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Slang and Idioms Used in the play


 

This play takes place in rural America in the early part of the 20th century. the characters are mostly uneducated and the English they speak is full of slang and idioms which we do not often hear today in Israel.

They also speak with many grammar mistakes. Rewrite the following expressions to make them grammatically correct:
 

Make the following adjectives into adverbs:

(p. 185)
"No", she says kind of dull-like:_______________________________

I said a little sharp: ________________________________________

(p. 186)
I sleep sound: ______________________________________________

Often, rather than saying "very" or "awfully" they say "real" or "awful":
Rewrite these sentences:

(p. 189)
She'll feel awful bad - ______________________________________

(p. 190)
Mr. Henderson is awful sarcastic in a speech:____________________________________________________

(p. 192)
She was real upset:_________________________________________

I'm awful glad:_______________________________________________

(p. 193)
I think that's a real nice idea:__________________________________
 
 
 

These sentences are poor English. Rewrite them to make them more acceptable:

(p. 186)
I dunno:_________________________________________________________

(p. 188)
I don't think a place'd be any cheerfuller for John Wright's being in it.
_______________________________________________________________

(p. 189)
You coming with me Mrs. Hale?
_______________________________________________________________

This all you was to take in?
_______________________________________________________________

She said they was in the top drawer of this cupboard.
_______________________________________________________________

(p. 190)
I s'pose 'tis.
_______________________________________________________________

(p. 191)
Just pulling out a stitch or two that's not sewed very good.
_______________________________________________________________

(p. 192)
She used ot sing real pretty.
_______________________________________________________________

It's broke.
_______________________________________________________________

(p. 193)
She would 'a' wanted a bird.
_______________________________________________________________

Tell her it ain't.
_______________________________________________________________

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