ESL worksheets and activities: American English and British English vocabulary

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!

ESL worksheets and activities - American and British English vocabulary