American and UK English
Listen to the conversation with a US student studying in the UK and answer the questions below.
Maria’s use of language varies slightly from English usage – for instance, her intonation of ‘the United Kingdom’ is different from how we in Great Britain would say it.
Can you pick up what her version (the American version) of the following is? How does she say…..?
- in mid-August (UK)
- 2007 – two thousand and seven 3 one-to-one
- September the first (September 1st)
- university
- to give someone funny looks
- different from
- unpleasant
- We have got together to go out.
- Anyone could make friends here.
- May I use your bathroom, please?
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