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1. FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IPOH “EVER ONWARD” colourcenter theatre taxi elevator color petrolcentre Presented by: Paulo C. Dorongon April 14, 2016

2. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD • OBJECTIVES: • Refresh our understanding on the usage of British English as opposed to American English • Differentiate British English from American English ( focusing on the spelling) • AGENDA: • Short activity as a springboard for discussion/interaction • Discussion on Rules of Spelling • Short quiz (online)

3. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD

4. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD SPOT THE DIFFERENCE "She read biology at Cambridge." "She studied biology at Cambridge." "She did biology at Cambridge." (informal) "She majored in biology at Harvard." "She studied biology at Harvard." "She concentrated in biology at Harvard."

5. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD • The three major differences between between American and British English are: • Pronunciation - differences in both vowel and consonants, as well as stress and intonation • Vocabulary - differences in nouns and verbs, especially phrasal verb usage • Spelling - differences are generally found in certain prefix and suffix forms

6. Grammar Americans use the present perfect tense less than speakers of British English US Did you do your homework yet? Brit. Have you done your homework yet? US I already ate. Brit. I’ve already eaten. In British English, ‘have got’ is often used for the possessive sense of ‘have’ and ‘have got to’ is informally used for ‘have to’. This is much less common in American English. Brit. I’ve got two sisters. US I have two sisters. Brit. I’ve got to go now. US I have to go now.

7. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD American English British English Truck Lorry

8. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD TORCH in British English FLASHLIGHT in American English

9. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD GLASSES in American English SPECTACLES in British English

10. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD British English American English Throw TRASH / GARBAGE in the TRASH CAN Throw RUBBISH / DIRT in the DUSTBIN

11. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD AmericanEnglish British English First Floor Second Floor First Floor Ground Floor

12. APARTMENT in American English FLAT in British English

13. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD There are several areas in which British and American spelling are different. The next slides show the main ones to be aware of.

14. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD Words ending in –re British English words that end in -re often end in -er in American English:

15. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD Words ending in -our British English words ending in -our usually end in -or in American English:

16. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD Words ending in -ize or -ise Verbs in British English that can be spelled with either -ize or -ise at the end are always spelled with -ize at the end in American English:

17. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD Words ending in -yse Verbs in British English that end in -yse are always spelled -yze in American English:

18. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD Words ending in a vowel plus “L” In British spelling, verbs ending in a vowel plus “l” double the “l” when adding endings that begin with a vowel. In American English, the “l” is not doubled:

19. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD Words spelled with double vowels British English words that are spelled with the double vowels aeor oe are just spelled with an e in American English:

20. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD Nouns ending with –ence Some nouns that end with -encein British English are spelled -ense in American English:

21. FAIRVIEW IPOH EVER ONWARD Nouns ending with –ogue Some nouns that end with -oguein British English end with either -ogor -oguein American English: NOTE: The spelling analogue is acceptable but not very common in American English; catalog has become the US norm, but catalogue is not uncommon; dialogue is still preferred over dialog.

22. REFERENCES: http://esl.about.com/od/toeflieltscambridge/a/dif_ambrit.htm http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_britamquiz.htm http://www.playbuzz.com/rachaelg/can-you-speak-british-english Britich Council: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/british-english-and-american-english Quiz: http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_britamquiz.htm