People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the_____300 years, there were so many changes in both places that now people can_____tell an English person from an American in the way he or she talks.

Many old words_____in England but were kept in America. For example,300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they_____either a “faucet” , a “spigot” , or a “tap”. All these words are_____heard in different parts of America, but only “tap” is still common in England. Americans often made up new words or changed old_____. “Corn” is one kind of plant in America and another in England.

But now American and British English may be_____closer together. One thing is the large amount of American_____that British people hear daily in movies, on television, or_____travelers. Because of this, Americans seem to be influencing the British more and more. So some day, English may even be______on both sides of the Atlantic.