American and British English

A. Choose the correct word !

Introduction
In this/these article I’ll focus on the too/two
mostly commonly used versions of/off English — British and American English.
Before we take a luck/look at some/same of the differences
between the two main types of English I’d like to stress that these differences
or/are somewhat minor and with the ongoing internationalisation of
our/hour modern world day/they could even/heaven said to be diminishing.
The few differences that exist between British and American English
tend rather to enrich communication then/than slow it down.
Although not all my British readers might agree, I think that the American version
of spoken English is/his becoming more and more dominant four/for several reasons. Let me give/gave you an example to show you why American English as/has a stronger impact on British English than vice versa.
When you go to the UK and switch on/one the TV you will sea/see a lot of
American shows, movies and films witch/which, of course, are shown
in the original, American version.
Thus, especially young pupil/people watching TV will learn a lot of American vocabulary and phrases which they easily internalise and/hand use as their own.
It follows, modern British English is much more likely to be influenced buy/by American English than the other way round because when you live/ leave in the US
and watch TV you rarely will see a British show or film.
Another aerial/area where US English dominates is international business.
Most globally operating companies are based in the US and hence the influence
of American English terminology is vary/very strong.
However, as with any/many issue, the more you think/ sink about it,
the more variations you will encounter and it would be impossible
to cover dam/ them all in one article.
That’s why we’ll move on know/now to the differences
between British and American English.
Instead of giving you a comprehensive rundown of all imaginable items
I’ll limit myself to a small selection of my personal observations.
Larry E. Smith I,
president of Christopher, Smith & Associates.

B- VOCABULARY

Complete the table with

movies holiday motorway apartment biscuits subway jumper
rubbish Fall elevator cab freezer truck chips can potato chips
shopping centre main road drugstore diapers mail wardrobe sweets telephone box
UK / USA
1-autumn
2-the cinema
3-lorry
4- / highway
5- / freeway
6-tube/underground
7-chemist’s
8-flat
9-lift
10- / cookies
11- / candies
12- / French fries
13-crisps
14-tin
15-fridge
16- / closet
17- / vacation
18- / sweater
19- / mall
20- / garbage
21-nappies
22- / telephone booth
23-post
24-taxi