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British English/American English - English lesson
British English vs. American English
I) A few spelling rules
-OUR => -OR
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colour | color |
favourite | favorite |
honour | honor |
-SE => -ZE:
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analyse | analyze |
criticise | criticize |
memorise | memorize |
-L => -LL
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enrolment | enrollment |
fulfil | fulfill |
skilful | skillful |
-RE => -ER:
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centre | center |
metre | meter |
theatre | theater |
-OGUE => -OG:
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analogue | analog |
catalogue | catalog |
dialogue | dialog |
-AE => -E-:
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encyclopaedia | encyclopedia |
manoeuvre | maneuver |
mediaeval | medieval |
-QUE => -CK:
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cheque | check |
chequer | checker |
-GE- => -G-:
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ageing | aging |
arguement | argument |
judgement | judgment |
-ENCE => -ENSE:
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defence | defense |
licence | license |
II) VERBS ENDING IN : VOWEL + L
When you add something (for example -ING):
In British English: 'll'
In American English: 'll' only if the stress is on the second syllable.
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counsel | counselling | counseling |
equal | equalling | equaling |
model | modelling | modeling |
quarrel | quarrelling | quarreling |
signal | signalling | signaling |
travel | travelling | traveling |
excel | excelling | excelling |
propel | propelling | propelling |
III) A FEW DIFFERENT WORDS
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Torch | Flashlight |
Petrol | Gas |
Football | Soccer |
Biscuit | Cookie |
Nappy (on a baby) | Diaper (on a baby) |
Tin (of food) | Can (of food) |
Lift | Elevator |
Lorry | Truck |
Bonnet (of a car) | Hood (of a car) |
Boot (of a car) | Trunk (of a car) |
Rubber | Eraser |
jewellery | jewelry |
draught | draft |
pyjamas | pajamas |
plough | plow |
programme | program |
tyre | tire |
And...
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aluminium | aluminum |
an aerial | an antenna |
a flat | an apartment |
a lift | an elevator |
an aubergine | an egg-plant |
autumn | autumn / fall |
a motorway | a highway |
a dodgem | a bumper-car |
candy floss | cotton candy |
a biscuit | a cookie |
a tin | a can |
a pair of braces | a pair of suspenders |
a pub | a bar |
a lorry | a truck |
a cinema | a movie theater |
the cinema | the movies |
a tramp | a bum |
the boot | the trunk |
to be angry with | to be mad at / to be angry with |
a courgette | a zucchini |
a cooker = an oven | an oven |
a CV | a résumé |
a pudding = a sweet | a dessert |
rubbish | garbage |
a dustman | a garbage collector |
petrol | gas(oline) |
a postman | a mailman |
a film | a movie = a film |
mad = crazy | crazy |
a waistcoat | a vest |
mum | mom |
a merry-go-round | a carousel |
trousers | pants |
a carpark | a parking lot |
a chemist's shop | a pharmacy = a drugstore |
a dust bin | a garbage can |
a robe | a dressing-gown |
a mobile phone | a cell phone = a mobile phone |
a dummy | a pacifier |
a vest | an undershirt |
a pavement | a sidewalk |
a holiday = holidays | a vacation |

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