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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I use this in the computer lab, so each student can watch the videos individually. It's not easy, so it's for advanced or upper-intermediate levels. I have adult students who are studying to becom ...
It´s an edited list of some words in English from UK, USA and Australia. They are in alphabetic order, so you can find how to say or write different things, places or objects. Some of this w ...
This worksheet consists of four exercises including a quiz and true or false task about geographical, historical and social aspects of the USA. There is a British vs. American English exercise and ...
This is a upper-int. to advanced text, the source is provided and there is also a vocabulary practice. I hope u all enjoy it. This ws is really great to discuss American accent. I first prepare my ...
The worksheet is dedicated to the song called "One way or another" (Blondie / One Direction), extremely popular nowadays and adored by many young learners. Apart from the gap filling exercise (lis ...
I presented this PowerPoint with my British co-worker. The topics covered include the differences between British and American intonation, spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary. It was a fun cla ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the most common grammar differences between American and British English. Students are asked to decide whether the sentences are British English or Am ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the most common vocabulary differences between American and British English. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to complete the ta ...
Listen to the song Billy Jean and fill the gaps. An alltime classic! Enjoy. One activity that can be done before giving out the worksheets is on a piece of paper get the students to write down any ...
This worksheet is useful for reading in the 6th form. It is interesting because of the language used by O.Wilde. It gives a chance for students to understand the difference between classical and m ...
This worksheet can be helpful and useful for teenagers. It is about different words and letter combinations which are used in the Internet, on-line games, SMS and chats. Teenagers can learn someth ...
This is a picture dictionary, which can also be used as a classroom poster, for teaching the differences between American English and British English. The vocabulary concerns clothes, buildings ...
This is a picture dictionary, which can also be used as a classroom poster, for teaching or revising the differences between American English and British English. The vocabulary concerns food and ...
The worksheet on video for teenagers of good level. I've put in here more work than fun (for Ss), so it could be divided into two parts. New-words-presentation is needed. All creative tasks they c ...
Some very simple example of what you can do with this awesome movie of PIXAR studio. It is really entertaining and fun itself. It takes only five minutes to watch and about 20 minutes to work o ...
I prepared this ppt to have some of the latest songs with some activities. The idea was to motivate intermediate students to sing along with music they might find interesting. There are matching e ...
Usually, during first lessons with pre-intermediate and higher levels, I focus on the language and cultural differences between England and the USA. The song "Englishman in NY" is a very enjoyable ...
This is a worksheet with movie questions and vocabulary from the director's commentary. The questions cover the characters and the development of the plot. Vocabulary includes some of Mr. Simone ...
This is a worksheet group I developed to help my ESL students with the ever difficult -OUGH pronunciation. There is a short silly story and a chart with the most common British and American Englis ...
Students should watch to this video first. You can assign the worskheet as homework, or you can let them answer the questions in class, if they're knowledgeable enough, or if you have Internet acc ...
This is a worksheet I developed to help my ESL students with the ever difficult OUGH pronunciation. There is a short silly story and a chart with the most common British and American English "-oug ...
This is a worksheet I developed to help my ESL students with the ever difficult OUGH pronunciation. There is a short silly story and a chart with the most common British and American English "-ou ...
Here's a list of everyday expressions, idioms and phrases asking you to find the meaning of each of them. Check the following common expressions, idioms and phrases and FIND OUT their meanings. Th ...
A modification of the "who said what" activity, which includes cut-up cards with sayings (answers to imaginary interview questions) and an answer sheet featuring cartoons of Brad Pitt and Hugh Gra ...
The presentation gives some information about the most popular American holidays: New Year’s Day St. Valentine’s day Washington’s Birthday Easter Independence Day Thanksgiving ...
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