You Speak British or American English?

What was Oscar Wilde most famous for?

• His wit

• His clothes

• His protests

• His hair

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A British word for "hungry"

• moreish

• peckish

• dishy

• iffy

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Where would you find people talking about a "windshield"?

• US

• UK

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What do people in the US put at the end of a written sentence?

• A period

• A full stop

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Would you find a "traveller" in the US or the UK?

• US

• UK

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Where would you hear this sentence - "I already saw it"

• UK

• US

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A word that was used in the video to describe English vocabulary

• metropolitan

• universal

• cosmopolitan

• global

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What is an "inflected" language?

• A language that changes the form or endings of some words

• A language that is very flexible

• A language that is unusually difficult to learn

• a language that has a very rich vocabulary

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

What was the "Mayflower"?

• A village

• A woman

• A ship

• A costume

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What word do modern Americans use in the same way as Shakespeare?

• pate

• knave

• highway

• mad

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E