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Today we'll do three things

• Diagnostic grammar test
• Listening
• Reading - about America and England:)

Diagnostic test

1. Go to this webpage!
2. Fill in your name, or click "Avbryt"
3. Do the test
4. Take a screen shot of your result using (cmd+shift+4)
5. Upload the image to your English folder

Listening

1. We will listen to a matching exercise together. We will pause after each question to agree on the right answer. The purpose of this is to make clear the connections between answers and the information in the tracks.

Reading

1. Read the message from the Queen! Use audio as well if you like (you'll get to here me try British English:)
2. Give examples of ten words/phrases that you think is clearly formal
3. Give three examples of words/phrases that are clearly informal. What effect does these irregularities in style have?
4. Make a glossary of linguistic differences between American and British English.
5. If you have time, make a list of social differences and differences in the general way of life.