AMERICAN vs. BRITISH ENGLISH QUIZ

1. In groups, write the following American and British English words in the correct place:

aeroplane, biscuits, colour, vacation, analyse, gray, cheque, jewelry, travelled, kilometer, centre, airplane, license, petrol station, movies, cigarette, mum, licence, program, donut, theatre, favourite, candy, trousers, check, gas station, elevator, cab, holiday, lorry, chemist’s, kilometre, subway, cinema, theatre, pants, fall, chips, motorway, underground, crisps, sweet, color, analyse, grey, travelled, center, cigaret, jewellery, truck, French fries, favorite, mom, taxi, programme, drugstore, lift, doughnut, autumn, cookies, potato chips, highway.

American English British English Meaning

AEROPLANE AIRPLANE

ANALYSE ANALYZE

CHEQUE CHECK

TRAVELLED TRAVELED

CENTRE CENTER

CIGARETTE CIGARET

DOUGHNUT DONUT

FAVOURITE FAVORITE

COLOUR COLOR

GREY GRAY

JEWELLERY JEWELRY

KILOMETRE KILOMETER

LICENCE LICENSE

MUM MOM

PROGRAMME PROGRAM

THEATRE THEATER

TROUSERS PANTS

ELEVATOR LIFT

HOLIDAY VACATION

LORRY TRUCK

CINEMA MOVIES

CHIPS FRENCH FRIES

CRISPS POTATO CHIPS

SWEET CANDY

BISCUITS COOKIES

PETROL STATION GAS STATION

TAXI CAB

CHEMIST’S DRUGSTORE

UNDERGROUNDSUBWAY

AUTUMNFALL

MOTORWAYHIGHWAY