Reading
Read the article about British and American English. Fill in the gaps with the words below.
Reading
Read the article about British and American English. Fill in the gaps with the words below.
been used
language
native
tense
360,000,000
vocabulary
simplify
1.500,000,000
recognize
between
the english .1 -------started as a west germanic language brought to Britain in the 5th to 7th centuries by settlers from areas which we now call Germany, denmark and the Netherlands . about 2.--------- people speak English in many countries around the world including the united kingdom, the united states of americ, Canada, Australia, new zealand, the republic of Ireland. south Africa and others. about.3 ---------people are 4-- --. speakers and speak English as their first language.
There are some key differences 5. ------ British English and American English. Speakers of British English use the present perfect 6. ---- more than speakers of American English. It is more common to use the simple past tense in American English, where the present perfect would usually have 7. ------- in British English.
Chad feels sick. He ate too much. (AmE)
Susan feels ill. She's eaten too much. (BrE)
I can't find my key. Did you see it? (AmE)
I can't find my key. Have you seen it? (BrE)
Is Angelina here?
No, she just left. (AmE)
No, she's just left. (BrE)
Another difference between American English and British English is 8.------- and spelling English people go on holidays, Americans go on vacation. Londoners live in flats, New Yorkers live in apartments. Inthe USA, itis rare for a word to end in'-re whereas this is common is Britain; consider center/centre and meter/metre. American English also drops the'u' in British words like flavour/flavor, colour/color, and an 'T'in traveller/traveler. The man primarily responsible for these differences was Noah Webster. You might 9.------- his name from America's most popular dictionary. He wanted to 10.----- English spelling and saw political benefits of a new country (USA) having its own language.
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me lo puedes traducir, es que se solo un poco de ingles no mucho :c
raybans:
ya hice otra pregunta ahi esta en español si me puedes ayudar porfa
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