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.
- If you aren’t gonna serve me
that beer, I’ll go to another pub to drink a ( whiskey / whisky )
- 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
- Paul was driving downtown when
suddenly the ( stop lights / traffic lights ) changed and he stopped.
- He was going to visit his
sister when a ( a trailer truck / an articulated lorry ) overtook him and
scraped his car.
- Just after some miles, a cop
stopped him and questioned him about the incident. Several witnesses were
waiting on the ( pavement / sidewalk ).
- The lorry driver was convicted
of driving without care and he was ( sacked / fired ) by his boss.
- After the incident, Paul
stopped at the nearest ( gas station / petrol station ) and bought a bag
of crisps and some sweets.
- When he got to his sister’s, he
left his automobile at the nearest ( car park / parking lot ) and enjoyed
his ( vacation / holiday ).
- 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.
- 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
- whiskey
- shrimps
- stop lights
- articulated lorry
- sidewalk
- sacked
- petrol station
- parking lot – vacation
- teller - clerk
- his first year
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