American and British English

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British and American English - matching dominoes

B1-B2

20 mins

groups: 3-4

Twelve matching dominoes with light-hearted two-line dialogues between an American and British speaker. 'I'll put my things in the trunk.' 'The what? It's a car, not an elephant. Oh! You mean the boot!' The word pairs are: petrol-gas, chips-crisps, garbage-rubbish, subway-Underground / Tube, yard-garden, pants-trousers, fall-autumn, sidewalk-pavement, trunk-boot, line-queue, faucet-tap, closet-wardrobe

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Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English external link icon

Wordcount: 1600 Flesch Reading Ease: 50 Advanced

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Reward Pre-Intermediate Resource Pack

Progress check 21-25a Who said what? Pages 21 - 25
Students read extracts of interviews in pairs and decide whether the speaker was American or British