TASK 2. Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box to complete a passage
spelling | differ | these | petrol |
ending | varieties | like | while |
British English and American English (1)__________ in some ways. The most remarkable difference between the two (2) __________ is vocabulary. British people call the place where people take their car to buy (3) __________ or oil a petrol station. However, Americans call it a gas station. The British live in flats (4) __________ the Americans live in apartments. Another difference between these two varieties of English is the (5) __________. There are hundreds of minor differences of this type. Some words (6) )__________ humour, flavour or neighbour exist in British English while in American English these words are written without 'u' before r. Besides, verbs (7) __________ in - se in British English are written with the ending -ze in American English. Some of (8) __________ verbs are “analyse- analyze, organise - organize, and minimise - minimize.”
British English and American English (1)__________ in some ways.
