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THINGS IN A CITY VOCABULARY 1 (ESL)

level: Beginner/Intermediate (A2/B1)
Cities have their own vocabulary — from infrastructure and public buildings to services and neighbourhoods. This exercise covers the essential English words for places and things you find in a typical city. This is exercise 1 of 1.


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1. I need to mail a letter, so I'm going to the .

2. Is there an around here? I need to take out some money.

3. Don't cross the street here. There's a right over there.

4. You can walk there, but you can also take the (= metro).

5. Tom volunteers at an organization that helps people.

6. Downtown is full of modern .

7. I got rid of my because the traffic here is so horrible.

8. The police officer gave me a because I didn't stop at a stop sign.

9. Don't throw your in the street. Put it in a garbage can.

10. You can't just a cab anymore. You have to call/order one.



City Life Conversation Questions 1. Describe the city or town where you live or grew up. What are its best and worst features?
2. Do you prefer living in a city or in the countryside? What are the advantages of each?
3. What makes a city liveable? What services and features are most important?
4. What changes would you like to see in your city to make it better?
5. Have you ever lived in or visited a city in another country? How did it compare?
6. Do you think cities will look very different in 50 years? How?
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Did you know? The word city comes from Old French cité, from Latin civitas (a community of citizens), related to civis (citizen). This gives us civic, civil, civilisation, and citizen.

In the UK, a settlement can only be called a city if it has been granted city status by the Crown — which is why some large places are technically towns, and some small settlements are officially cities. In the US, the definition varies by state.
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