Resource centre - American and British English vocabulary
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| Aim | To compare British English and American English vocabulary |
| Activity | Students match British English words with their American English equivalents |
| Organisation | Pair work or group work |
| Preparation | Make enough copies of the activity for each pair or group in your class. Cut and mix up words |
| What do I do? | 1 Put students into pairs or groups. 2 Give a copy of the cut up activity to each pair or group. 3 Students match the British English words with their American English equivalents. 4 Students turn all the words face down and play a memory game: Student A turns over two words. If they match, student A keeps the words and tries again. If they don't match, play passes to student B. When all the words have been taken, the student with the most words wins! |
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apartment | flat garbage | rubbish candy | sweets cookie | biscuit elevator | lift yard | garden pants | trousers gas | petrol truck | lorry |
























