Les structures grammaticales qui varient entre l'anglais americain et britannique
Les Britanniques preferent "have got" pour exprimer la possession, tandis que les Americains utilisent simplement "have".
| Contexte | Anglais britannique | Anglais americain |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | I've got a car. | I have a car. |
| Question | Have you got a pen? | Do you have a pen? |
| Negation | I haven't got time. | I don't have time. |
| Obligation | I've got to go. | I have to go. |
Les Britanniques utilisent davantage le present perfect pour des actions recentes, la ou les Americains preferent le simple past.
| Situation | Anglais britannique (Present Perfect) | Anglais americain (Simple Past) |
|---|---|---|
| Action recente | I've just eaten. | I just ate. |
| Avec "already" | I've already done it. | I already did it. |
| Avec "yet" | I haven't finished yet. | I didn't finish yet. |
| Experience | Have you ever been to Paris? | Did you ever go to Paris? |
Les Britanniques traitent souvent les noms collectifs (equipe, gouvernement, entreprise) comme des pluriels, tandis que les Americains les traitent comme des singuliers.
| Nom collectif | Anglais britannique (pluriel) | Anglais americain (singulier) |
|---|---|---|
| L'equipe | The team are playing well. | The team is playing well. |
| Le gouvernement | The government have decided. | The government has decided. |
| L'entreprise | The company are hiring. | The company is hiring. |
| La famille | My family are coming. | My family is coming. |
| La police | The police are investigating. | The police are investigating.* |
* "Police" est toujours pluriel dans les deux variantes.
| Contexte | Anglais britannique | Anglais americain |
|---|---|---|
| Le week-end | At the weekend | On the weekend |
| Dans une equipe | In a team | On a team |
| Dans la rue | In the street | On the street |
| A l'hopital | In hospital | In the hospital |
| A l'universite | At university | In college |
| Differemment de | Different from/to | Different from/than |
| Lundi a vendredi | Monday to Friday | Monday through Friday |
| Ecrire a qqn | Write to someone | Write someone (sans "to") |
| Verbe | Anglais britannique | Anglais americain |
|---|---|---|
| Get | get - got - got | get - got - gotten |
| Learn | learn - learnt - learnt | learn - learned - learned |
| Dream | dream - dreamt - dreamt | dream - dreamed - dreamed |
| Spell | spell - spelt - spelt | spell - spelled - spelled |
| Burn | burn - burnt - burnt | burn - burned - burned |
| Lean | lean - leant - leant | lean - leaned - leaned |
| Smell | smell - smelt - smelt | smell - smelled - smelled |
| Spill | spill - spilt - spilt | spill - spilled - spilled |
| Point | Anglais britannique | Anglais americain |
|---|---|---|
| Shall / Will | "Shall" courant pour les propositions : Shall we go? | "Shall" rare, prefere "Should we go?" |
| Needn't | You needn't worry. (courant) | You don't need to worry. |
| Have a bath | Have a bath / Have a shower | Take a bath / Take a shower |
| At / On (dates) | At Christmas / At Easter | On Christmas / On Easter |
| Format date | DD/MM/YYYY (31/12/2025) | MM/DD/YYYY (12/31/2025) |
Exercice 1 : Reecrivez ces phrases en anglais BRITANNIQUE :
a) Do you have a car? →
b) I just ate lunch. →
c) The team is winning. →
d) I learned French at school. →
e) Let's take a shower. →
Exercice 2 : Completez avec la bonne preposition (version UK) :
a) I usually play football the weekend. (at / on)
b) She lives Maple Street. (in / on)
c) He's hospital after the accident. (in / in the)
d) I'll write you tomorrow. (to / rien)
e) This is different what I expected. (from / than)
Exercice 3 : Ce texte est en anglais americain. Identifiez les 6 elements a modifier pour le rendre britannique :
"I already finished my homework. Do you have a pen I can borrow? The company is launching a new product on the weekend. I dreamed about it and burned my toast this morning."