BRITISH and AMERICAN ENGLISH 5

Are these sentences British or American English? Decide by means of the other words in the sentences if the words in brackets are British or American.

1. I’d like a pair of these (pyjamas / pajamas) and this bathrobe.

2. After Joe Bloggs was fired, he went to an off-license to buy (hard liquor / spirits); he got a bottle of (whisky / whiskey)

3. When the man got home, he found his mom at the stove frying some (mince / hamburger meat) in the skillet.

4. He poured himself a whisky and told his wife he had decided to take a (two-week / fortnight’s) (holiday / vacation).

5. I put in near a gallon of water and cleaned the (windshield / windscreen) with a rag that I kept in the trunk.

6. Dan Phillips is a commercial traveller with an aluminium company, Smith & Jones (Ltd. / Inc) 

7. Last week the President gave John is second pay (raise / rise) this year, along with some fringe benefits.

8. Peter was given a brand new state car by the firm, with a free space in the company (parking lot / car park) to put it in.

9. Hello! Is this the Palace Movie Theater? Are you showing the (film / movie) “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”?

10. I’d like to (reserve / book) four seats in the centre stalls for the evening performance on 5^th October.

KEY

1. pajamas
2. spirits / whisky
3. hamburger meat
4. fortnight’s / holiday
5. windshield
6. Ltd.
7. raise
8. car park
9. movie
10. book