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Word Search Labs - Build, Print and Solve Word Searches for Free. Google. BRITISH vs AMERICAN ENGLISH. 20 Words Brits and Americans Say Differently. Short Quiz UK/US. Best U.S. History Websites for Students. About the United States. United Kingdom. British Life and Culture in the UK - Woodlands Junior School. The UK. Life in the UK - Learn about British Life and Culture - Learn English Online. Life in the USA - Learn about US Life, History, and Culture.

British vs American culture quiz. Megan: Hi, everybody, and welcome back to another video for the LearnEnglish Teens website and their YouTube channel.

British vs American culture quiz

Today I’m joined by my friend, Chris. Do you want to introduce yourself? Chris: I’m Chris. I’m from New York – America, for people who don’t know where New York is! And, yeah, I’m currently living in Hanover as a language assistant. Megan: In this video I’m going to be testing Chris on his cultural knowledge of the UK, and he’s going to be testing me on my knowledge of America. Chris: A sounds the most familiar but I don’t … is that right?

Quizz Testez votre culture anglaise ! - Quiz Anglais. What is Shakespeare famous for ?

Quizz Testez votre culture anglaise ! - Quiz Anglais

What is the traditional dessert you would eat at Christmas in England ? Who is the hero of the Knights of the Round Table ? Quizz.biz est financé par la publicité, celle-ci permet de vous offrir du contenu gratuitement. Queen Elizabeth II of England - Elementary English Reading. États-Unis : les 50 États - Quiz de géographie. Typical British Food - Intermediate English Reading Quiz.

Index. (CNN) — If British food has come in for a bit of mockery over the years, it isn't because the recipes are wrong, it's because they're misunderstood.

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We call sausages "toads. " We cover offal in gravy, wrap it in pastry and call it a "pudding. " We eat eels! Real, no foolin' eels! None of it really makes sense to the casual observer. 10 Traditional American Foods—And Where to Eat Them. Life in The UK: The Tower of London - Intermediate English Listening. London Tourism - Elementary ESL Gap Fill Exercise - il y a une erreur. London Tourist Attractions - Online Word Search Puzzle. Learn English - New York Tourist Attractions Video Listening Quiz. 34 of America's most important landmarks. Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day. What is Black Friday?

Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day

Black Friday is the day after the American holiday of Thanksgiving, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. Because it is a holiday in the United States, it has long been a popular day for consumers to start shopping for Christmas. Over the last 20 years big retailers have started to offer discounts and bargains on this day, and it has become more and more popular. Last year, people in the USA spent an estimated $54.7 billion between Black Friday and Cyber Monday (the Monday after Thanksgiving, when people often buy more online).

The idea of Black Friday has also spread around the world. Is Black Friday out of control? Many of us love to get a bargain, but some feel that events like Black Friday encourage people to buy things that they don’t really need and can’t afford. What’s the alternative to Black Friday? Instead of taking the opportunity to buy as much as possible on Black Friday, you could do the opposite and buy absolutely nothing. Learn About Life in The UK - April Fool's Day. The Notting Hill Carnival - Fact File. General English - Magazine. Americans are often surprised to hear that British people have a special day in celebration of pancakes.

General English - Magazine

After all, American pancakes are a typical breakfast or brunch meal. However, pancakes in the UK are much thinner than American pancakes because they don't use baking powder, so they are not fat and fluffy and, instead, are more like French crepes. Why pancakes? Pancake Day is actually another name for Shrove Tuesday, which takes place 40 days before Easter Sunday and marks the start of Lent. In some other countries this day is called Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, because it's when people ate all the good things for the last time before starting 40 days of religious fasting for Lent. The pancake bell As well as using all their eggs and fats before Lent, people would also go to church to confess their sins to a priest.

Saint Patrick's Day Activities - ESL Teaching Resources and Lessons. Intermediate English - How To Cook a Thanksgiving Meal. Intermediate English Listening - Independence Day Fireworks. Pre-Intermediate English Listening - Guy Fawkes Night. Thanksgiving - ESL Resources for Learning About The Thanksgiving Holiday.

Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Beyoncé: Biography. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress.

Beyoncé: Biography

She was born on 4th September 1981 in Houston, Texas, and is now one of the most influential and successful musicians of our time. The Early Years As a child, Beyoncé attended several performing arts schools and began to sing and dance in local competitions. By the late 1990s, she had become famous as the lead singer of R&B girl group Destiny's Child, which grew to be one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time! The group split in 2005, after Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland had started successful solo projects.

Achievements Beyoncé’s 2008 album I Am... The Beatles Story - Intermediate English Listening. Intermediate Reading Comprehension - The BAFTA Awards. English for Life in The UK - Charles Dickens. William Shakespeare Biography. William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.

William Shakespeare Biography

His birthday is most commonly celebrated on 23 April (see When was Shakespeare born), which is also believed to be the date he died in 1616. Shakespeare was a prolific writer during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages of British theatre (sometimes called the English Renaissance or the Early Modern Period). Shakespeare’s plays are perhaps his most enduring legacy, but they are not all he wrote. Shakespeare’s poems also remain popular to this day. Shakespeare's Family Life Records survive relating to William Shakespeare’s family that offer an understanding of the context of Shakespeare's early life and the lives of his family members.

Shakespeare. William Shakespeare was a poet and a playwright and is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, in central England, in 1564 and he died in 1616. His surviving work consists of 38 plays, 154 sonnets and some other poems. He is best known for his plays, which have been translated into every major language and are performed more than those of any other playwright in the world. When William Shakespeare was 18 years old he married Anne Hathaway, and they had three children. The Great Fire of London - Intermediate English Listening Lesson. Intermediate English Listening - British History Video Quiz. Free English Lessons Online - Martin Luther King Jr. Intermediate English - Electing an American President. BANKSY & KEITH HARING by Nathalie Leye on Prezi. Upper Intermediate English Listening - Banksy. Banksy is a controversial contemporary British artist and illustrator. This video quiz about an exhibition of his work will help you practise your English listening skills.

Task 1 - First Listening Click on the play button in the centre of the screen to watch the video. Listen to get the main idea of what the video is about, the first time you watch it. Discover 11 of Banksy's Most Famous Murals. British vs American accent challenge. Sophia: Hi, everyone!

British vs American accent challenge

Welcome back to another video for the British Council’s LearnEnglish Teens website and their YouTube channel. Today I’m joined with Natasha again and we are going to be doing a little challenge. I’ve seen this video on YouTube and it’s an accent challenge. So, Natasha, where are you from? Natasha: Er, I’m from the US, in California.Sophia: And I’m from London, in England in the UK. Online voice recorder. Edpuzzle. British English Vs American English: 100+ Differences Illustrated. Given the number of places around the world that English is spoken, differences are bound to emerge. Despite how much the USA and UK have in common, there are enough differences between their two versions of the English language that someone may not always understand exactly what someone from the other country is saying. Not only are there 160 distinct dialects of the English language, but there's also different spelling and even words, used to describe one or other thing.

Fortunately, the US State Department has created a series of these useful graphics to help clear things up between the British English Vs. American English usage. Did you know, that the difference between spelling words like American color and British colour, or humor and humour, comes from the Brits adopting, their now called British words, from Old French language? Quiz Vocabulary - 1 minute (short and interesting :-) )

How to understand the differences between British and American English. Man: Hey!

How to understand the differences between British and American English

Nice pants! Woman: Excuse me? Man: I said, 'nice pants'. Woman: You can't see my pants, can you? Man: Of course I can. Sixty American English Words and their British English Counterparts. Although the Spellzone course was written in the UK, it covers both British English and American English spellings.

Sixty American English Words and their British English Counterparts

The different spellings of a words are highlighted throughout the course, and you can choose whether you would prefer to take a British English or an American English version of a test.