E S L B A S E R E S O U R C E S
Teacher notes
You say tomato...
Language point
British English and American English
Aim
To compare British English and American
English vocabulary.
Activity
Students match British English words with
their American English equivalents.
Organization
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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