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British and American English - matching dominoes
B1-B2
20 mins
groups: 3-4
 
 Twelve matching dominoes with light-hearted two-line dialogues between an American and British speaker. 'I'll put my things in the trunk.' 'The what? It's a car, not an elephant. Oh! You mean the boot!' The word pairs are: petrol-gas, chips-crisps, garbage-rubbish, subway-Underground / Tube, yard-garden, pants-trousers, fall-autumn, sidewalk-pavement, trunk-boot, line-queue, faucet-tap, closet-wardrobe
 
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