Places in The City

 

Places in the City Vocabulary Vocabulary in English (with Pictures)  Places in the City! Useful names of things in the city with pictures and examples. If you are in an English speaking city and you wish to ask for directions direct ions to a certain location, for example the town hall, the movie theatre theatr e or the police station, you will need to know how to refer to these places with their English names.  This type of vocabulary is also super useful when reading street signs s igns whilst in an English speaking city and will help you to better understand these. In this section, you are going to be able to learn the th e names of all the important places that you will commonly find when in the city.

Places in the City List of Places in the City                                                

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City centre (UK)/ City center (US) Car park (UK)/ Parking lot (US) Telephone box (UK)/ Telephone booth (US) Pavement (UK)/ Sidewalk (US) Cycle path (UK)/ Bicycle path (US) Traffic jam Street lights Crossroads Flyover (UK)/ Overpass (US)

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Underpass Roundabout Pedestrian crossing (UK)/ Crosswalk (US) Road sign Traffic lights School Library Bookstore Post office Pharmacy Hospital Police station Bank Bus stop Airport Language Learning Academy

 

                                               

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Train station Petrol station Hotel Church Factory Garage Market

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Supermarket Bakery Cafe Restaurant Clothing store Shoe shop Theater Cinema Amusement park Sports centre Playground Bridge Museum

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Swimming pool Farm Park Zoo

Names of Places in the City with Pictures Learn these city vocabulary words to  to  improve your vocabulary  vocabulary in English.

City centre (UK)/ City center (US)  –  There’s a shuttle service from the  the city center to the airport.

Car park (UK)/ Parking lot (US)  –  John’s car was easily recognizable in the car park.

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Telephone box (UK)/ Telephone booth (US)  –  He  He vented his fury on a telephone box.

Pavement (UK)/ Sidewalk (US)  and bust it.  –   I dropped my  I camera on the pavement

Cycle path (UK)/ Bicycle path (US)  –  He  He is riding his bicycle on the cycle path.

Traffic jam  –  Sorry we’re late. We got stuck in a  a  traffic jam.

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Street lights  –  The  The street lights are usually turned on at 7.

Crossroads  –   The two vans collided at the crossroads .  The

Flyover (UK)/ Overpass (US)  –  Another  Another flyover will be opened to traffic by the end of this year.

Underpass  –  Keep  Keep the underpass clean.

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Roundabout  –  We  We leave the roundabout at the second exit.

Pedestrian (UK)/ Crosswalk (US) (US)   They ought crossing  They to stop at the pedestrian crossing .    – 

Road sign  –  The  The road sign points left.

Traffic lights  –  The  The car stopped at the traffic lights.

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School  –  The  The school has received a large capital grant to improve its buildings.

Library  –   The library is in the centre of the town.  The

Bookstore  –  I  I work at a bookstore as a cashier once a week.

Post office  –  Look   Look straight ahead and you’ll see the  the post office.

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Pharmacy  –  She  She works at the pharmacy.

Hospital  –   I’m going to  to hospital for an X-rays.

Police station  –  He  He works in the nearby police station.

Bank  –  The  The bank will supply and buy back foreign currency.

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Bus stop  –  I  I saw Louise walking slowly to the bus stop.

Airport  –   They arrived late at the airport.  They

Train station  –  I’ll meet you at the  the train station.

Petrol station  –  The  The driver stopped the car at the petrol station to refuel.

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Hotel  –  Many  Many famous people have stayed in the hotel.

Church  –   They go to church on Sundays.  They

Factory  –  The  The number of workers in our factory is 300.

Garage  –  He  He slowly backed his car into the garage.

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Market  –  I  I usually buy all my vegetables at the  market.

Supermarket  –   I bought a bar of soap in the supermarket.  I

Bakery  –  I  I saw the biggest bakery in the world.

Cafe  –  There  There is a cafe on the other side of the lake.

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Restaurant  –   I’ll call the  the restaurant and make a reservation.

Clothing store  –   Mary Jones bought a dress in a woman’s  woman’s clothing store.

Shoe shop  –  My  My husband works in a shoe shop.

Theater  –  Her  Her mother never went to the theater.

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Cinema  –  We  We go to the cinema about once a week.

Amusement  –   Last night we park  Last went to the amusement park.

Sports centre  –  We  We want to go to the sports centre.

Playground  –  The  The children are shouting and running in the playground .

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Bridge  –  The  The bridge broke down in last earthquake.

Museum  –   You won’t see live animals in a  a  museum.

Swimming pool  –  She  She was lying on an air bed in the swimming pool.

Farm  –  We  We worked on the farm in summer.

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Park  –  The  The park was filled with people.

Zoo  –   She led the children into the zoo.  She

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