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(Liens vérifiés le 30/07/2009)


 

 


Facts
- Listening -
Vocabulary - Grammar -
Interactive exercises
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Interactive games - Games to print -
Songs

 


Pages complémentaires :

Confusions en grammaire et en vocabulaire - Stéréotypes - DIFFERENCES US/GB

The toilets

 

 

Facts :

  • Differences (peak.org)
    Why are there differences?
    Culture / Vocabulary / Idiom – oblique sayings / Grammar / Usage / Spelling / Punctuation & Symbols
    Geography / Time (extinct — obsolete — archaic — current)
    Jargon / Swear Words / Rhyming Slang, Cockney Rhyming Slang, and Backslang
    Translations / A Spot of Linguistics
    Canadian (World English)
    Obligatory Humour

Listening :

  • fonetiks.org - The online language laboratory (avec différents accents) - (fonetiks.org)

 

Vocabulary :

  • Measures and Weights (englisch hilfen.de) :
    Linear measures -
    Nautical measures -
    Liquid measures of capacity (BRITISH and AMERICAN) -
    Avoirdupois weights -
    Temperature conversion

 

Grammar :

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

  • British English or American English?
    "Is it Father Christmas or Santa Claus?
    The answer depends on which side of the Atlantic you are."
    - Activities created by Renée Maufroid :
    Matching - Flashcards (Java / non-Java) - Concentration - Word Search


 

  • British/American Quiz (englishclub.com)
    "Match a British English word on the left with an American English word on the right."
  • Idem (englishclub.com)

INTERACTIVE games :

 

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

Songs :

  • Let's call the whole thing off - sung by Fred Astaire - Listen to it! (themillstone.blogspot.com)
    Differences British English / American English
    - with the lyrics :
    "You say eether and I say eyether,
    You say neether and I say nyther..."
    (lyricsdepot.com)
  • Englishman In New York by Sting :
    "I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear
    I like my toast done on one side
    And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
    I'm an Englishman in New York"