Whenever we visit a city or a town we find various places for our convenience, each having its own importance.
Let’s learn all the places you will in our town and their functions.
Places in City and Town Vocabulary
Following is a list of different places we see around the city.
- Airport: A place where planes take off and land.
- Amusement park: A large park which offers entertaining activities.
- Antique shop: A shop where you can buy old and rare things.
- Apartment Building: A large living area divided into rooms.
- Appliance store: A place where you can buy electrical devices, machine, or piece of equipment.
- Art gallery: Public exhibition of artwork and paintings.
- Bakery: A place where you can buy bread and cakes.
- Bank: Reputed organization for people to save and borrow money
- Barber shop: A place where men get their hair cut.
- Beauty salon: Women getting treatment for hair, face, and body.
- Bookstore: A place to buy books
- Bowling alley: Fun place to play bowling
- Brasserie: Provides reasonable French food / Street Food
- Bus shelter/ Bus Stand: Place where people wait for the public buses for a commute.
- Butcher shop: A place to buy meat.
- Bike Showroom: Place to buy a bike
- Car Repair Shop: Place to repair the car
- Car Showroom: Place to buy a car
- Club: For recreation
- Computer Repair Shop: For repairing the computer
- Cycle Repair Shop: Place to repair the cycle
- Café: Fun place to enjoy drinks and fast food.
- Campus: The surrounding area of the college or university
- Chain Store: Also called Franchize
- Chemist’s: A place to buy medicines (drugstore)
- Church: A religious place for Christians for religious activities.
- Cinema: Also called as Theatre. People can buy tickets to watch films.
- City Centre: Usually the center part of the city
- Convenience store: A special shop that sells food, drinks, magazines and open 24/7
- Departmental Store: A shop divided into sections selling different goods.
- Doctor’s Clinic: Visiting doctor for checkup or consultation
- Electric Shop: Place to purchase or repair the electric product
- Fast Food Restaurant: A small resto that provides all types of fast food.
- Fitness Center: (Gym) It is a place where people go for physical exercise.
- Fire Department: Public organization to help people to prevent fire or stop them.
- Flea Market: Market place to get old and used goods.
- Florist’s Shop: A shop that provides flowers and plants.
- Garment Store: A place to purchase the garment
- Grocery Store: Place for daily needs
- Gym: For exercising
- Hotels: For fun and enjoyment and staying
- Ice Cream Parlor: Place to eat ice cream
- Internet Shop: For internet connections
- Juice Shop: Place to refresh by having juice of different flavors
- Mobile Shop: For purchasing new or repairing
- Pet Clinic: Place to take your pet for consultation and medication
- Pet Shop: For domestic pet care and needs
- Play Ground: To play the sports of your choice
- Railway Station: For travelling to different places
- Restaurants: For fun and having party
- Shoe Shop: A place to purchase shoes for both men and women
- Specs Shop: Place to purchase specs
- Utensils Shop: A place to purchase utensils for home
- Wood Frame Shop: For framing the painting
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