mandag 12. oktober 2015

Assignments about British and American English

Checkpoints
1.     Words that are pronounced differently in British and American English is:
-Dance
-Laugh
-Awful
Here the British words have rounder vowel sound.
In Britain, they don’t pronounce the “r” in these words:
-Car
-Star
2.      
American English:
British English:
Theater
Theatre
Monolog
Monologue
Color
Colour
Analyze
Analyse
Travel-Traveler
Travel- Traveller


3.     Language work
I am knackered and I must go to the loo.
-        I am tired and I must go to the bathroom

Are there any WCs close by?
-        Are there any bathrooms nearby.

Must I queue up behind that bloke?
-        Must I stand in line behind that (hunky guy)(?)

Is there a chemist anywhere close?
-        Is there a scientist anywhere close?

I am peckish
- I am hungry.

At the zebra crossing the lollipop lady directed us to take a diversion, but my lorry was out of patrol and it was impossible.
-        At the transitional fields the (lollipop lady) directed us to take another way, but my truck was out of gas and it was impossible.

4.     Sentences in British.
-        My dog weren’t allowed on the underground.
-        My lorry is full of my crisps from yesterday.
-        I got stuck in the lift in my flat.


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