APPENDIX 7

UNIT 73B

BRITISH

British speakers say 'to/in hospital' (without 'the'):

* Three people were injured and taken to hospital.

AMERICAN

American speakers say 'to/in the hospital':

* Three people were injured and taken to the hospital.

UNIT 78C

BRITISH

Nouns like government/team/family etc. can have a singular or plural verb:

* The team is/are playing well.

AMERICAN

These nouns normally take a singular verb in American English:

* The team is playing well.

UNIT 120B

BRITISH: at the weekend/at weekends:

* Will you be here at the weekend?

AMERICAN: on the weekend/on weekends:

* Will you be here on the weekend?

UNIT 123A

BRITISH: in a street:

* Do you live in this street?

AMERICAN: on a street:

* Do you live on this street?

UNIT 130C

BRITISH: different from or different to:

* It was different from (or to) what I'd expected.

AMERICAN: different from or different than:

* It was different from (or than) what I'd expected.

UNIT 131B

BRITISH: write to somebody:

* Please write to me soon.

AMERICAN: write (to) somebody (with or without 'to,):

* Please write (to) me soon.

APPENDIX 1.3

BRITISH

The verbs in this section (burn, spoil etc.) can be regular or irregular (burned or burnt, spoiled or spoilt etc.)

AMERICAN: The verbs in this section are normally regular (burned, spoiled etc.)

APPENDIX 1.4

BRITISH: The past participle of get is got:

* your English has got much better. (= has become much better)

Have got is also an alternative to have:

* I've got two brothers. (= I have two brothers.)

AMERICAN: The past participle of get is gotten:

* Your English has gotten much better.

Have got = have (as in British English):

* I've got two brothers.

APPENDIX 6.6

BRITISH: travel -> travelling/travelled, cancel -> cancelling/cancelled

AMERICAN: travel -> traveling/traveled, cancel -> canceling/canceled

ADDITIONAL EXERCISES

This section of exercises is divided into the following sections:

Present and past (Units 1-6): Exercise 1

Present and past (Units 1-14): Exercise 2-4

Present and past (Units 1-17): Exercise 5-8

Past continuous and used to (Units 6, 18): Exercise 9

The future (Units 19-25): Exercise 10-13

Modal verbs (Units 26-40): Exercise 14-15

Conditionals (Units 25, 37-39): Exercise 16-18

Wish (Units 38-40): Exercise 19

Passive (Units 41-44): Exercise 20-22

~ing and the infinitive (Units 52-65): Exercise 23-25

Articles (Units 68-77): Exercise 26

Conjunctions (Units 25, 37, 111-115): Exercise 27

Prepositions (time) (Units 12, 118-121): Exercise 28

Prepositions (place etc.) (Units 122-127): Exercise 29

Noun/adjective + preposition (Units 128-130): Exercise 30

Verb + preposition (Units 131-135): Exercise 31

Present and past

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