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British English – American English – Tnpsc General English Questions

9. BRITISH ENGLISH – AMERICAN ENGLISH

British English American English

Aeroplane airplane

angry mad

Anywhere anyplace

autumn Fall

About face about turn

aerial antenna

Aesthetic esthetic

ageing aging

Aluminium aluminum

analyse analyze

Anticlockwise counterclockwise

archaeology archeology

Argument argument

axe ax

Biscuit cookie

bonnet (of a car) hood

Book stall stand

boot (of a car) trunk

Braces suspenders

blinkers blinders

Bar of chocolate candy bar

break recess

Barrister attorney

behaviour behavior

Bicentenary bicentennial

bookings reservations

Caretaker janitor

carriage car

Chemist’s shop drugstore

chemist druggist

Chip fries

cinema house movie theatre

Cloak room check room

coffin casket

Corn grain

corridor passage

Cot crib

cotton thread

Crematorium crematory

Crisps potato chips

Cross road intersection

Currency note bill

Cute chick

Cyclist cycler

Cranky bad tempered

Confectioners candy store

Cannon carrom (billiards)

Clothes peg clothes pin

Cornflour corn starch

Camp bed cot

Candyfloss cotton candy

Caravan motor home

Cooker oven, stove

Casualty emergency room

Car park parking lot

Curriculum vitae resume

Consultant specialist

cotton reel spool

Deal in handle

Dialling code area code

Dressing table dresser, vanity table

Draughts checkers

De-ice deforest

Dipped headlights low beams (car)

Drawing pin thump tack

Defence defense

Dessert/sweet dessert

Dialogue dialog/dialogue

Diversion detour

Doughnut donut

Elastopast band aid

Engine driver locomotive engineer

Exercise book composition book

Excited Bold, impudent

Eccentric bad tempered

Enrol enroll

Estate car station wagon

Film movie

First floor second floor

Flat apartment

Fortnight two weeks

Full stop period

Fly-post fly-over

Foot stool hassock

Firefly lightning bug

Fibre fiber

Fitting fixtures

Flyover overpass

Free phone toll free

Frock dress

Full stop period

Garden party lawn party

Goods train freight train

Ground floor first floor

Guard (passenger train) conductor

Guard (goods train) brake man

Grill broil

Goose pimples goose bumps

Gases gasses

Gauge gage

Goal jail

Goods train freight train

Grey gray

Grill broiler

Ground floor first floor

Hand bag purse

Hoardings billboard

Holidays Vacation

Harbour harbor

Hire rent

Hoarding bill board

Hob stove

Holiday vacation

Ill sick

Icing frosting

Instalment installment

Jam jelly

Jug pitcher

Jacket potato baked potato

Jelly jello

Jewellery jewlry

Judgement judgment

Jumper sweater

Kennel dog house

Lift elevator

Lorry truck

Larder pantry

Level crossing grade crossing

Leader editorial

Lager beer

Launderette laundromat

Licence license

Lie in sleep in

Litre liter

Mad crazy

Main road highway

Main line trunkline

Maize corn

Mean stingy

Motorcar automobile

Marquee tent

Marvellous marvelous

Maths math

Medieval medieval

Mementoes mementos

Memorise memorize

Metre meter

Mobile phone cell phone

Motorway mom

Nappy diaper

Nib penpoint

Number engaged line busy

Nativity scene creche

Normality normalcy

Neighbour neighbor

Nil zero

Number plate license plate

Odour odor

Omelette omelet

Paraffin kerosene

Pavement sidewalk

Pedestrian crossing crosswalk

Petrol gas, gasoline

Police constable patrol man

Post mail

Post man mail man

Prison penitentiary

Public prosecutor district attorney

Public convenience comfort station

Public toilet rest room

Puncture flat

Post code pin code

Push car stroller

Promenade broadwalk

Put through connect(phone)

Pudding, sweet dessert

Primary school elementary school

Pinafore dress jumber

Public school prep-school

Peadiatric pediatric

Pitch fiald(sports)

Plaster band aid

Plough plow

Porridge oatmeal

Postal code zip code

Practise(verb) practice

Pram baby carriage

Param stroller

Pretence pretense

Programme program

Queue line

Railway rail road

Return ticket round-trip-ticket

Rise raise

Rubber eraser

Rubbish garbage, trash

Ring up call

Round about traffic circle

Rancour rancor

Read study(verb)

