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Antigua and
BarbudaAustraliaBahamasBarbadosBelizeBotswana
BruneiCameroonCanadaDominicaEthiopiaFiji
GambiaGhanaGrenadaGuyana
India
IrelandIsraelJamaicaKenyaKiribatiLesotho
LiberiaMalawiMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritiusMicronesia
NamibiaNauruNewZealandNigeria
Pakistan
PalauPanamaPapua NewGuineaPhilippinesRwandaSaint Kitts and
NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent andthe GrenadinesSamoaSeychelles
Sierra LeoneSingapore
Solomon Islands
South AfricaSwazilandTanzaniaTongaTrinidad andTobago
TuvaluUganda
UnitedKingdomUnited StatesVanuatu
ZambiaZimbabwe
ere is English spoken?s an official or second language)
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UnitedKingdom of
GreatBritain andNorthern
Ireland (UK)
ScotlandEnglandWales
Northern Ireland
The UK
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UnitedStatesof
America(USA)50
states
The USA
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The Welsh Flag
e UKs national flag
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e USAs national flag
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British or American?
British (Scottish)(Bagpipes; kilt; tartan)
American(cowboy, cowboy hat;
boots)
h and American Cultural References
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AmericanThe Statue of Liberty
Monument given to the US byFrance in 1886 to celebrate US
centennial. It is on LibertyIsland, in New York Harbour, towelcome visitors, immigrantsand Americans travelling to
New York.
BritishBig Ben
Nickname for the bellof the clock on oneside of the Palace of
Westminster inLondon. It celebrated
its 150th anniversary inMay 2009.
itish or American?
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British
BuckinghamPalace
The officialLondon
residence ofthe Britishmonarch.
American
White House
The officialresidence and
workplace of thePresident of the
USA. It is at 1600
PennsylvaniaAvenue,
British
10, DowningSt.
The mostfamous addressin the UK is the
official residenceand office of the
British PrimeMinister.
itish or American?
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British
Stonehenge
Pre-historic monument inSalisbury Plains, primitive
cemetery.
American
Grand Canyon
Steep mountains carved bythe Colorado river in
Arizona.
itish or American?
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American
Hamburger, coke,French fries
British
Fish and chips
itish or American?
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American
BaseballBritishCricket
itish or American?
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British
The red
double-deckerbus
American
The New Yorkyellow cab
itish or American?
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AmericanPresident
Barak Obama
BritishPrime Minister
DavidCameron
itish or American?
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British
RobertPattinson
American
Kristen
Stewart
itish or American?
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Wallace andGromit
Toy Story
British
American
itish or American?
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As the official language in many placesaround the world, English is spokendifferently by speakers of different
nationalities. Even within the same country,there are differences in vocabulary,pronunciation, spelling and grammar.
Lets look at some vocabularydifferences between BritishEnglish and American English.
rieties of English
i h d i li h
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aerial
flat
wardrobe
garden
dustbin
cooker
antenna
apartment
closet
yard
trash can
stove
tish and American English
i h d A i E li h
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car park
chips
biscuit
film
taxi
rubbish
parking lot
Frenchfries
cookie
movie
cab
trash
tish and American English
i h d A i E li h
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shopping centre
underground
petrol
jumper
motorway
trousers
mall
subway
gas
sweater
highway
pants
tish and American English
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