North Star 3 Listening and Speaking

Unit 4 Separated by the Same Language

Vocabulary
Complete the sentences with the correct word from the box below. You may need to change the tense or
word form.

1. Although people often think he’s not intelligent, he’s actually a very ___________ person.
2. “People think that I like whisky just because I’m Scottish. I hate it when people ___________ me because of
my nationality.”
3. Many teenagers use informal words with their friends. Their parents often don’t understand this
___________.
4. She often worries about what people think about her accent. She feels very ___________.
5. Although some people find it difficult to understand him, he is proud of his accent. He feels that it is part of
who he is and thinks that it is part of his ___________.
6. When he first moved to a new city, he wanted to sound the same as everyone else. He wanted to
___________ with the locals.
7. “I don’t like it when people ___________ my accent. I don’t think they have the right to say things about
how I sound.”
8. She has a strong ___________. I can hear from her voice that she is from near Birmingham.
9. Before I moved here, I didn’t know that I had an accent. I didn’t think about it at all. I just
wasn’t___________it.
10. She speaks in one way when she’s at home with her grandparents in Wales, but completely differently
when she is at work in London. She ___________.
11. You should tell him to stop laughing at you for your accent. Tell him to ___________. His behaviour is
unacceptable and he should stop it immediately.
12. I wish people wouldn’t ___________ my accent. I don’t like it when they always ask me about it or want to
talk about it. It’s just not that important!
13. She’s ___________ from America. It’s clear from her accent.
14. He has a strong ___________. His pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary are different to those you hear
in the media.
15. You shouldn’t let people laugh at your accent. ___________ Tell them that
they are wrong to act that way and defend yourself.
16. I don’t think he was deliberately rude. I don’t think that he thought his
comments could be hurtful. I don’t think anyone would be ___________
impolite. It must have been an accident.
17. I used to worry a lot about my accent, but I don’t ___________ it any more.
Thinking about made me feel stressed, so I’ve learnt to relax.
18. My colleagues ___________ last week when they joked about my accent in
front of my boss. Their behaviour was completely inappropriate.
19. Although he has a French accent, it isn’t important to us. We ___________
him the way he is.

Accent accept aware of bright code-switch comment on

cross the line dialect fit in get hung up about identity
intentionally lay off make a big deal about obviously self-conscious
slang stereotype stick up for