Past Participle
- Verb: burn - BE: burnt AE: burned
- Verb: dream - BE: dreamt AE: dreamed
- Verb: lean - BE: leant AE: leaned
- Verb: spill - BE: spilt AE: spilled
- Verb: learn - BE: learnt AE: learned
- Verb: smell - BE: smelt AE: smelled
- Verb: spell - BE: spelt AE: spelled
pronunciation
THE SCHWA
Americans pronounce T's differently to Britons , often changing T-sounds into softer D-sounds between vowels.
Examples: Letter, better, writer, brighter
Pronunciation of "r" - example "car"
(rhotic/non-rhotic)
British and American English
Vocabulary
American English British English 1) Hood = 1) Bonnet
2) Trunk = 2) Boot
3) Truck = 3) Lorry
4) Candy = 4) Sweets
5) Cookies = 5) Biscuit
Standard American English
Written: The variety of the English language that is generally used in professional writing in the United States and taught in American schools
Spoken: General American (GA) is a major accent of American English
British: centre, fibre, metre, theatre (influence from French)American: center, fiber, meter, theater
- The adjectival forms of these words are the same in both conventions: Central, fibrous, metric, theatrical
Difference between standard american english and standard british English
How can you tell whether an English-speaker is from Britain or the USA?
Standard British English
Written: The variety of the English language that is generally used in Britain (or in England or Southeast of England) and taught in British schools
Spoken: A variety of British English spoken without an identifiable regional accent. Also called received pronunciation (RP)
Spellings
Words ending in
- -or (American) Color, humor, flavor
- -our (British) Colour, humour, flavour
Words ending in
- -ize (American) Recognize, patronize
- -ise (British)
Recognise, patronise