of New York City.
264. Describe the sub-subdialect of Chicago.
265. Describe the sub-subdialect of Boston.
266. Describe the sub-subdialect of Washington, D.C.
267. Name the chief distinguishing feature which divides England into a
North and South dialect.
268. Name the area(s) in England where you may hear the following word
order: ...give me it.
269. Name the area(s) in England where you may hear the following word
order: ...give it me.
270. Name the area(s) in England where you may hear the following word
order: ...give it to me.
271. Name the area(s) in England where you may hear the following word
order: ...give me.
272. Define «Scots language.»
273. Define the Scottish vowel-length rule.
274. Define the velar fricative which is used in Scotland.
275. Define the glottal stop which is used in Scotland.
276. In the Scottish dialect, give the plural for the following singular
nouns: leaf, eye, knife, shoes.
277. Show the three forms (present, past, perfect tenses) of the following
verbs in the Scottish dialect: to go, to hang, to laugh.
278. Describe auxiliary verb usage in the Scottish dialect.
279. List the languages that influence the Scottish dialect.
280. Translate the following sentence from the Shetland dialect into modern
English: Da twa languages melled tagidder to mak da tongue we caa
Shetlandic; diswis English-osed by da Kirk, da laacoorts an id skols.
281. Describe the history of the Welsh dialect of the English language.
282. Name the letter-sound that does not exist in the Welsh dialect of
English.
283. Explain tag question usage in the Welsh dialect of English.
284. Describe the history of the Irish dialect of the English language.
285. Show how the th fricative is pronounced in the Irish dialect of the
English language.
286. Describe the rule in pronunciation (transcription) for the consonant
clusters «st, sn, sl» in the Irish dialect of the English dialect.
Give at least two examples of each (6 words) consonant cluster and
show their Irish pronunciation.
287. Describe the use of the word after in the Irish dialect of the English
language.
288. Describe the use of the auxiliary verb ‘to be’ in the Irish dialect of
the English language.
289. Describe the use of the prepositions ‘on’, ‘of’ and ‘from’ in the
Irish dialect of the English language.
290. Show the equivalent of the subordinate clause markers ‘when’, ‘while’,
and ‘if’ in the Irish dialect of the English language.
291. Give the suffix used in the Irish dialect of the English language used
to express the diminutive, or smallness.
292. List the areas of the world where Hiberno-English is used or
influences the English language.
293. Describe the use of the word whenever used in Ulster (Ireland), New
Zealand and Australia.
294. Describe the history of Caribbean English.
295. Translate the following sentence from English into Caribbean English:
The fish was caught yesterday.
296. Translate the following sentence from English into Caribbean English:
Are you drinking coffee?
297. Describe the ‘Creole Hypothesis’ in the Caribbean.
298. Define Creole.
299. Define Pidgin.
300. According to Caribbean Creole, explain verb conjugation in the present
tense.
301. According to Caribbean Creole, explain adverb usage.
302. According to Caribbean Creole, explain how possession is expressed.
303. Describe the usage of the singular third person pronouns (he/she) in
West African Pidgins.
304. According to Caribbean Creole, explain how continuous actions (present
continuous, past continuous verb constructions) are expressed.
305. According to Caribbean Creole, explain how completed actions (past
indefinite verb constructions) are expressed.
306. According to Caribbean Creole, explain how verb negation is expressed.
307. Describe Australian English.
308. Describe the influence(s) of Aborigines on the Australian dialect of
the English language.
309. List the four influences on the New Zealand dialect of the English
language.
310. Define Maori.
311. Besides the Australian dialect, name one more additional English
dialect that presently affects the New Zealand dialect.
312. Explain how the Maori language affects the New Zealand dialect.
313. Name the influences on the English language in South Africa.
314. Define Anglikaans.
315. Explain the use of ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in the South African dialect of the
English language.
316. Describe the history of South African Indian English.
317. Name two English dialects where reduplication of one word is used to
show emphasis or plural.
318. Name the English dialect where the verb is often found in the end
position (at the end of the sentence).
319. Explain how North Americans pronounce the closed vowel a-sound.
320. Compare the -lk- combination in regard to pronunciation between the
North Americans and British.
321. Compare the -tu- combination in regard to pronunciation between the
North Americans and British.
322. Compare the -du- combination in regard to pronunciation between the
North Americans and British.
323. Compare the sch- combination in regard to pronunciation between the
North Americans and British.
324. List the areas in North America where French influences the North
American dialect.
325. List the areas in North America where Spanish influences the North
American dialect.
326. List the areas in North America where Japanese influences the North
American dialect.
327. List the Areas in North America where Polynesian influences the North
American dialect.
328. Name the area in North America where the speech rapidity is the
quickest.
329. Name the area in North America where the speech rapidity is the
slowest.
330. Define ‘Tex-Mex’.
331. Explain what influences English in the state of Louisiana.
332. Explain what influences English in the state of Florida.
333. Explain why the following statement is false: The Rocky Mountain/West
Coast area of the United States is the only subdialect without an
accent.
334. Give a proper answer to the following question in the Irish dialect:
Will you turn the light off?
335. Explain how questions are asked using the Caribbean dialect of the
English language.
336. Explain why a verb may be brought to the front of a sentence in the
Western African dialect of the English language.
337. Describe how nouns are made plural in the Caribbean dialect of the
English language.
338. Explain why and which dialects use multiple negation in sentence
structure.
339. Explain how the past tense of a verb is shown in Caribbean Creole.
340. Define Affixes.
341. Give the two main distinctive features in defining an Australian
accent.
342. Define Tasmanian English.
343. Define ‘evening’ as it is used in Queensland, Australia.
344. Name the dialect of the English language which contains the most loan
words from Polynesian languages.
345. Besides Maori, name two more foreign languages that have given loan
words to the New Zealand dialect.
346. Of all English speaking countries, name the only country where English
is spoken by the minority of the population.
347. Compare the /r/ sound in closed syllables between the North American
and British pronunciations.
348. Name the foreign languages that effect speech in Alaska.
349. List the areas in England where one might hear «He ain’t here.» for
«He isn’t here.»
350. Define ‘Dialect Island’.
351. Translate the word ‘hesitate’ into the Scottish dialect.
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