Streets and roads

Do you know what a 'kerb' is? Do these exercises and learn what it and other words related to streets and roads mean.

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Average: 4.3 (26 votes)

Submitted by sabag on Tue, 12/11/2019 - 15:23

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this material is helpful how can i get in pdf

Hi sabag,

I'm glad to hear you liked the material. I'm not sure if a pdf version is planned for this page but one may be added in the future. In the meantime, you could screen print or copy and paste into a word processor document.

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

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Submitted by mtalebi on Fri, 27/09/2019 - 06:31

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In my country, Iran, there are good roads and streets, not excellent not bad. Unfortunately, drivers do not follow the rules, so there are a lot of car accidents.

Submitted by JTEROBA on Wed, 04/09/2019 - 13:27

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In my country, streets are very dangerous, you can dead trying to cross them. Many times, drivers do not respect the law and police officers are so corrupt.
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Submitted by mar on Sun, 31/03/2019 - 12:22

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My city is Barcelona . We have a very well distribution of the streets which is very well known in the world .This plan is known as PLAN CERDA so is very easy to drive and walk by there.

Submitted by sunsetlover on Fri, 01/03/2019 - 06:54

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Hello teachers, The vocabulary section here is extremely useful. However, I noticed that you use strictly British English in most (all) instances. For example, here in Streets & Roads, in the US and Canada they spell "kerb" as "curb", and of course they would call a "junction" an "intersection" and a "pavement" a "sidewalk". Given that your students are from around the globe, would a "middle ground" solution be to state "kerb/curb"? Thank you!

Hello sunsetlover,

As the British Council we generally focus on British English, as you say. We have considered including some examples of the kind you suggest but it can make the pages rather cluttered, with multiple alternatives in many places.

We have several pages addressing the differences between British and American English:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/intermediate-to-upper-intermediate/british-english-and-american-english

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/video-series/how-to/how-to-understand-the-differences-between-british-and-american

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

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Submitted by David on Fri, 08/02/2019 - 09:05

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Hi sir, I have reviewed and realized that ,you are right. There are two pictures that have new mean ,like junction and motorway. Thank you very much,
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Submitted by David on Wed, 06/02/2019 - 10:23

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Hi teacher, It seems there are some wrong pictures in this lesson(Streets and Roads).I mean those aren't matched with their names. Thanks