Vocabulary 1 test - 03/08/2020

1. Argue in favor or against the sentence below in NO MORE THAN 300 words:

The emergence of so-called Englishes will serve to reinforce the predominance of British or
American English as a lingua franca.

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1. When used in headlines, the words AX, BLAST, CURB mean

( ) remove, criticize, clamp

( ) cut, criticize, limit

( ) injure, detonate, face

( ) intervene, level, pave

2. Classic 19th-century literature and European words form the vocabulary are said to be used
in:

( ) Caribbean English

( ) Spanglish

( ) Indian English

( ) Canadian English

3. According to the article Do you speak Global?, the English language has suffered
demographic, cultural, linguistic and literary changes as a result of its global spread. This
phenomenon is referred to as:

( ) Ecology

( ) Pluricentricity

( ) Concentricity

( ) Taxonomy

4. When an Aussie says they had to BLOW IN THE BAG, they mean:

( ) They had to do mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

( ) They had to fill up some party balloons

( ) They had to take the Breathalyzer test

( ) They had to force themselves to bring up

5. The English used in NEWSPAPER HEADLINES usually makes use of what type of linguistic
device?

( ) Similes

( ) Hyperboles
( ) Metaphors

( ) Puns

6. This is a neat British expression to say that you are thrilled:

( ) Down in the dumps

( ) Chuffed to bits

( ) Filled to the brim

( ) Gone with the wind

7. According to the article Do you speak Global?, which of these countries would form part of
the so-called Raj phase of the spread of English?

( ) Canada

( ) Ireland

( ) Nigeria

( ) New Zealand

8. An equivalent noun phrase in Portuguese for `A HIKE IN PRICES would be. . .

( ) Uma enxurrada de preços

( ) Uma escalada de preços

( ) Uma estabilização de preços

( ) Uma desvalorização de preços

9. According to the article Do you speak Global?, interference, interlanguage and fossilization
errors are aspects related to which of Kachru’s (1996) sacred cows?

( ) The ideological cow

( ) The theoretical cow

( ) The pedagogical cow

( ) The acquisitional cow

10. The idiom `I haven`t the foggiest` would probably be said by which group of NATIVE
Speakers?

( ) Australian

( ) Canadian

( ) British

( ) American