Reverse charges call collect

Rumour rumor

Shoe-lace shoe-string

Shop store

shop assistant clerk

shop walker floor walker

single ticket one-way-ticket

solicitor, barrister barrister

stand for office run

station master station agent

street beggar pan holder

stupid dumb

subway underpass

sun rise sun up

sun set sun down

sweets candy

skipping rope jump rope

sellotape scotch tape

secateurs pruning shears

skillet frying pan

sports man athlete

saloon sedan

saviour savior

serviette napkin

silencer muffler

skilful skillful

spanner wrench

speciality specialty

starters appetizers

taxi cab

terminus terminal

timber lumber

time table schedule

tin can

torch flash light

trousers pants

tube(underground) subway

tick checkmark

tissues kleenix

teat nipple(baby bottle)

tights panty house

tail back traffic jam

traffic light stop light

tariffs rates, prices

telephone box telephone booth

theatre theater

trinned canned

toilet rest room

trainers sneakers

tyre tire

veranda porch

vest waistcoat

visiting card calling card

vapour vapor

water tap faucet

wind screen wind shield

working class blue collar

washing laundry

waist coat vest

wardrobe closet

wollen woolen

yoghurt yougurt

zip zipper

zebra crossing cross walk

chopping board cutting board

dustbin garbage

power cut power outage

return journey roundtrip

vacuum flask vaccum bottle

watch strap watch band

Hints : American English use-ize instead ise only in verbs derived from Nouns or Adjectives. Eg. Modern 🡪 Modernize. But the following words are not derivatives. So both British English and American English use only -ise.

Replace the underlined word with its equivalent American English word

1. The aeroplane skipped off the runway.

Answer : aircraft

2. Trekkers pitch their tents anywhere which is convenient.

Answer : anyplace

3. Leaves turn brown in autumn.

Answer : fall

4. Children prefer cream biscuits to butter biscuits.

Answer : cookies

5. Horses have blinkers to have their eyes ahead.

Answer : blinders

6. The caretaker of the museum is prompt in his duties.

Answer : janitor

7. Cinema houses are usually houseful at a new release.

Answer : movie theatre

8. I found a wallet with credit cards and cash on the corridor.

Answer : passage

9. The cyclist is practising every morning for the race up the mountains.

Answer : cycler

10. Add a tablespoon of cornflour to thicken the soup.

Answer : corn starch

11. We hired a caravan on our holiday trip.

Answer : motor home

12. His curriculum vitae was so impressive that he was called for an interview at once.

Answer : resume

13. The dressing table in our adjacent room in the hostel has the latest facial creams and beauty soaps.

Answer : vanity table

14. The meat from the freezer has to be de-iced before cooking.

Answer : de-frosted

15. We shall be facing our semester exams in a fortninght.

Answer : two weeks

16. Little Tommy needed a footstool to have a peep through the window.

Answer : hassock

17. The whole place from the portals to the house is well-lit for the garden party in this evening.

Answer : lawn party

18. The grilled fish was topped with celery and tomato slices before it was served.

Answer : broiled

19. The hoardings by the beach were blown away by the hurricane.

Answer : billboards, tornado

20. The larder which was full in the morning was empty after the party.

Answer : pantry

21. Empty lager cans were found floating on the waters as the holiday cruise sailed away.

Answer : beer

22. I found my manager’s number engaged for a long time when I tried to contract him.

Answer : line busy

23. The murderer had doused the victim with petrol before setting him on fire.

Answer : gasoline

24. The police constable stopped the two youths on bike for not wearing their helmets.

Answer : patrol man

25. Taking a walk down the promenade with the sea breeze blowing through your hair in the early hourse is a please.

Answer : broadwalk

26. My father has booked three return tickets on train for our holiday this December.

Answer : round-trip tickets, vacation

27. Burning rubbish in open yards causes air pollution.

Answer : garbage / trash

28. I saw smiles when I placed a currency note in the street beggar’s tattered hat.

Answer : bill, panhandler

29. At sunrise and at sunset, beautiful hues cover the sky.

Answer : sunup, sundown

30. The sportsman with his spikes and sportsuit was all set for the race.

Answer : athlete

31. I could see the cars speeding on the flyover.

Answer : overpass

32. Brazilian youth are the best fans in football.

Answer : soccer

33. The baby stained her frock with chocolate.

Answer : dress

34. My grandma loves fish cooked on the grill.

Answer : broiler

35. The strong wind blew away the hoardings at the entrance of the arch.

Answer : billboard

36. The manager hired a taxi to be in time to board the flight.

Answer : rented

37. Willy was too ill to attend class as he was down with measles.

Answer : sick

38. Mun grew angry seeing little Bob’s face all smeared up with jam.

Answer : mad, jelly

39. Jacked potato with roasted chicken topped with cheese will be yummy.

Answer : baked potato

40. Dressed in jumpers, the boys went skating on the frozen lake.

Answer : sweaters

41. Trekkers lie in tents or sleeping bags at night.

Answer : sleep in

42. The accident on the motorway held up the traffic for an hour.

Answer : highway

43. The car thieves managed to escape after changing the number plate.

Answer : license plate

44. There was nil attendance due to the strike.

Answer : zero

45. My aunt took her baby in a pram for a stroll in the park.

Answer : baby carriage.

 

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