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British and American English
1 Look at the example with the class. Students can do this 
exercise in pairs. Discourage them from looking the words up 
in a dictionary. Don’t check answers at this stage.
2 Look at the example with the class. Explain that all fi ve words 
in Exercise 1 are in the text. If necessary, students should rub 
out any incorrect answers for Exercise 1 and write the correct 
answers on the lines. Students then complete the other 
version of the words on the lines in Exercise 2.
Check answers. If you like, you could write the answers to 
Exercises 1 and 2 in a chart on the board. Use the headings 
BE
and AE and write the spelling of each word under the 
correct heading.
3 Look at the example with the class. Elicit that license in British 
English is only for the verb; the noun is licence.
Students can do this exercise in pairs. They can either work 
together to fi nd out if the words are British and/or American 
English, or they can work on their own and then compare 
answers.
4 While checking the answers, elicit the spellings which are 
specifi cally British or American (a fl avor, b non-smoker, 
c licence, d theater).
5 Ask students to discuss this question in pairs.
6 Check the answers to Exercise 6 before students do Exercise 
7. Say each letter in turn and ask a student to say and spell 
the corresponding word.
7 Look at the example with the class. Explain to the class that 
all the words in Exercise 6 are spelt differently in American 
English. Check the answers with the class. Say each word in 
turn and ask a student to spell the word. Repeat the correct 
spelling of the word as you write it on the board.
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