My dear friends! I see you like such kind of my tests. So, today I am proposing you just opposite one. I will give you 15 American words and will ask you to find their British synonyms. I will add the pictures for you to realize what I mean. Again, all the words are nouns defining ordinary things. I believe, it will be some easier for you to find the correct answers as most of you studied/learned British.
So, here is the list.
- Station wagon
- Candy
- Popsicle
- Cookie
- Pants
- Pacifier
- Faucet
- Sweater
- Vest
- Zucchini
- Trunk
- Subway
- Pharmacy
- Stove
- The Big Dipper
To see any picture better you can enlarge it by clicking on it.
The rules are the same as always: DON’T PLAGIARIZE!
The deadline for this test is May 23, OK?
Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Hi, my friends! As I see no activity here, I am posting the correct answers although you have already found them out.
So, here they are:
- Station wagon – estate car.
- Candy – sweet.
- Popsicle –ice lolly.
- Cookie – biscuit.
- Pants – trousers.
- Pacifier –dummy.
- Faucet – tap.
- Sweater –pullover/jumper.
- Vest – waistcoat.
- Zucchini – courgette.
- Trunk – boot.
- Subway – underground (tube).
- Pharmacy – chemist’s.
- Stove – cooker.
- The Big Dipper – the Plough.
Thanks everyone for taking part and join my new blog on American synonyms I am postiong today!
Have a great weekend!
Comments
Dear Elen! I am sorry, too, but now you can enrich your vocabulary
Too bad that I lost such tests!!
Onee, you are always welcome!
Thank you for your explanation. I've just read about APOTHECARY. hehe...
Dear Onee! I will sure answer your first question. The Ursa Major is a general word of the Latin origin mostly used in astronomy. It means "the greater (or larger) she-bear". That is why this constellation is also well-known as the Great Bear in the Nothern hemisphere. Here are other names of this constellatoin: Charles's Wain , Big Dipper , the Plough , Arthur's Wain.
As to your second question, I can't be sure as I am not British. But as far as I know a druggist is a profession, a pharmaceutist, pharmaceutical chemist who deal with drugs. Again, I am not sure, but DRUGS in the sense of medication seems to be an American word. Here, in the EC, we can always ask British to give us explanations.
Oh, teacher Danny. I am late, Sorry. I had my answer before...
I have a question here...
No. 15 --> can I say that Ursa Mayor?? :D
and No. 13 --> can I say druggist?
Hi, my friends! As I see no activity here, I am posting the correct answers although you have already found them out.
So, here they are:
Thanks everyone for taking part and join my new blog on American synonyms I am postiong today!
Have a great weekend!
Dear Noas! Excuse me, I haven't answered your question about a pipe. No, it is not regular in America, I have never heard that. For me, a pipe is a tube used to convey water. Water pipes are joined to faucets we turn on to make water run. So, water pipes look like this:
Dear Setareh! I have no idea what you mean by the TRAIN STATION. Will you tell me, please?
A Drug Store is American.
Dear Noas! So glad to see you here! Very good! And I like your comments so very much! Monster Biscuit! Ha-ha!
About a station wagon. Such cars as well as pickups are really popular in the countryside . But many big families have such wagons in the cities to travel all together.
The Big Digger is the American name of this famous constellation. The British call it defferently.
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