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British and American Technical English Collocations

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Engineering compound nouns and other collocations in the UK and USA review, including British and American engineering vocabulary dominoes.

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British and American technical English collocations dominoes

Instructions for teachers

Cut up one set of cards per group of 2-4 students. Only cut horizontally, so the two halves of each domino are still together. Ask students to spread the cards out face up and work together to put all the cards together in a big circle by matching beginnings and endings of the two engineering collocations with the same meaning on each pair. After checking with the worksheet, they can then deal out 7 cards each and play dominoes, with any extra cards staying face down on the table until someone can’t go and so needs to take another.

 

Cards to cut up/ Suggested answers

Don’t cut between the two columns

hoover (e.g. Roomba)

vacuum cleaner (e.g. Roomba)

paraffin

kerosene

stove

heater

petrol

gas

station

station

front/ rear/ back

front/ rear/ back

bumper

fender

windscreen

windshield

wipers

wipers

snow

snow

tyres

tires

exhaust

tail-

pipe

pipe

accelerator

gas

pedal

pedal

hand-

parking

brake

brake

automatic/ manual

automatic/ manual

gearbox

transmission

lorry

truck*

driver

driver

fire

fire

engine

truck

(rubbish)

trash-/ garbage

bin

can

hot/ cold (water)

hot/ cold (water)

tap

faucet

(electrical)

(electrical)

socket

outlet

TV

TV

aerial

antenna

pocket

pocket

torch

flashlight

hash

pound

sign

sign

maths

math

teacher

teacher

turn

turn

anti-clockwise

counter-clockwise

nought point

zero point

oh five

zero five

mobile

cell-

phone

phone

hard

bump

hat

cap

adjustable

adjustable

spanner

wrench

service

(service)

engineer

technician

a hundred

a hundred

and thirty

thirty

dustcart

garbage truck

driver

driver

bonnet

hood

ornament

ornament

rental

rental/ hire

skip

Dumpster

lift

elevator

to the 12th floor

to the 12th floor

robot

robot

 


Without looking at the cards, write a synonym of each phrase below:

paraffin stove

(robot) hoover

petrol station

(front/ rear/ back) fender

windscreen (wipers)

tyres

exhaust

gas pedal

handbrake

(automatic/ manual) transmission

lorry

fire engine

(rubbish) bin

(hot water/ cold water) faucet

(electrical) socket

(TV) aerial

(pocket) flashlight

hash (sign)

maths (teacher)

anti-clockwise

nought point five

mobile phone

bump cap

(adjustable) spanner

a hundred thirty

hood (ornament)

(rental) skip

lift

 

--------------------------fold, cover or cut---------------------------

 

Use these mixed answers to help with the task above.

… and…                                        … truck                             accelerator

antenna                                          bonnet                              bumper

cell…                                              counter…                                       Dumpster

elevator                                          gas…                                              gearbox

hard hat                                          kerosene heater                           math

outlet                                              parking…                                       pound

tailpipe                             tap                                                   tires

torch                                               trashcan/ garbage can  truck

vacuum cleaner                            windshield                                     wrench

zero…

 

Check with the dominoes cards.

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