Australian English

Made by Alexandra Orlyanskaya,

Lyuba Soboleva

The Australian accent can be illustrated with the following phrases. Try to guess

how they sound in British English.

— Knife a samich? — I’ll gechawun

inn a sec  — Emma chisit? — Attlebee

aitninee 

— How much is it?  — Can I have a

sandwich?  — That’ll be eight

ninety.  — I’ll get you one

in a sec. 

 

Watch the video about Australian accent

 

Watch the video again and answer the following questions

What types of Australian accent exist? What is the main particularity of the

intonation (in comparison with American)?

What is special about the tongue (in comparison with American)?

Click the picture and do the exercise

Vocabulary practice. Click the picture.

Watch the video and guess the speaker’s nationality

(British, American, Australian)