Exercises

Exercise 1. Give the British equivalents for the following Americanisms.

apartment,	drugstore,	movies,
associate professor,	editorial,	saloon,
baby-carriage,	elevator,	sidewalk,
baggage,	fall,	stock,
candy,	flat,	store,
cane,	foil,	street car,
check,	gimmick,	subway,
cookie,	mail,	suspenders,
corn,	mailbox,	truck.

Exercise 2. Comment on the differences in the meanings of the following words in British and American English.

administration,	dumb,	lunch,
apartment,	faculty,	mad,
billion,	to fire,	minerals,
corn,	to guess,	pavement,
to cover,	homely,	sick.
dresser,	lumber,

Exercise 3. Transcribe the words below according to British and American norms of pronunciation.

ask,	derby,	premier,
auditory,	dictionary,	secretary,
candidate,	dormitory,	schedule,
centenary,	laboratory,	teacher,
ceremony,	lieutenant,	territory,
clerk,	matrimony,	tomato,
dance,	missile,	top,
delegate,	not,	wrath.

Exercise 4. Write the words below according to American spelling norms.

anaemic,	dialogue,	judgement,
catalogue,	encase,	labour,
centre,	fibre,	offence,
colour,	honour,	programme,
defence,	inflexion,	theatre,
		traveller.