7 Places in a town

1 Match the words/phrases to places a–j.

a theatre e   a swimming pool   a travel agent’s    a tourist information centre   a hospital   a library    ​
a hairdresser’s   a football stadium   an art gallery   a shopping centre [US: a shopping mall]

a b c d e

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f g h i j

2 Match these sentences to the places in 1.

1 People get their hair cut here. a hairdresser’s

2 There are a lot of pictures on the walls in this place.
3 People buy holidays here.
4 There are usually a lot of shops in this place.
5 People go swimming here.
6 You can see a Shakespeare play in this place.
7 This is a good place to get a map of the town.
8 People go here to read and borrow books.
9 Doctors and nurses work in this place.
10 People go and see football matches here.

3 Make these sentences true for you. Fill in the gaps with words/phrases from 1 or your own ideas.

1 There’s a big in my town/city.

2 There’s a in the centre of my town/city.
3 There are some interesting in the main street.
4 There isn’t a in my town/city.
5 There’s a near my home.
6 There isn’t a near my home.
7 I go to my local quite a lot.
8 I went to the last week.

5 a swimming pool  6 a theatre  7 a tourist information centre  8 a library  9 a hospital  10 a football stadium
stadium b;  an art gallery f;  a shopping centre [US: a shopping mall] d   2   2 an art gallery  3 a travel agent’s  4 a shopping centre 
1   a swimming pool a;  a travel agent’s j;  a tourist information centre h;  a hospital g;  a library i;  a hairdresser’s c;  a football

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