1. Universidad Católica de la Ssma. Concepción
Facultad de educación
Pedagogía Media en Inglés
Lexical Analysis: Quiz 1 – The English Language
Name: ________________________________________________ Points:______/31pMark: ______
I. Choose between T or F, if the sentence is True or False. (1p each)
1 _____ After 1600, English speakers started to spread around the world looking for exploration, trade, forced and
voluntary migration and wars.
2 _____ The British and Australians were the first to become affected by the spread of the English language by the
migration
3 _____ The grammar of the Englishes differ in morphology and syntax
4 _____ The British East India Company was a trading company which their main interests were established in America
5 _____ In South Africa eleven languages are official and eight are unofficial.
6 _____ The varieties of English exhibit spelling differences between American and British.
7 _____ Canadian English is identified just by the British English
8 _____ The term “dialect” has generally been used to refer to a subordinate variety of language.
9 _____ The term “dialect” does not have historical connotations.
10. _____ Varieties of language are part of a continuum in social and geographical space and time.
11. _____ The pacific does not contain indigenous languages
II. Match the concepts from Colum A with the concepts from the Colum B (1p each)
Colum A Colum B
1. Autonomous and Heteronymous ____ Knowledge of rules of grammar
2. Speech Community ____Form of pronouncing a variety
3. Competence ____Variations of a language conditioned by
uses rather than user.
4. RP ____Group of people who do not necessarily
share the same language
5. Register ____Speech varieties useful as alternative labels
to language and dialect
6. Accent ____Consider the equivalent of a standard
English pronunciation, Particularly in England.

2. Universidad Católica de la Ssma. Concepción
Facultad de educación
Pedagogía Media en Inglés
Lexical Analysis: Quiz 1 – The English Language
III. Choose the correct alternative. (2p each)
1-Australian Grammar has a lot of influence from
A) Irish English
b) American English
c) Canadian English
2-A major shift in many Englishes is
a) The addition of plural endings in adjectives
b) The elimination of many different verbal endings
c) The addition of many different verbal endings
3-American English words from immigrants came from
a) African Language, Asian Language
b) Asian Language, European Language
c) European Language, African Language
IV. Answer the following questions.
1. What were the reasons of the spread of the English, and which are the main consequences of it? (5p)
2. Name three types of differences between American and British English and provide one example of each. (3p)

3. Universidad Católica de la Ssma. Concepción
Facultad de educación
Pedagogía Media en Inglés
Lexical Analysis: Quiz 1 – The English Language
Answer key.
I. 1. T II. 1. III. 1. 3
2. F 2. 2. 6
3. T 3. 3. 5
4. F 4. 2
5. T 5. 1
6. T 6. 4
7. F
8. T
9. F
10. T
11. F
IV. 1.
2.Grammar: Jane had gotten used to it for American, Jane had got used to it for British
Pronunciation: ate /eit/ for American, /et/ for British
Vocabulary: Sam took the elevator for American; Sam took the lift for British