Deck 38: Standard and Nonstandard English

Question 1

Nonstandard English is always wrong.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What is slang?

A) Slang is misspelled words.
B) Slang is popular words and expressions that come and go.
C) Slang is anything offensive to the reader.
D) Slang is any words or phrases that you cannot find in the dictionary.

Answer 2

Slang is popular words and expressions that come and go.

Question 3

Which of the following sentences contains nonstandard English?

A) I knew I shoulda bought that black leather jacket.
B) You ought to try yoga.
C) We were a long way from home but didn't mind the walk.
D) The children made themselves sick on Halloween candy.

Answer 3

I knew I shoulda bought that black leather jacket.

Question 4

Which of the following sentences contains nonstandard English?

A) Then the nurse said that I had the measles.
B) In regard to the last item on the agenda, the committee would like more time to discuss it.
C) You could have told me in advance that you were coming.
D) Dalton was suppose to meet us at the mall.

Question 5

Which of the following sentences contains nonstandard English?

A) Arthur dragged his dirty feet across the room and left a mess on the carpet.
B) This is not your chair.
C) Because I needed money, I got a job.
D) We were really enthused about the upcoming concert.

Question 6

Where is nonstandard English used in the following sentence?
I shoulda known that I ain't going to get anywheres with this job.

A) shoulda
B) ain't
C) anywheres
D) all of the above

Question 7

Where is nonstandard English used in the following sentence?
My dad really wigged out when I wrecked the car.

A) wigged
B) really
C) both (a) and (b)
D) none of the above

Question 8

Where is nonstandard English used in the following sentence?
My man James and I rocked the house.

A) man
B) rocked
C) both (a) and (b)
D) none of the above

Question 9

Where is nonstandard English used in the following sentence?
You're whacked if you think I'm going first.

A) you're
B) going
C) whacked
D) all of the above

Question 10

Where is nonstandard English used in the following sentence?
Our homey Trey is such a player.

A) homey
B) player
C) both (a) and (b)
D) none of the above

Question 11

What is the difference between standard and nonstandard English?

Question 12

Give two examples of nonstandard English expressions that you have used before.

Question 13

Underline the nonstandard English in the following sentence.
You think you're all that, but you be all played out.

Question 14

Rewrite the sentence in Question 3 to translate the slang expressions into standard English.

Question 15

Underline the nonstandard English in the following sentence.
You ain't no different than anybody else, so you oughta stop dissin people.

Question 16

Rewrite the sentence in Question 5 to translate the slang expressions into standard English.

Question 17

Underline the nonstandard English and slang expressions in the following paragraph. Then correct them by rewriting the paragraph.

-boy James is crazy in the head. One weekend his parents were outa town, and he wasn't suppose to have no company. Well, he dissed his parents and decided to have a party at his crib. When I told him he was trippin because his mom was gonna find out about it irregardless of how sneaky he was, he goes, "Aww, chill out man cuz she ain't gonna find out." I knew I oughta have stayed out of it, but James pulled me in. Sure nuff, his mom found out about the party, and she was real disappointed. She even called my mom. Now I'm cooling my heels at home for the next four weekends.