Fitri Yuliani

Liones English Course

collaboration with BigBen Course
 Accent is the description of aspects of

pronunciation which identify where an

individual speaker is from, socially, or

regionally

 An aspect of pronunciation used b native

speakers who all belong to the same social

grouping, community

 Speakers of the same accent have the same

phonological system (vowels, consonants,

stress, rhythm ,intonation, prosody)

 Accent is possessed by every speaker as

part of their IDIOLECT

 However, some very general distinctions can be made. Americans
usually pronounce every “r” in a word, while the British tend to only
pronounce the “r” when it’s the first letter of a word.

 There are also differences between American and British English in

the areas of spelling, vocabulary and grammar.
 England is one of countries within UK, capital
city is Lodon same like UK’s.

 Britain is an island, which Great Britain is the

largest

 UK or United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

UK is a sovereign state
 Prepositions
The differences below are only a general rule. American speech has
influenced Britain via pop culture, and vice versa. Therefore, some
prepositional differences are not as pronounced as they once were.

American English British English

I’m going to a party on the weekend. I’m going to a party at the weekend.

What are you doing on Christmas? What are you doing at Christmas?

Monday through Friday. Monday to Friday.

It’s different from/than the others. It’s different from/to the others.

I’m going to a party on the weekend. I’m going to a party at the weekend.
 Past Simple VS Present Perfect
Americans tend to use the past simple tense when describing
something that has recently occurred, while people in UK. Are more
likely to use the present perfect tense.

American English British English

I ate to much I’ve eaten too much

I went to the store I’ve been to the shop

Did you get the newspaper? Have you got the newspaper?

Did you say thank you today? Have you said thank you today?
 Collective nouns: singular or plural?
In British English, a collective noun (like committee, government, team,
etc.) can be either singular or plural, but more often is plural,
emphasizing the members of the group. Collective nouns in the United
States, by comparison, are always singular, emphasizing the group as
one whole entity.

American English British English

The government is doing The government are doing

everything it can during this crisis. everything they can during this crisis.

My team is winning. My team are winning.

 Regular or irregular verbs?

This is a subtle difference that can be easily overlooked in speech, but is
much more apparent in written form. Many verbs that are irregular in the
past tense in Britain (leapt, dreamt, burnt, learnt) have been made
regular in America (leaped, dreamed, burned, learned).
Who doesn’t like movies?
Who doesn’t watch movies?

A few good questions to be asked could be:

✓ What was the last movie you saw? How was it?
✓ What is your favorite movie and why?
✓ Does it use American or British English?