Some Differences Between

American and British English

 Plan
• Vocabulary
• Collective nouns
• Auxiliary verbs
• Past tense verbs
• Spelling
 Vocabulary
• bonnet (Br) and hood (Am) – front of a car
• vacation (Am) - holidays, hols (Br)
• apartment (Am) – flat (Br)
 Collective Nouns
• American English – singular
e.g.: The band is good.
• British English – singular and plural
e.g.: The teams are/is playing tonught.
 Auxiliary Verbs
• shall (Br) – will (Am)
e.g.: I shall go home now.
I will go home now.
• shall (Br) – should (Am)
e.g.: Shall we go now?
Should we go now?
 Past Tense Verbs
• Past forms of irregular verbs
learn: learned (Am) – learned/learnt (Br)
dream: dreamed (Am) – dreamed/dreamt (Br)
burn: burned (Am) – burned/burnt (Br)
lean: leaned (Am) – leaned/leant (Br)
• Past participle
got/gotten (Am) – got (Br)
e.g.: I have never gotten caught.
I have never got caught.
Spelling