AMERICAN VS BRITISH ENGLISH

VOCABULARY
US UK US UK
Floor apartment Flat stove Cooker
Want. feel like fancy truck Lorry (driver)
buddy /pal Mate soccer Football
dessert Biscuit Chips crisps
Trash (can) Rubbish / Dust Bin fries Chips
Can tin Movie film
flashlight Torch Go to the movies Go to the cinema
bill Note --> money trunk Boot --> in a car
Check --> in a restaurant bill Gas --> Gasoline petrol
elevator Lift Go on vacation (Go on) Holiday
First floor Ground floor fall Autumn
Closet wardrobe sweater Jumper
Pants Trousers Candy sweet
Line tale Queue Give a call Give a ring/ring up
sidewalk Pavement Last name Surname
Elementary school Primary school parenthesis Brackets
Parking lot Car park blonde Fair (hair)
drugstore Chemist Do the dishes Do the washing-up
Cell phone mobile Downtown City centre
Sneakers trainers Apartment building Block of flats
math Maths restrooms Public toilet
Zip code Postcode Doctors office Surgery --> place
bar Pub Mailman postman
Roommate flatmate Faucet tap
busy Engaged --> a phone line 09 17 1978 Dates: 15-09-1978

SPELLING
US UK
-ze: Realize, analyze, organize/organization, realise
specialize, characterized, neutralize
Or: Color -our: Favourite, colour, flavour, labour,
behaviour, neighbour, harbour, honour
Ter: center -tre: centre, metre, theatre, litre
Se: defense -ce: licence, defence
gray Grey
Check --> Paper money cheque
airplane Aeroplane
Traveling travelling
 program Programme
Ax axe
cozy Cosy
Mustache moustache
tire Tyre
catalog Analogue, dialogue, catalogue, monologue
Judgment judgement
fulfill Fulfil
whiskey Whisky
Jewelry jewellery
learned Past forms of: learnt, smellt, spillt, burnt,
dreamt, spellt

GRAMMAR

US UK
Present perfect: I have just bought a nice jacket.
Collective nouns: Family, team (singular)
Write to me soon
I’ve got two dogs and a turtle
Shall
At the weekend/Christmas
Past participle of get = gotten
Past forms of: learn, smell, spill, burn,
dream, spell
Preposition with street names: on

PRONUNCIATION

- British “r” --> Pronounced only if followed by a vowel. PARK DAUGHTER

- American “T” --> Intervocalic unstressed /t/ becomes a /d/-/r/ BETTER
- Schedule
- Tomato
- Mobile / agile / versatile
- Past forms of: learn, smell, spill, burn, dream, spell
- Stress (British English – 1st syllable / American English 2nd syllable): ballet, café,
brochure, cliché, collage, garage, mundane, detail, vaccine