Confusing Words in British English and American English - Quiz 2

Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

  1. What word means a pair of trousers in American English, but are underwear in British English?

  2. What word is a gourd like pumpkin in American English, but is a concentrated fruit drink in British English?

  3. What word means one's behind in American English, but is a donkey-like animal in British English?

  4. Which word means to be aggressive in American English, but means to be tightfisted in British English?

  5. Which word is air in the stomach usually expelled through one's behind or the fuel which cars run on in American English, but is the fuel used for cooking in British English?

  6. What word is a derogatory term for a homosexual in American English, but is a slang term for a cigarette in British English?

  7. Which work is a slang word for a condom in American English, but is the term used for an eraser in British English?

  8. Which word is a slang word for a sailor in American English, but means spit or a mouth in slang British English?

  9. What word is a man's name in American English, but means desiring sex in British English?

  10. Which word means energetic and full of pep in American English, but is a slang word for semen in British English?

Copyright (C) 1996 by Letitia Bradley
Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students is at http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/