British or American Transport Trivia Quiz
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Transportation and transportation vocabulary in the UK and USA review, starting with a pairwork general knowledge quiz.
Lesson Plan Content:
British or American transport trivia quiz
Read out a line from your worksheet and see if your partner can guess if it is about the UK (the underlined one) or about the USA. Don’t change the wording, as each line has both useful facts and useful language (British English or American English) to help with guessing. If their guess is right, they get two points. If they are not sure or don’t understand the hint, they can ask for the other hint in the same section and then guess which one is British and which is American. A correct guess after two hints gets one point. Take turns guessing if the other person’s statements are about the UK or USA until your teacher stops you.
Switch worksheets and do the same, making sure that you start with the most difficult (as your partner has already seen them). Then ask about anything you don’t understand.
Transport vocabulary with different meanings in the UK and USA
What are the two different meanings of “subway”? Check with the last Student B hint.
Different transport words in British and American English
Match the British words on the left with American ones in the same section with the same meanings on the right. “…” means that you need to use some words from the one on the left to complete the American expression. After you finish, check below.
buffet cars coach…
petrol station crosswalk
platform two dining…
police car gas…
return ticket one-way…
single ticket patrol…
ticket barrier round trip…
tram schedule
zebra crossing station wagon
economy class streetcar
(train) timetable track…
estate (car) turnstile
gear lever beltway
car park highway
motorway jeep
lorry license…
passengers parking lot
railway railroad
ring road riders
four wheel drive RV
number plate … shift
pavement sidewalk
campervan subway
underground truck
Student A
Where can you eat in the Amtrak Texas Eagle line dining car?
Where can you eat in the Caledonian Sleeper buffet car?
Where do you pay after filling up at Shell petrol stations?
Where do you pay in advance at Exxon gas stations?
Where did Harry Potter leave from platform nine and three quarters of King’s Cross station?
Where is track two of Grand Central Terminal (as seen in Men in Black)?
Where should you call the policeman “Sir” if you are stopped by a Chevrolet patrol car?
Where should you call the police “Officer” if you are stopped by a Land Rover police car?
Where does a return ticket from Euston to Glasgow cost sixty pounds?
Where does a round trip from Seattle to LA cost a hundred and ninety eight dollars?
Where is a one-way ticket from Dallas to Houston by Greyhound highway bus 21 bucks?
Where is a single ticket from Brighton to Birmingham by National Express coach 21 quid?
Where are the ticket barriers of St Pancras station?
Where are the turnstiles of Penn station?
Where do Edinburgh Trams run?
Where do New Orleans streetcars run?
Where is the Abbey Road zebra crossing that the Beatles were photographed on?
Where is the rainbow crosswalk in West Hollywood?
Where is BA economy class from?
Where is Delta Airlines coach class from?
Where does Jamaica Station’s schedule end at 11:58 every evening?
Where does Liverpool Street station’s timetable start at 4:10 every morning?
Where is the Buick Regal Tour X station wagon from?
Where is the estate car Jaguar XF Sportbrake from?
Where is the gear lever on the left-hand side of the driver?
Where is the gear shift on the right-hand side of the driver?
Student B
Where could you drive at up to 55 miles per hour on Route 66 highway to Santa Monica?
Where can you drive at seventy miles per hour on the M1 motorway to Leeds?
Where are Mack trucks from?
Where were Leyland and Bedford lorries from?
Where can passengers ride in black cabs from Heathrow Airport?
Where can riders take yellow cabs from JFK Airport?
Where is Paddington railway station (as seen in the movie “Paddington”)?
Where is West Virginia’s Cass Scenic Railroad?
Where do Amtrak Acela first class coaches run?
Where do Great Western Railway first class carriages run?
Where is the M25 ring road?
Where is the Sam Houston beltway?
Where are Land Rover four wheel drives from?
Where is the Jeep Cherokee from?
Where is the license plate CD 78978 from?
Where is the number plate BD66 KLP from?
Where is it illegal for adults to cycle on the pavement?
Where is the Hollywood Walk of Fame sidewalk?
Where do campervans drive on the left-hand-side of the road?
Where do recreational vehicles drive on the right-hand side of the road?
Where is Glasgow underground?
Where is the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transport) subway?
Where should you probably back into Marylebone’s Debenhams car park parking spaces?
Where should you drive straight into a Michigan theater parking lot parking space?
Where can you take a subway train from Federal Triangle to Smithsonian on the Washington Metro?
Where can you walk through the subway from South Kensington station to the Victoria and Albert Museum?
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