E S L B A S E R E S O U R C E S

Teacher notes

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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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E S L B A S E R E S O U R C E S

apartment

flat

garbage

rubbish

candy

sweets

cookie

biscuit

elevator

lift

yard

garden

pants

trousers

gas

petrol

truck

lorry

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