jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2014

BRITISH and AMERICAN ENGLISH 12


Are these sentences British or American English? Decide, by reading the whole sentence, if you have to use the British or the American word, which is given in brackets.



  1. If you aren’t gonna serve me that beer, I’ll go to another pub to drink a ( whiskey / whisky )

  1. They were going to have a potluck that weekend; that’s why she was taking ( prawns / shrimps ) out of the fridge when I got to her house

  1. Paul was driving downtown when suddenly the ( stop lights / traffic lights ) changed and he stopped.

  1. He was going to visit his sister when a ( a trailer truck / an articulated lorry ) overtook him and scraped his car.

  1. Just after some miles, a cop stopped him and questioned him about the incident. Several witnesses were waiting on the ( pavement / sidewalk ).

  1. The lorry driver was convicted of driving without care and he was ( sacked / fired ) by his boss.

  1. After the incident, Paul stopped at the nearest ( gas station / petrol station ) and bought a bag of crisps and some sweets.

  1. When he got to his sister’s, he left his automobile at the nearest ( car park / parking lot ) and enjoyed his ( vacation / holiday ).

  1. I work as a ( clerk / teller ) in a bank  downtown, and my wife Irene has a job as a ( sales assistant / clerk ) in a drugstore.

  1. We have a daughter, Juliet, who is at primary school, and a son, Charlie, who is in ( his first year / a freshman ) at a comprehensive.




KEY


  1. whiskey
  2. shrimps
  3. stop lights
  4. articulated lorry
  5. sidewalk
  6. sacked
  7. petrol station
  8. parking lot – vacation
  9. teller - clerk
  10. his first year

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