British/American English

This is a 'tap' in British English. In American English, it is a ....

• mail

• jelly

• cab

• faucet

In British English, this is a 'back garden'. In American English, it is a...

• back park

• back field

• back yard

• back camp

In American English, this is called an 'elevator'. In British English, it is called a ...

• rise

• jump

• raise

• lift

In American English, people stand in a line. In British English, they stand in a ...

• queue

• row

• indent

• spread

In the USA, you would order french fries, but in the UK, you would order ...

• crisps

• chips

• sparks

• english fries

In the USA, drivers fill up their cars with gasoline. In the UK, they fill up their cars with ...

• oil

• combustible

• fumes

• petrol

In the USA, people watch movies; however, in the UK, they watch ...

• films

• traces

• layers

• surfaces

What we call a 'lorry' in the UK, is known as a '......................' in the USA.

• trunk

• train

• trought

• truck

In British English, we call unwanted items 'rubbish', but in American English, this is known as...

• forage

• garage

• barrage

• garbage

In the USA, this is a packet of chips; but in the UK, it is a packet of ......

• french fries

• potato chips

• crisps

• fritters