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UK or USA- British and American English trivia quiz

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Fun pairwork activities in which their partners guess which version is British from language and general knowledge clues, followed by a more basic matching UK and US English activity.

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UK or USA British and American English trivia quiz

Read out just one line from your worksheet and see if your partner can guess if that line is about the UK (the underlined one) or if it’s about the USA (the not underlined one). Don’t change the wording, as the hint includes both useful facts and English words or expressions from one of those two countries. If your partner’s guess is right, they get two points. If they choose to guess, they get no point and their turn ends. If they are not sure or don’t understand the hint, they can ask for the other hint in the same section and then guess which one is British and which is American. A correct guess after two hints gets one point. Take turns doing that for your partner and guessing if their sentences are about the UK or USA until your teacher stops you.

Useful language for doing the activity

“I think that it’s the UK/ the USA.”

“I’m not sure. Can I have the second hint?”

“I think that the first one is American and the second one is British.”

Match the UK words on the left with US ones with the same meanings on the right. “…” means that you need to use words from the one on the left to complete the one on the right.  

cash machine/ cashpoint                                                                    alternative

bank holiday                                                                                         ATM

chemist/ chemist’s                                                                             cell…                               

indie                                                                                                       DA/ district attorney

football pitch                                                                                          drugstore         

postcode                                                                                                grad school student     

postgrad                                                                                                 national…

public prosecutor                                                                                  R-rated

mobile phone                                                                          season…

second year student                                                              soccer field

series two                                                                                              sophomore

18 certificate                                                                                          zip…

 

cinema                                                                                     junior                

third year student                                                                                 labor…

tracksuit                                                                                                 liberal arts        

estate agent                                                                                          main…

trade union                                                                                            movie theater

TV series                                                                                               president                         

prime minister                                                                         realtor

text                                                                                                          sales clerk       

sports kit                                                                                                … serial            

high street                                                                                              SMS

humanities                                                                                             sweats

shop assistant                                                                         … uniform

closet                                                                                                      wardrobe

Check with the worksheets below.

 

Student A

 

Where was the highest ever temperature thirty eight point seven degrees Celsius in Cambridgeshire?

Where was the lowest ever temperature minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit in Montana?

 

Where are Citibank ATMs from?

Where are HSBC cash machines from?

 

Where is the bank holiday May Day celebrated?

Where is the national holiday Labor Day celebrated?

 

Where is Boots the Chemist from?

Where is the drugstore Walgreens from?

 

Where is the alternative rock group Nirvana from?

Where is the indie group Oasis from?

 

Where are LSE freshers studying?

Where are MIT freshmen studying?

 

Where is Brighton and Hove Albion’s football pitch?

Where is the Portland Timbers’ soccer field?

 

Where is the postcode SW1 5TE used?

Where is the zip code 90210 used?

 

Where are Imperial college postgrads studying?

Where are Stanford grad school students studying?

 

Where did Keir Starmer (now head of the Labour Party) work as a public prosecutor?

Where did Vice President Kamala Harris work as a DA (= district attorney)?

 

Where is the cell phone company AT&T from?

Where is the mobile phone company Vodaphone from?

 

Where is a Durham university second year student studying?

Where is a Princeton sophomore studying?

 

Where is Friends Season Two from?

Where is Sherlock Series Two from?

 

Where is the 18 certificate film Trainspotting from?

Where is the R rated film The Wolf of Wall Street from?

 


Student B

 

Where is AMC Movie Theaters from?

Where is Cineworld Cinemas from?

 

Where is a junior Yale student studying?

Where is a third year University of Liverpool student studying?

 

Where do Nike sweats come from?

Where does a Mitre tracksuit come from?

 

Where are Savills estate agents from?

Where is the realtor Century 21 from?

 

Where is the Teamsters labor union based?

Where is the UNISON trade union based?

 

Where is the television serial Keeping Up with the Kardashians from?

Where is the television series Top Gear from?

 

Where was President Gerald Ford from?

Where was Prime Minister Harold Wilson from?

 

Where do you send a text to an O2 phone?

Where do you send an SMS to a Verizon phone?

 

Where is the Boston Celtics sports uniform from?

Where is the Leicester City sports kit from?

 

Where is Cardiff High Street?

Where is Nantucket Main Street?

 

Where is UCL humanities department?

Where is UCLA liberal arts department?

Where is a sales clerk in Walmart working?

Where is a shop assistant in Sainsbury’s working?

 

Where are Habitat wardrobes from?

Where are Pottery Barn closets from?

 

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