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british english

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does an American call the vegetable in the picture?

a)

eggplant

b)

aubergine

2.

What do you call this sweet thing in Great Britain?

a)

candy floss

b)

cotton candy

3.

What is the thing in the picture called if you are British?

a)

pacifier

b)

dummy

4.

What do people in the USA call this sport?

a)

soccer

b)

football

5.

What do you call this thing in Britain?

a)

a vacuum cleaner

b)

a hoover

6.

People in the USA go on a ...

a)

vacation

b)

holiday

7.

What do people in Britain eat?

a)

a jacket potato

b)

a backed potato

8.

How do people in England spell km/h?

a)

kilometre per hour

b)

kilometer per hour

9.

Is the thing in the picture from England or from the USA?

a)

from England

b)

from the USA

10.

A British person says: Where is the...?

a)

elevator

b)

lift

11.

Prince William of England would say: Where is my...?

a)

sweater

b)

jumper

12.

This car is British. what do you call the yellow part of the picture?

a)

license plate

b)

number plate

13.

We don't pronounce "r" in words such as "car" and "park" in...

a)

British English

b)

American English

14.
Cab
a)
British
b)
American
15.
Flat
a)
British
b)
American
16.
London's underground train system is called...?
a)
the Tube
b)
Underground
c)
subway
d)
metro
17.
Which informal term might a British person use when referring to a toilet?
a)
loo
b)
pantry
c)
closet
d)
saloon
18.

What's her name?

a)

Elizabeth IV

b)

Elizabeth II

c)

Mary IV

d)

Margaret II

19.

Do you know the name of this skirt?

a)

Men's skirt

b)

Scottish skirt

c)

Scottish clothes

d)

Kilt

20.

What is the British currency?

a)

yen

b)

euros

c)

dollars

d)

pounds

21.

Where's The Loch Ness?

a)

In Scotland

b)

In Ireland

c)

In London

d)

In Wales

22.

Who wrote Harry Potter?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Daniel Defoe

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

J.K. Rowling

23.

Who wrote Frankenstein?

a)

Emily Bronte

b)

Cervantes

c)

Mary Shelly

d)

H.G. Wells

24.

April Fools' Day is on....

a)

10th April

b)

21st April

c)

22nd April

d)

1st April