Welcome to the British/American section of BusyTeacher which is home to 70 Br/Am worksheets to help students unravel the differences between these two. While English is the native language of people from the United Kingdom and the United States, like other languages, it varies from place to place and there are some differences related to spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary between the English spoken in these two places. This Br/Am worksheet gets creative by having students match British English with American English words and then complete a connect the dots activity to reveal a secret name. If you would like your students to focus on different words, just swap out pairs of words for the ones you want to use. There are also other worksheets to choose from if you decide to try another approach.
If you have students that travel for work or interact with people from different countries, you should talk about the differences between British and American English. Students may be confused at first but you can explain that languages develop differently and just as many languages have different dialects, accents, and slang, English changes a little from one place to another. You will not be able to cover all the differences between the two but pointing out some patterns and assuring students that they can always either look up a word or ask for an explanation should prevent them from becoming overwhelmed.
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This multiple-choice cloze test is for students of English as a Second language at Level: B2 (upper-intermediate). This worksheet is helpful for tests such as FCE and IELTS and c ...
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This fill-in-the gap exercise goes along with the song 'Doom days' by Bastille, which students watch on YouTube. This is a very complex song, so it would be necessary for the teache ...
IELTS Vocabulary means using a more academic style and word choice (Lexical Resource) when writing your essay. Using Topic Specific Vocabulary, collocations and words from the Academic Word List w ...
British words that help express your point of view that lead to writing a book review. The key is on the last page. In the first activity a teacher can elicit the expressions by getting stud ...
This worksheet is created on the basis of a video from Anglophenia. Watching and doing the given exercises the students will learn some basic facts about British and American Christmas traditions. ...
Another episode of Anglophenia is here. This time with a festive theme, discussing traditional Christmas dishes around the world. There are two tasks: matching columns and true/false. Listening/vo ...
This is a powerpoint that I made for ESL learners in middle school in France (the powerpoint is entirely in English) with ESL vocabulary words. There are four categories: give the American equival ...
Anglophenia - the famous youtube series which you all love. This time we talk about what various vegetables are called in the UK and the USA. You know the drill, watch the video carefully and the ...
A Power Point Presentation about the differences between British & American English. It is best for the introduction of the topic or for the overall revision. Some slides contain vocabulary po ...
A worksheet about the topic: British vs American English (for elementary students). Students will be asked to read the examples of British and American English. As a follow up activity, the teache ...
Another Anglophenia episode is here. Watch the video and learn how to make the best cuppa the British way. This is a mostly speaking activity which includes some questions on the video. Also, it h ...
This lesson plan is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in World War II. It contains information and a comprehension test about American and British war posters. All the war posters are g ...
Another episode of Anglophenia. This time Siobhan Thompson educates us on the differences Americans and Brits have regarding clothing. Watch the episode and label the items of clothing, according ...
Another Anglophenia episode, this time explaining the British education system, as compared to the American one. Watch the video (or better listen) and complete the gaps. Suitable for intermediate ...
This is a reading comprehension worksheet describing some of the most popular American foods and providing reasons why brits would love them. Students have to read the text carelly and then mark t ...
This is a worksheet based on the spelling differences of some words in A.E and Br.E. Watch the video explaining briefly how these differences occurred and do the exercises. Vocabulary and key incl ...
This is a worksheet for an episode of Anglophenia on Youtube, regarding British colloquial expressions and their meaning. Students have to complete a table were they have the expression and have t ...
A listening worksheet: a song by Sting. Pupils listen to the song to fill in the gaps, answer some comprehension questions: the message of the song+the common point between two sayings+ attitudes ...
The British and the Americans both speak English but they don't always use the same words. My worksheet is about the differences, British English vs American English. There are 5 activities, 55 wo ...
This presentation acts as an introduction to the people, history, economy and culture of the United States of America. I am not an American citizen myself but I have researched this piece in order ...
These flash cards are based on others found on BusyTeacher.org, so credit goes to those creators. They are American vs. British English flash cards, but with each word on a separate card. Useful f ...
Do you think you can guess what somebody looks like from the sound of their voice? We made a free audio class that goes with this worksheet. The MP3 contains real English conversations and you can ...
A fun game Jeopardy helps to revise all that children may know about the UK and the USA. The game revises such topics as: geography, history, politics, famous places and people, culture of the men ...
A worksheet for a great listening practice based on the movie Notting Hill (Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts) to watch with pre-intermediate students or higher, adapted to the needs of adult elementary l ...
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