Practical assignments

Exercise 1. Match a pair of associated words with a word from the right column.

1. skin and blister

2. tea leaf

3. rabbit and pork

4. elbow and knees

5. dog and bone

6. Adam and Eve

7. daisy roots

8. china plate

9. pots and pans

10) jugs of beers

1. trees

2. hands

3. ears

4. telephone

5. sister

6. boots

7. mate

8. believe

9. talk

10. thief

Keys:

1. e; 6) h;

2. j; 7) f;

3. i; 8) g;

4. a; 9) b;

5. d; 10) c.

Exercise 2. Rewrite the phrases of the Scottish English into the Standard one.

1. Gonnae no’ dae that! _______________________________________

2. Haste ya back. ____________________________________________

3. Can A gie ye a haund? _____________________________________

4. Whit d’ye dae for a livin? ___________________________________

5. I dinna ken. ______________________________________________

6. A miss ye sae muckle! ______________________________________

7. A will ne’er reek. __________________________________________

8. She can arrife tha’ moorns nicht. ______________________________

9. A’m leukin for Sarah. ______________________________________

10) A’ll be reit back. ___________________________________________

Keys:

1. Don’t do that!

2. Hurry up and come back;

3. Can I help you?

4. What do you do for a living?

5. I don’t know;

6. I missed you so much;

7. I will never smoke;

8. She can arrive tomorrow;

9. I’m looking for Sarah;

10) I’ll be right back.

Exercise 3. Find the Standard English equivalents to the words below, using Geordie dictionary:

1. Agyen	11. Gadgie	21. Sark
2. Alreet	12. Hoos	22.Sand Shoes
3. Beuk	13. Keel	23. Sel'
4. Beor	14. Knaa	24. Snaa
5. Baccy	15. Nigh	25. Tatie
6. Chorch	16. Nigh	26. Teem
7. Coo	17. Neet	27. Thowt
8. Dede	18. Ower	28. Us
9. Doon	19. Poliss	29. Yem
10. Eee	20. Sackless	30. Yen

Keys:

1. Again

2. Alright

3. Book

4. Beer

5. Tobacco

6. Church

7. Cow

8. Dead

9. Down

10. Eye

11. Old man

12. House

13. Boat

14. Know

15. Near

16. Near

17. Night

18. Over

19. Policeman

20. Hopeless

21. A shirt

22. Gym shoes

23. Self

24. Snow

25. Potato

26. Pour

27. Thought

28. Me

29. Home

30. One

The literature used

1. Селіванова О.І., Байкова О.М. ОПАНОВУЮЧИ АНГЛІЙСЬКУ МОВУ І КУЛЬТУРУ, Частина перша (Великобританія, Сполучені Штати Америки), - К.: Ленвіт, 2008. 

2. I. G. Anikeyenko, L. F. Boitsan English Lexicology: Seminars, К.: Видавничий центр КНЛУ, 2006.