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3 ffiHffi ln pairs, answer the quiz questions about the 3 Which of these countries is not a Commonweatth realm?
British royalfamity. a Australia b Canada c lndia d the Ul(
4 More than 54 countries enterthe Commonwealth Games
because:
a ex-members of the Commonwealth can enter.
b non-members can enter by invitation only.
c countries which are part of a larger state can enter
separate teams.

S Read the text about the l<ind of Engtish spoken. in the
Commonwealth country of Ghana. Match the words below
with their synonyms underlined in the text.
How many children does Queen Elizabeth have? Can you {(}py ir'****r-i'r irii:*riianr* lar':gr.l;lg* raa*lisn
name any of them? r*ieq ststliq
What is the relationship between Prince Wi[[iam and the
Queen? uestion: 'Have you eat?' Reply: 'No I go eat
Assuming Wittiam has children, who witl become
after small small.' This is just one of the turns of
monarch after his death?
phrase Ghanaians use, in the words of one local
a his younger brother commentator, 'to give the Queen's English a good
b his etdest son or daughter beating'. But as Ghanaians begin to speak their inherited
c his etdest son (even if he has a daughter first) colonial ltongue with growing creative 2licence, a row is
4 Does the Queen have any potiticat power in the Ul(? breaking out about what really is ihe proper way to speak
Choose the best answer. English. On one side of the fence are the old-school
a Yes, in theory, but he/she never uses it. Ghanaians who were taught throughout their education
b Yes, and she uses it occasionatLy. to 3mimic received pronunciation - or BBC English, as
c No, her potiticat powers were abolished years ago. it is popularly known - with varying degrees of success.
5 The next head of the Commonweaith of Nations On the other side, a abacklash is growing against the old
a witI be the Queen's eldest son. mentality of equating a British accent with spfest1ge.
b has yet to be decided. 'The idea that intelligence is linked to English
pronunciation is a olegaey from colonial thinking,' said
c wit[ be from a country other than the UK.
Delalorm Semabia, 25, aGhanaian blogger. 'People used
H Sd fnCn Listen and checl<your answers to the quiz. to think thai if you speak like the British then you are as
intelligent as the British. But now we are waking up to
"9 (b fnCO Listen to the information. What does the the fact that we have great people here who have never
map below show? ls it (a) the British Empire, (b) the stepped outside the borders.'
Commonwealth, or (c) the Commonwealth Realms? 'ln the 90s many local arlists wanted to sound like
Usher or Jay-2, bul now they are taking local names
ss Sil fnCO Listen again and choose the correct answers. and branding themselves locally,' said Semabia. 'For
1 The Commonweatth of Nations is an organisation made us, English is our language - we want to break away
up of 54 independent states, nearty all of which were: from the old Tstrictures, to personalise it, mix it with our
a in NATO b part of the British Empire c in Africa Iocal languages, and have fun with it. The whole point
2 Sixteen members, including the UK, are Commonwealth of language is that it's supposed to be flexible and it's
Realms, which means that they all share the same: meant to be fun.'
a constitution b president c monarch
S 6& fnCO Listen to five sentences about the text in exercise
5. Are they true (T) or fatse (F)?
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ffi Discuss these questions with your partner.
1 How important is, or was, the royal famity in your
country? How much do you l<now about them?
2 ls there such a thing as a 'modern royat famity'or is the
whole idea old-fashioned?

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