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1. What does "RP" stand for?
Received Pronunciation
Relaxed Pronunciation
Received Parlance
Relaxed Parlance
2. What is RP defined as?
It is the Queen's English.
It is the regionally neutral middle class accent of England.
It is a mix of all accents found in England.
It is the accent that is most common outside of England.
3. What is another name for RP?
The People's English
Cockney English
Oxford English
Webster's English
4. _____ percent of the UK population has the RP accent.
2 to 3
5 to 10
90 to 95
70 to 80
5. Who speaks with an RP accent?
Prince Charles
Queen Elizabeth
Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge
Lil Wayne
Jon Snow
6. Up until the 20th century, the RP accent was associated with _______.
poverty
wealth and power
the middle class
the working class
tea
7. The Queen of England speaks in a very unique accent which differs from Received Pronunciation. It’s not quite the same as RP.
true
false
8. What is standard English?
it avoids slang and dialect
it uses a lot of slang and abbreviations
it is what you can hear in rap music
it is spoken by the middle class
9. Most of the news presenters on the BBC are required to have a Received Pronunciation accent.
True. This still applies today as it has in the past.
False. It used to be that way, but society has changed.
10. The RP accent means speaking in clipped, precise tones. It sounds like quite a serious accent.
true
false
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