Features: Standard English Flashcards
Grammar (4)
Subject-verb agreement (e.g., “He runs,” not “He run”).
Proper use of tenses (e.g., “I have eaten,” not “I have ate”).
Avoidance of double negatives (e.g., “I don’t have anything,” not “I don’t have nothing”).
Correct pronoun usage (e.g., “This is she,” not “This is her”).
“He runs,” not “He run”
Subject-verb agreement
“I have eaten,” not “I have ate”).
Proper use of tenses
“I don’t have anything,” not “I don’t have nothing”
Avoidance of double negatives
“This is she,” not “This is her”
Standard pronoun usage
- Syntax
Standard word order (e.g., “What did you say?” not “What you said?”).
Consistent use of relative pronouns (e.g., “The book that I read,” not “The book what I read”).
“What did you say?” not “What you said?”).
Proper word order (e.g.,
“The book that I read,” not “The book what I read”).
Consistent use of relative pronouns
- Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation (RP) in British English
Full articulation of sounds (e.g., pronouncing the “g” in “going”).
Pronouncing /g/ and /h/
No g-dropping
No h-dropping
- Vocabulary
Preference for Latinate (low freq.) or formal terms over high frequency, less formal lexis (e.g., “residence” instead of “home”).
Avoidance of slang and regionalisms.
- Spelling
• Adherence to standardised spellings
- Register and Style
Avoidance of contractions in formal contexts (e.g., “do not” instead of “don’t”).
