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British and American English
Exercise 1 How many differences between British and American English can you find from reading these two short texts? David (York, England) I live in a flatwith my mum, my dad and my two older sisters. My hobbies are playing football and watching films on TV, and my favourite food is burger with chips. There’s a good film on TV at the weekend, Titanic,but I don’t think I’ll watch it because I’ve already seen it. David (New York, United States) I’d say New York is my favorite city in the States, and I have a nice apartment here. However because myjob is so busy, the only time I can do stuff like go out to watch a movie, or even just watch a soccer game on TV, is on the weekend. Some days I don’t even have time to eat properly – I just getchicken and fries from the place next door. I’d like to move back to Florida to be closer to mom and my brother. I already visited them twice this year, but it’s not enough. Exercise 2 Complete the AmericanEnglish words that are the equivalent of the British English words in the table below. BRITISH 1. trousers 2. pavement 3. grey 4. autumn 5. queue 6. rubbish 7. maths 8. petrol 9. holiday 10. railwayAMERICAN p _ nts side _ _ lk gr _ y f _ ll li _ _ ga _ b _ ge m___ g _ so _ i _e v _ _ _ _ ion rail _ _ _ d BRITISH 11. mobile phone 12. chemist’s 13. aeroplane 14. cheque 15. programme 16. sweets 17.trainers 18. metre 19. lift 20. nappy AMERICAN _ _ ll phone dr _ _ store _ _ _ plane ch _ _ k progr _ _ c _ _ dy sn _ _ k _ _ s met _ _ el _ _ a _ _ r diap _ _
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British and American English
Exercise 3 Lookeach of the sentences below and decide whether they are written in British English (B), American English (A), or if they would be the same in both types of English (AB). Then change the British...