differences between British english and American English

2. Differences between
American and British English
Conversation class
Presenter : shakar hadi
Feb./10/2013

3. Use of the Present Perfect
• American English
• I lost my key. Can you
help me look for it ?
• British English
• I’ve lost my key. can
you help me look for it
?

4. already, just and yet
• American English
• I just had lunch OR
I've just had lunch .
• Did you finish your
homework yet?
• British English
• I've just had lunch
• Have you finished
your homework yet?

5. Possession
• American English
• Have
• She has a beautiful
new home
• Do you have a car ?
• British English
• Have got
• She's got a beautiful
new home.
• Have you got a car ?

6. The Verb Get
• American English
• Gotten P.p
• He is gotten three
days off !
• British English
• Got P nad P.p
• He has got three days
off .

7. Vocabulary
• American English
• Color
• Fall
• Parking lot
• Potato chips
• angry
• British English
• Flavour
• autumn
• Car park
• Crips
• Bad humored

8. Prepositions
• American English
• on the weekend
• on a team
• please write me soon
• British English
• at the weekend
• In a team
• please write to me
soon

9. Past Simple/Past Participles
• American English
• burned
• dreamed
• leaned
• learned
• smelled
• spelled
• spilled
• British English
• Burnt
• dream
• leant
• learnt
• smelt
• spelt
• spilt

10. Spelling
• American English
• -or
Flavor,humor,color
• -ize
• Recognize , patronize
• British English
• -our Flavour,humour.
Colour
• -ise
• Recognise , patronise

11. End
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