EL CURSO DE FIRST CERTIFICATE PREFERIDO POR LOS HISPANOPARLANTES

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Car parts (I)

ACTIVITY 161: Can you remember some parts of your car? Look carefully at the pictures below and try to choose the correct car parts from the menus. Then check the answers.

BRITISH ENGLISH versus AMERICAN ENGLISH

UK

US

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petrol

- fender gasoline hood trunk turnlights windshield

indicator lights

- fender gasoline hood trunk turnlights windshield

bonnet

- fender gasoline hood trunk turnlights windshield

windscreen

- fender gasoline hood trunk turnlights windshield

boot

- fender gasoline hood trunk turnlights windshield

bumper

- fender gasoline hood trunk turnlights windshield

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EARTH

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THE MOON

SEA

THE WORLD

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BUSINESS

HOLIDAY

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A JOURNEY

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In the summer I go to school  - AT BY IN ON   foot, but in the winter I go  - AT BY IN ON   bus.

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In the old days, European travellers to India went  - AT BY IN ON   land and sea.

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Life  - AT BY IN ON   sea as a sailor is very different from life  - AT BY IN ON   land.

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People travelling abroad  - AT BY IN ON   business are often  - AT BY IN ON   a hurry to get home.

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Animals which are active  - AT BY IN ON   day are called diurnal, whereas those that are active  - AT BY IN ON   night are called nocturnal.