VWO 2A (19-2)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1,2

Today

- Theme 6: American English

- Reading text

- Exercises today

- Guess different accents

American & British English

- More than 50 countries have English as an official language

- The next lessons we are focussing on American English

Can you recognize American & British words?

American English

British English

biscuits

elevator

lorry

sweets

baggage

faucet

drapes

cinema

pavement

eraser

autumn

garbage

Match the words

In the next 2 slides you need to match the British words with the American words

American English

British English

Match the British and the American words

candy

sweater

sneakers

mail

elevator

post

trainers

sweets

lift

jumper

Match the British and the American words

British English

American English

pants

movie

fries

store

yard

garden

film

trousers

chips

shop

Reading

Open your textbook on page 87

Exercises

- Make exercises 5, 6 & 7 on page 29 of workbook B

Ready? Practice irregular verbs

00:43

What accent is this?

1. American
2. Irish
3. Canadian
4. British

01:08

What accent is this?

1. Indonesian
2. Pakistani
3. Indian
4. Singaporean

01:32

What accent is this?

1. British
2. American
3. Canadian
4. Welsh

01:56

What accent is this?

1. American
2. Welsh
3. Canadian
4. Australian

02:20

What accent is this?

1. Australian
2. Canadian
3. Welsh
4. Brazilian

02:44

What accent is this?

1. African
2. Brazilian
3. Kenyan
4. Jamaican