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(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 to a certain
location, for example the town hall, the movie theatre 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 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 names of all the important places
that you will commonly find when in the city.
Traffic jam
– Sorry we’re late. We got stuck in a traffic jam.
Crossroads
– The two vans collided at the crossroads.
Underpass
– Keep the underpass clean.
Road sign
– The road sign points left.
Traffic lights
– The car stopped at the traffic lights.
Library
– The library is in the centre of the town.
Bookstore
– I work at a bookstore as a cashier once a week.
Post office
– Look straight ahead and you’ll see the post office.
Hospital
– I’m going to hospital for an X-rays.
Police station
– He works in the nearby police station.
Bank
– The bank will supply and buy back foreign currency.
Airport
– They arrived late at the airport.
Train station
– I’ll meet you at the train station.
Petrol station
– The driver stopped the car at the petrol station to refuel.
Church
– They go to church on Sundays.
Factory
– The number of workers in our factory is 300.
Garage
– He slowly backed his car into the garage.
Supermarket
– I bought a bar of soap in the supermarket.
Bakery
– I saw the biggest bakery in the world.
Cafe
– There is a cafe on the other side of the lake.
Clothing store
– Mary Jones bought a dress in a woman’s clothing store.
Shoe shop
– My husband works in a shoe shop.
Theater
– Her mother never went to the theater.
Amusement park
– Last night we went to the amusement park.
Sports centre
– We want to go to the sports centre.
Playground
– The children are shouting and running in the playground.
Museum
– You won’t see live animals in a museum.
Swimming pool
– She was lying on an air bed in the swimming pool.
Farm
– We worked on the farm in summer.
Zoo
– She led the children into the zoo.