1. 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_____ Thevarieties 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. 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. Answer Key.