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REAL ENGLISH 8

D Language in Use

Vocabulary

British and American English
English is spoken in several countries of the world. The most internationally prominent varieties
of English are British English and American English. For historical reasons British English is
more common in India though the American variety is now getting popular through television
and the Internet. English newspapers and other periodicals in India use the British variant, and
so do our educational books including this textbook.

British English and American English differ in spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar,
though in a minor way in most cases.
Look at the following lists of differences between British and American English in vocabulary
and spelling.

vocabulary spelling
British English American English British English American English

lift elevator centre center

pavement sidewalk theatre theater

rubber eraser programme program
underground subway fibre fiber

cinema movie theater dialogue dialog

flat apartment travelled traveled
ground floor first floor plough plow

trousers pants tyre tire

doctor physician grey gray
flyover overpass cosy cozy

AGILE
LEARNING
D1. Match the cards

Divide the class into groups of four. Your teacher will give a set of cards with British and American
words written on it to each group. Shuffle the cards and arrange them face down on a table. A
student in each group will turn over two cards. If they match, the student keeps the words and tries
again. If they do not match, he/she puts the cards back where they were and the game passes to
the next student. When all the word pairs have been taken, the student with the most cards in the
group wins.

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