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🎓 Level 3 · Advanced · Lesson 3 of 6

British vs American English

Same thing, different words on each side of the Atlantic.

Words

  • flat · apartmenta home on one floor of a building (UK · US)
  • lift · elevatora machine that carries people between floors (UK · US)
  • biscuit · cookiea small sweet baked snack (UK · US)
  • holiday · vacationtime off work or school (UK · US)
  • queue · linepeople waiting one behind the other (UK · US)
  • trousers · pantsclothing for your legs (UK · US)
  • petrol · gasfuel for cars (UK · US)
  • autumn · fallthe season after summer (UK · US)
  • chips · frieslong pieces of fried potato (UK · US)
  • crisps · chipsthin fried potato slices in a bag (UK · US)
  • motorway · highwaya big fast road (UK · US)
  • mobile · cell phonea portable phone (UK · US)

✅ Quiz

8 questions: meanings, gap-fills and listening. Score 70% to complete the lesson.