Match the British English words in the box
with the American English words in 1–10.
shop biscuit trousers sweet
lorry motorway petrol film
rubbish pavement
1 gasoline —
2 movie
3 trash
4 freeway
5 store
6 pants
7 cookie
8 sidewalk
9 truck
10 candy​

British English ↕ American English ↕

anti-clockwise counter-clockwise

articulated lorry trailer truck

autumn autumn, fall

barrister attorney

bill (restaurant) bill, check

biscuit cookie

block of flats apartment building

bonnet (car) hood

bonnet (clothing) hat

boot trunk

car park parking lot

caravan trailer

chemist's shop drugstore, pharmacy

chest of drawers dresser, chest of drawers, bureau

chips fries, French fries

cinema, the movies, the

clothes peg clothespin

coffin coffin, casket

crisps potato chips

crossroads intersection; crossroads (rural)

cupboard cupboard (in kitchen); closet (for clothes etc)

diversion detour

drawing-pin thumbtack

drink-driving drunk driving

driving licence driver's license

dual carriageway divided highway

dummy (for baby) pacifier

dustbin garbage can, trash can

dustman garbage collector

engine engine, motor

estate agent real estate agent

estate car station wagon

film film, movie

flat apartment, flat, studio

flat tyre flat tire

flyover overpass

gear-lever gearshift

gearbox (car) transmission

Girl Guide Girl Scout

ground floor ground/first floor

handbag handbag, purse, shoulder bag

high street main street

holiday vacation

hood (car) convertible top

jam jam, preserves

jug jug, pitcher

juggernaut 18-wheeler

lift elevator

lorry truck, semi, tractor

mad crazy, insane

main road highway

maize corn

maths math

motorbike motorcycle

motorway freeway, expressway

motorway highway, freeway, expressway, interstate highway, interstate

nappy diaper

naughts and crosses tic-tack-toe

pants, underpants underpants, drawers

pavement sidewalk

pet hate pet peeve

petrol gas, gasoline

Plough, the Big Dipper, the

pocket money allowance

post mail

postbox mailbox

postcode zip code

postman mailman, mail carrier, letter carrier

pub bar

public toilet rest room, public bathroom

railway railroad

return (ticket) round-trip

reverse charge collect call

ring road beltway, freeway/highway loop

road surface pavement, blacktop

roundabout traffic circle, roundabout

rubber eraser

rubbish garbage, trash

rubbish-bin garbage can, trashcan

saloon (car) sedan

shop shop, store

silencer (car) muffler

single (ticket) one-way

solicitor lawyer, attorney

spanner wrench

sweets candy

taxi taxi, taxi cab

tea towel dish towel

telly (informal), TV television, TV

third-party insurance liability insurance

timetable schedule

tin can

toll motorway toll road, turnpike

torch flashlight

trousers pants, trousers

tube (train) subway

underground (train) subway

vest undershirt

waistcoat vest

wallet wallet, billfold

wellington boots rubber boots, rain boots

whisky whisky/whiskey

windscreen windshield