1. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH

2. "England and America are two countries separated by a common language
(George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, )

3. fag
YOUNG MAN
CIGARETTE
subway
underground

4. MAIN INFLUENCES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
55 BC AD
1928

5. ENGLISH EVOLUTION AND CONTRASTS
English has become a universal language
There are many varieties of the language in the world
Modern British English is influenced by American English,
so some contrasts are disappearing

6. American English (AmE)
COMPARISON
British and American English are reference norms for English in the rest of the world
British English (BrE) is the form of English used in the United Kingdom, and includes all English dialects used within the United Kingdom.
American English (AmE)
is the form of English used in the United States, and includes all English dialects used within the United States.

7. BRITISH HEGEMONY AND NATIONAL 1607-1776 American Revolution
Political and cultural independence
New nation needed a sense of linguistic identity
First American dictionary written by Noah Webster (1828)
An American Dictionary of the English Language
COLONIAL
British colonies
Introduced English
Settlers, Ameridians
INTERNATIONAL
1898-present period

8. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN DIALECTS
PRONUNCIATION
SPELLING
DATES
10/23/ BRE
23/10/ AMER
NUMBERS
GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
BRITISH AND AMERICAN
DIALECTS

9. DIFFERENCES OF VOCABULARY
SOME WORDS

10. solicitor/ lawyer
barrister
aeroplane airplane
current checking
account account
state public
school school
sweet (s) candy (ies)
diary appointment
book
trade labor
union union
flat apartment
biscuit (s) cookie (s)

11. DIFFERENCES IN SPELLING

12. - -ze -l -ll -re -er -ogue -og -ck or -k -que
-our
-or
colour
color
honour
honor
favourite
favorite
-se
- -ze
analyse
analyze
criticise
criticize
memorise
memorize -l
-ll
enrolment
enrollment
fulfil
fulfill
skiful
skifull
-re
-er
centre
center
metre
Meter
theatre
teather
-ogue
-og
analogue
analog
catalogue
catalog
dialogue
dialog
-ck or -k
-que
banque
bank
cheque
check

13. OTHER WORD-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES
-ae/oe -e
encyclopaedia
encyclopedia
manoeuvre
manoeuve
mediaeval
medieval
-dge/ge/gue
-dg/g/gu
ageing
aging
arguement
argument
judgement
judgment -c -s
licence
license
defence
defense
OTHER WORD-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES
jewellry
jewelry
draught
draft
pyjamas
pajamas
plough
plow
programme
program
tyre
tire

14. DIFFERENCE IN GRAMMAR

15. USE OF THE PRESENT PERFECT
In British English it is used to talk about past actions that have an effect in the present
I have lost my key. Can you help me look for it?
In American English past simple and present perfect are used in the same situations
I lost my key. Can you help me look for it?

16. PRESENT PERFECT X SIMPLE PAST AND ADVERBS ALREADY, JUST, YET
British English use the present perfect with these adverbs of indefinite time
American English: simple past and present perfect
I have already seen that film.
I have just had lunch.
Have you finished your homework yet?
I just had lunch OR I have just had lunch
I have already seen that film OR I already saw that film.
Have your finished your homework yet? OR Did you finish your homework yet?

17. Do you have a computer? Yes, I do.
Have x Have got
British English
have got or have
American English
only have can be used in questions and negative sentences
They have/have got two computers.
Have you got a computer? Yes, I have.
Do you have a computer? Yes, I do.
The past participle of the verb get is gotten in American English
He is gotten much better at playing tennis.

18. PREPOSITIONS AND PARTICLES
At the weekend
In a team
Please write to me soon
On the weekend
On a team
Please write me soon
FORM THE ADVERB
In informal American English the adverb form ending in -ly is often not used
He looked at me really strangely.
He looked at me really strange.
SHALL
Shall is not used instead of will in American English for the first person singular of the future
I shall/will be here tomorrow.
I will be here tomorrow

19. VERBS IRREGULAR REGULAR
burn / burnt / burnt
dream / dreamt / dreamt
lean / leant / leant
learn / learnt / learnt
smell / smelt / smelt
spell / spelt / spelt
spill / spilt / spilt
spoil / spoilt / spoilt
burn / burned / burned
dream / dreamed / dreamed
lean / leaned / leaned
learn / learned / learned
smell / smelled /smelled
spell / spelled /spelled
spill / spilled / spilled
spoil / spoiled / spoiled

20. DIFFERENCES IN PRONUNCIATION