Module 1 British and American English Autumn Fall Why do we have different words for the season?SkimmingRead the titles and the first sentences of each paragraph and find four ways in which British and American English are different.1. vocabulary2. grammar3. spelling4. pronunciationRead the passage quickly and divide the passage into 2 partsPart 1 ( )The differences between British and American EnglishPart 2 ( )The future of English1457Scanning Scanning Read the first four paragraphs againRead the first four paragraphs againand make notes of the differencesand make notes of the differences..ItemsBritish English American English VocabularyGrammarSpelling pronunciationBritish EnglishAmerican Englishcarsfreewaygasundergroundtaxitorchstand in linechipsautomobilesmotorwaypetrolsubwaycabflashlightqueue upFrench friesthe Differences in Vocabularythe Differences in GrammarBritish EnglishAmerican EnglishHave you got…?My friend just arrived.in the team/ at the weekendWrite me soon!Do you have…?My friend has just arrivedon the team/ weekendWrite to me soon!the Differences in Spelling and PronunciationBritish EnglishAmerican Englishspellingpronunciationcentre, colour programmecenter,color programRead part 2 carefully and answer the questions:1. Why do experts believe that the two varieties are moving closer?2. What will happen to English in the future?As a result of this non-stop communication, lots of American words and structures became a part of British English, which made some people think that British English will disappear.Which sentence in the passage has the same meaning as the following one?But it has also led to lots of American words and structures passing into British English, so that some people now believe that British English will...
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