Places around town / city learn the vocabulary and a description for places and shops
Vocabulary for places around the city - town English lesson
During this lesson you will learn the English names for places you are likely to find in a Town or City.
Vocabulary for places around Town / City
Buildings around Town / city with description
airport - when you need to travel by aeroplane to another city or country.
bakery - people go to buy fresh bread and cakes.
bank - When you need to deposit or withdraw you go to a bank. Take out your money here and you can cash a cheque.
bookstore - a shop that sells books and magazines.
bus station - where you go when you need to travel by bus to another place nearby or another town city.
butcher's - sell all types of different meat.
cafe - you can buy cooked food drinks and cake here.
church - a place where you go to worship
court - a place where they punish criminals by trial . A judge works here
craft market - a shop that sells products that have been hand-made in that region or country.
department store - a very large store that sells a lot of different things like men's / women's clothes, electrical goods ext.
cinema/movies - people go to watch movies eating popcorn and drinking Coca Cola here.
fire station - a building where firemen work and wait to put fires out around town
petrol station - people put petrol in their car, motorbike or other types of vehicle.
gym - people go here to do exercises and weight training.
hairdresser's - men and women go here when they need their cut hair cutting.
hospital - men, women and children go here when they are injured, need an operation or having a baby.
hotel - People use hotels when they need to sleep when they are visiting from another city or country.
gallery - people like to go here to see paintings and other works of art.
jail / prison - criminals have to go here when they have been punished by a judge.
launderette - people take their clothes here to wash them.
library - people can read and borrow books from here.
museum - very old objects are in show for people to view.
pharmacy / chemist - people buy drugs here when they are sick or injured.
police station - policemen / women work here and people arrested
pub - people go to drink beer, wines or other types of alcoholic drinks
park - are where people can play on grass, rest, play or walk your dog. Children can play on swings, a slide or climb on frame.
English words for places around Town / City
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