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 is a complete lesson to teach 2nd conditional and some alternatives for the use of if. It starts out with a vocabulary exercise which is related to the song Grenade by Bruno Mars. In the song ...
There is always a lot of focus on British vs American English. This worksheet can be used to show that there are big differences in language throughout the UK alone, with focus on a Scot's Dialect ...
This is a article reading and understanding worksheet. It is about the Immigration Issues in the UK. The article is from a UK news paper. The students read the article and then review the Vocabula ...
Song worksheet with student section and teachers answers. Lyrics of Billy Idols hit Dancing with Myself - recently used on TV ads so popular with teenagers again. Missing prepositions in gap fill ...
This is a video worksheet on topic "Education in the UK". Your students don't know what a boarding school/ a core subject/ a national exam/ a vocational training / a tuition is? Show them the vid ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the most common vocabulary differences between American and British English. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to match the British ...
This worksheet is a 2 column box with some British vocabulary their American equivalents. It also covers some grammatic differences between English in UK and US. The material is taken from Video ...
This is a worksheet on British Superstitions. It contains information about some popular superstitions in Britain. There is also a quiz on them. It can be used as a time filler on Tuesday or Frida ...
Here's a 2-page worksheet for teaching the most common vocabulary differences between British and American English. There are two exercises in which students are asked to choose the correct word ...
This is a worksheet dealing with listening comprehension of British and American slang. It's pretty funny: Hugh Laurie, the British actor who plays the American Dr House, is invited to Ellen De Ge ...
Here' s a set of high quality flashcards for teaching the most common vocabulary differences between American English and British English. Alternatively, they can be used for developing speaking ...
The worksheet was created to work while watching CHIPS episode from How it's made... the Discovery Channel TV show. It's mainly a listening activity. Answer Key included. Hope you like it and find ...
It is a lovely song by The Beatles. I used it to practise the Past Simple form of regular and irregular verbs and to finish a lesson on London and England. It also includes vocabulary on Daily act ...
This is a worksheet to work on the most commonly used words that are different between American English and British English containing three different tasks: 1. Identify the American English w ...
Your learners look for words connected with parts of the body. The words are placed horizontally and vertically. List of words used in this word search: HAIR, NOSE, HEAD, TOES, TEETH, HANDS, BODY ...
A study page and a word search puzzle to learn and/or review the most common vocabulary differences between American and British English. You can use this activity as a fun way to test your students.
The main lexical focus of this worksheet is phrasal verbs in American English. This worksheet can be used as a hand-out for individual or group work to increase Intermediate/Upper- Intermediate/A ...
Hope you find it handy! First give the list of words in two columns - one for British and the other for American - to the students, hand in the worsheet to the students point out the first exerci ...
This is a worksheet with some examples of differences in British and American English, it's for elementary level, I hope it's useful for practicing these differences; vocabulary exercises.
This worksheet is a great activity to introduce your pre-intermediate or intemediate learners to the fact that both versions exist and have differences.
They will need to match BR-AM equivalents ...
This worksheet is just for fun. It includes some slang used in America (and the UK). There is a sentence using the slang word or phrase (in bold) and multiple choice answers to guess what it means ...
![Song Worksheet: Grenade By Bruno Mars [2nd Conditional Lesson Plan]](https://busyteacher.org/uploads/posts/2012-03/1331871070_2nd.jpg)
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![Education in the UK [VIDEO worksheet]](https://busyteacher.org/uploads/posts/2012-02/1329248151_untitled-2.jpg)
![British and American Vocabulary and Grammar [with VIDEO]](https://busyteacher.org/uploads/posts/2012-02/1328384407_br-vs-am.jpg)
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