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英式英语和美式英语语法对比

spoiled/ spoilt woken

Present Perfect Tense
BrE: present perfect (have/has + P.P) . AmE: simple past
Jenny feels ill. She ate too much. (AmE) Jenny feels ill. She's eaten too much. (BrE)
Scotland Yard police are looking for a famous American bank robber called Dirty Dan.
Dirty Dan robbed a bank in London last Friday night. They are interviewing three different people. All three have British accents, but the police know that Dirty Dan can imitate a British accent.
got learned
smelled
spoiled/ spoilt woke/ waked
dreamed/ dreamt
got
learned/ learnt smelled/ smelt spoiled/ spoilt woken
dreamed/ dreamt gotten learned
smelled
2 I wasn’t in town at the weekend, and I certainly wasn’t anywhere near the bank on Friday night. I was at a hotel in Paris with a special friend of mine. Shall I give you the hotel phone number? You needn’t bother asking me any more questions. You’ve got the wrong man.
British English
American English
In grammer
1. Verb agreement with collective nouns
2. Tense:Past tense forms
present perfect have-get-take
3. Use of auxiliaries and modals
3 I’ve already said this. On Friday night I went to see a film at the cinema. It was Matrix Revolutions. I don’t really like action films, but my friends really wanted to see it. It was rather boring. After that I went home and had a nice hot bath. I went to bed around midnight.
homework yet? homework yet?
Possession
BrE: have got AmE: have
Do you have a car? (AmE) Have you got a car? (BrE)
He hasn't got any friends. (BrE) He doesn't have any friends. (AmE)
Past participle
(Am)
burned/ burnt
dream
dreamed/ dreamt
get
got
learn
learned/ learnt
smell
smelled/ smelt
spoil
spoiled/ spoilt
wakCoempany Logo woke
dreamed/ dreamt
Listen to the two sentences
He's got better at reading.
BrE
❖ He's gotten better at reading.
AmE
Use of delexical verbs have & take
I'd like to have a bath. She's having a little nap.(BrE)
Joe‘s taking a shower. I’d like to take a bath. Let‘s take a short vacation. Why don’t you take a rest now? (AmE)
Use of auxiliaries and modals
In British English, the auxiliary do is often used as a substitute for a verb when replying to a question, e.g.:
Verb ‘Get’
‘get’: Past Participle BrE: got AmE: gotten
He's gotten much better at playing tennis. (AmE) He's got much better at playing tennis. (BrE)
shall
BrE I shall/will be there later.(future)
Shall we/I ask him to come with us? ( advice or opinion )
AmE Should we ask him to come with us?
Prepositions
4. Use of prepositions
Verb Agreement With Collective Nouns
Collective nouns + verb BrE: singular /plural verbs AmE: singular verbs
BrE
AmE
The committee meets/meet tomorrow.
pen?
pen?
Expressions I lost my key. I have lost my 我钥匙丢了。
key.
I just had lunch.
I've just had lunch.
我刚吃过午饭。
Did you finish Have you
你完成作业了吗?
your
finished your
new policy. (BrE)
The Beatles are a well-known band.
Past tense forms
Last night, dI re_a_m__t_/_d_r_e_a_m_e_d_ (dream) that I could fly. The bad news hasspo_i_lt_/__s_p_o_il_e_d_ (spoil) my day. He suddenly sprang to his feet whelneahrent_/__le_a_r_n_e_d___(learn)
British English at the weekend
at university Please write to me soon.
American English on the weekend in high school
Please write me soon.
•AmE "He jumped off of the box" • BrE "He jumped off the box".
A: Are you coming with us? B: I might do.
In American English
A: Are you coming with us? B: I might.
BrE They needn't come to school today.
AmE They don't need to come to school today.

Company Lo: This place is different from/to anything I've seen before.
AmE: This place is different from/than anything I've seen before.
A Game!
Who is Dirty Dan?
I can't find my keys. Did you see them anywhere? (AmE) I can't find my keys. Have you seen them anywhere? (BrE)
AmE
BrE Chinese
Do you have a Have you got a 你有笔吗?
Read parts of each of the transcript. Can you identify Dirty Dan from the language he uses?
1 I already said this. I didn’t do anything special on the weekend. Friday night I took a shower in my apartment and then went out to see a movie. It was a movie I had already seen, Matrix Revolutions. I really like action movies. I went with my girlfriend Samantha.
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