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Lesson 5: American English vs British English Flashcards

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The English learned in school and used in professional communication

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Standard English

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It is a very real institutional construct that has attracted the loyalty of a committed group of speakers who claim that they speak it

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Standard English

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refers tot he set of varieties of the English language native to the United States

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American English

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refer to the varieties of English language spoken and written in Great Britain

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British English

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5
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Differences between American and British English

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Vocabulary
Collective Noun
Axillary Verbs
Past Tense Verbs
Tag Questions
Spelling
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6
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In what English is collective nouns singular?

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American English

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7
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In what English is collective nouns plural or singular?

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British English

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what English use ‘shall’ in conversations?

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British English

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9
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what English drop helping verbs and contract ‘not’?

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British English

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10
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what English use the “-ed” ending for past tense verbs?

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American English

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what English use the “-t” ending for past tense verbs?

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British English

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12
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what English uses the “-en” ending for past participle form of irregular verbs?

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American English

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13
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what English uses tag questions more?

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British English

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14
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what English has a spelling of “-nce”?

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British English

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15
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what English has a spelling of “-or”?

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American English

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16
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what English has a spelling of “-ize”

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American English

17
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5 reasons why US and UK English sound so different

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English is older than British English
British is more like French
American spelling was invented as a form of protest
American English likes to drop words completely
The two types of English have borrowed words from different languages

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reason of difference between US and UK English because British wanted to distinguish themselves and started changing their rhotic speech to a soft r sound

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English is older than British English

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reason of difference between US and UK English where French has influenced English in more ways than one

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British is more like french

20
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reason of difference between US and UK English where Noah Webster made the American dictionary and made spelling different form British as a way to show independence

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American spelling was invented as a form of protest

21
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reason of difference between US and UK English where dropping words are considered normal to one and not to the other

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American English likes to drop words completely

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reason of difference between US and UK English where words from Spanish, Arabic or French had been incorporated

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The two types of English have borrowed words from different language

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