THE QUEENS ENGLISH

 

Lead-In

A. Can you identify where these flags come from?

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B. Listening - Different Types of English

Can you find examples of these different types of English from the paragraphs below?

American / Cockney / Australian

 

---------- ooo O ooo ----------

 

English Devices

Sonido

Stop

A. Can you match each of the following English devices with its example?

1. gobbledygook ( an English term used to describe nonsensical language, sound that resembles language but has no meaning)
2. nursery rhyme ( A tale in rhymed verse for children)
3. tongue twister ( a phrase in any language that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly)
4. Limerick ( A five line poem. The first, second, and fifth lines rhyme (aaa - above) and so do the third and fourth)
5. riddle ( A riddle is a puzzle, consisting of text with a question to answer)
6. anagram ( A word that is spelled with the exact same letters as another word)
7. pangram (A piece of text which uses every letter of the alphabet)
8. palindrome ( A sequence that reads the same in either direction)

 

 

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