BrE_AmE.pptx
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American and British English Korolyov Ilya Form 6 A Gymnasium 1, Kurchatov September 29, 2015
~2 000 000 people
Do you know the difference?
Vocabulary • autumn (Br. E. ) / fall (Am. E) • apartment (Br. E. ) / flat (Am. E) • ground floor (Br. E. ) / first floor (Am. E) • sweets (Br. E. ) / candy (Am. E) • rubber (Br. E. ) / eraser (Am. E) • trainers (Br. E. ) / sneakers (Am. E) • underground (Br. E. ) / subway (Am. E) • film (Br. E. ) / movie (Am. E) • petrol (Br. E. ) / gas (Am. E) • holidays (Br. E. ) / vocation (Am. E) • cab (Br. E. ) / taxi (Am. E) • post (Br. E. ) / mail (Am. E) • be sick (Br. E. ) / be ill (Am. E) • etc
Spelling • colour (Br. E. ) / color (Am. E) • grey (Br. E. ) / gray (Am. E) • practiсe (Br. E. ) / practise (Am. E) • travelled (Br. E. ) / traveled (Am. E) • neighbour (Br. E. ) / neighbor (Am. E) • etc
Grammar • Have you seen her? (Br. E. ) / Did you see her? (Am. E) • I've got a sister. (Br. E. ) / I have a sister. (Am. E) • stay at home (Br. E. ) / stay home (Am. E) I shall see a doctor tomorrow (Br. E. ) / I will see a doctor tomorrow. (Am. E) • (Br. E. ) burn – burnt dream – dreamt learn - learnt • (Am. E) burn – burned dream – dreamed learn - learned
Pronunciation • address (Br. E. ) / address (Am. E) • ask (Br. E. ) [a: sk] / ask (Am. E) [əsk] • dance (Br. E. ) [da: ns] / dance [dəns] (Am. E) • and intonation
Good luck! Thank you for your attention!
BrE_AmE.pptx