This document summarizes some of the key differences between American and British English usage. It discusses differences in the use of the present perfect tense, words like "just" and "yet", possession with "have" vs. "have got", the verb "get", vocabulary words like "color" and "flavour", prepositions like "on" and "at", past participles, and spelling conventions. The document is intended as a reference for conversation classes on differences between American and British 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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