British English And American English Exercises
Exercises |
Differences Between British English And American English
British English And American English |
BE | AE | BE | AE |
aluminium | aluminum | axe | ax |
cheque | check | gaol | Jail |
goodbye | goodby | grey | gray |
judgement | judgment | kerb | cerb |
pyjamas | plow | through | thru |
tyre | tire | copies | copys |
leaves | leafs |
Vocabulary
BE | AE | BE | AE |
accumulator | battery | pavement | sidewalk |
autumn | fall | petrol | gas, gasoline |
barrister | attorney | pictures | movie |
biscuit | cake, cookie | post | |
block of flats | apartment house | puncture | blow- out |
chemist’s | drugstore | queue | line |
chips | French fries | return | round trip |
cinema | movie theater | ring up | call up |
cooker | oven | rubber | eraser |
curtains | drapes | rubbish | garbage |
flat | apartment | shop | store |
garden | yard | spirits | liquor |
grain | corn (cereals) | surname | last name |
handbag | purse | sweets | candy |
holiday | vacation | tap | faucet |
hostel | dormitory | telegramme | wire |
ill | sick | timetable | schedule |
label | tag | toilet | bathroom |
letterbox | mailbox | torch | restroom |
lift | elevator | trousers | flashlight |
lorry | track | underground | pants, slacks |
luggage | baggage | undershirt | subway |
mark | grade | wardrobe | vest |
million | billion | closet |
Grammar Review
British English | American English |
Present Perfect | Past Simle |
I have just had lunch I have already posted the letter. I haven’t told them |
I just had lunch. I already mailed the letter. I didn’t tell them about it yet. |
Future Perfect (Progressive) | Future Simple |
What will you have done by the time you go to bed tonight? How long will you have been doing that? |
What will you do by the time you go to bed tonight? How long will you do that? |
I’ve got I haven’t got Have you got? |
I have I don’t have Do you have? |
Questions | |
Do you know anything? Have you ever been to London? Do you need a job? |
You know something? Ever been in London? Need a job? |
hospital in a team at the week-end/at week-ends different to write to someone |
the hospital on a team on the week-end/on week-ends different than write someone |
Irregular Verbs | |
burn-burn-burnt learn-learnt-learnt get-got-got prove-proved-proved |
burn- burned-burned learn-learned-learned get-got-gotten prove-proved-proven |
Should | |
I demand that I should be released. |
I demand that I be released. |
Colloquialism
BE | AE | BE | AE |
Yes | Yep, Yup, Yeah | want to | wanna |
No | Nope, Naw, Hah | have got (have) | gotta |
You | Ya | let me | lemme |
have to | hafta | out of | outta |
don’t you | don’tcha | give me | gimmie |
going to | gonna | I don’t know | I dunno |
Exercise-1
Match the words in American English on the left with their British
equivalents on the right.
American English | British English |
1. apartment 2. candy 3. cookies 4. drapes 5. elevator 6. eraser 7. faucet 8. flashlight 9. French fries 10. garbage 11. purse 12. vest |
1. lift 2. chips 3. handbag 4. undershirt 5. rubber 6. rubbish 7. sweets 8. biscuits 9. tap 10. flat 11. torch 12. curtaines |
1 10 |
2 7 |
3 8 |
4 12 |
5 1 |
6 5 |
7 9 |
8 11 |
9 2 |
10 6 |
11 3 |
12 4 |
Exercise-2
Match the words in American English on the left with their British
equivalents on the right.
American English | British English |
1. baggage 2. blow-out 3. gasoline 4. round trip 5. line 6. sidewalk 7. subway 8. tag 9. truck 10. vacation 11. wire 12. yard |
1. holiday 2. telegramme 3. garden 4. pavement 5. luggage 6. label 7. petrol 8. underground 9. queue 10. puncture 11. lorry 12. return |
1 5 |
2 10 |
3 7 |
4 12 |
5 9 |
6 4 |
7 8 |
8 6 |
9 11 |
10 1 |
11 2 |
12 3 |
Are the sentences more typical of British English or American English?Shall we go for a walk?A. British English Answer : A. British English |
My computer isn’t working. I haven’t gotten anything done.A. British English Answer : B. American English |
Can I get you a coffee?A. British English Answer : B. American English |
His family live in Helsinki.A. British English Answer : A. British English |
We’ll have a break at 11.A. British English Answer : A. British English |
She’s got behind with her work recently.A. British English Answer : A. British English |
Did you eat yet?A. British English Answer : B. American English |
The children are having a bath.A. British English Answer : A. British English |
Are the sentences more typical of British English or American English?They haven’t gotten home yet.A. British English Cevap : B. American English |
Shall we get takeaway for lunch today?A. British English Cevap : A. British English |
Shh! The kids are having a nap.A. British English Cevap : B. American English |
Did you have a piece of cake yet?A. British English Cevap : B. American English |
Liverpool have won the match!A. British English Cevap : A. British English |
They’re not going to the movies. They already saw the film.A. British English Cevap : B. American English |
Do you want to take a break now?A. British English Cevap : B. American English |
That restaurant’s got really expensive.A. British English Cevap : A. British English |
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH ENGLISH
AND AMERICAN ENGLISH