Places Around Town Vocabulary Worksheet

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Places around town 12

bakery The shop to visit for fresh loaves, rolls and pastries. "The bakery on the corner opens before sunrise."
bank Where people keep their money safe or borrow some. "Mom stopped at the bank to put her paycheck in."
hospital A medical building where serious illness is treated. "My sister was born in the hospital across the river."
library Where you borrow books and bring them back later. "We return our books to the library every other Friday."
movie theater A building where an audience pays to watch films. "The movie theater sells popcorn in the lobby."
museum Where things of scientific or artistic value are on view. "Our class saw a dinosaur skeleton at the museum."
pharmacy A store that fills prescriptions and sells medicine. "Dad picked up the cough syrup at the pharmacy."
post office Where people go to send mail and get stamps. "She sent the birthday card from the post office."
restaurant A business that cooks food and serves it at your table. "We ate noodles at a restaurant for Dad's birthday."
square An open space with trees or seats in the center of town. "A band plays in the square on summer evenings."
supermarket A self-service shop with a wide choice of groceries. "We push a cart up and down the supermarket aisles."
train station Where trains stop to let riders get on and off. "Grandpa met us on the platform at the train station."

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Shops and services 12

barbershop Where a barber cuts hair, mostly for men and boys. "Uncle Ray gets a trim at the barbershop every month."
bookstore A shop where you buy books to keep, not borrow. "He spent his gift card at the bookstore."
butcher shop A store whose trade is preparing and selling meat. "The butcher shop wraps each order in white paper."
cafe A small place serving coffee and simple meals or snacks. "They shared a muffin at a cafe near the park."
candy store A shop that mainly sells sweets. "We each chose one treat at the candy store."
car wash Where you pay to get a car cleaned, often by machine. "Brushes spun over the windows at the car wash."
convenience store A small shop open long hours for snacks and basics. "The convenience store on our street stays open past midnight."
department store A large shop split into sections for different goods. "The department store keeps shoes on the second floor."
gas station Where drivers stop to fill their cars with fuel. "Mom pulled into the gas station before the long drive."
hardware store A shop for tools, nails, screws and repair supplies. "The hardware store had the exact bolt we needed."
mall A big covered building with many shops inside. "The mall has three floors and a food court."
newsstand A small street stall that sells newspapers and magazines. "He buys a comic at the newsstand by the bus stop."

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airport Runways and terminals where air travelers come and go. "We reached the airport two hours before the flight."
amusement park A business offering rides and other entertainments. "The amusement park has a new wooden roller coaster."
bowling alley A hall of long lanes where balls are rolled at pins. "Our team rented shoes at the bowling alley."
bus station A main stop where many bus routes meet, begin and finish. "We changed buses at the bus station downtown."
gym A place with machines and weights for exercise. "She lifts weights at the gym before work."
harbor Quiet water along a coast where ships anchor or tie up. "Fishing boats came back to the harbor at sunset."
hotel A place offering rooms and services to paying guests. "Our hotel room was on the ninth floor."
parking lot An open area with marked spaces for leaving cars. "The parking lot was full, so we parked on the street."
stadium A large venue where crowds sit in stands to watch sports. "The stadium roared when the home team scored."
swimming pool A place built and filled with water for people to swim. "The swimming pool has a shallow end for beginners."
theater A hall with seats facing a stage, built for live shows. "The curtain rose late at the theater last night."
zoo A park whose enclosures hold wild animals for visitors. "The giraffes are our favorite stop at the zoo."

How this list was compiled: Word list chosen for this site on 2026-10-12. Each meaning is written in our own words and was checked that day in two dictionaries: the entry for the term in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/), whose text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, and the entry in the Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/). Cafe was read in Wiktionary under café and butcher shop under butchershop; butcher shop was read in the Cambridge Dictionary under butcher's. Two details rest on articles of English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/), whose text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license: the pins of a bowling alley on Bowling and the enclosures of a zoo on Zoo. The answers under the list rest on the articles Movie theater, Pharmacy (shop), Supermarket and Filling station. The sentence in quotation marks after each meaning is our own. Licence: own work

How it works

This places around town vocabulary worksheet is a matching sheet: twelve places on the left, their meanings in another order on the right. Two more sets hold shops and services, then travel and free time.

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Places around town to match: bank, library, bakery

Set opens on Places around town: bank, library, bakery, train station, square, pharmacy, post office, supermarket, hospital, museum, restaurant and movie theater. Shops and services prints bookstore, butcher shop, hardware store, barbershop, candy store, gas station, mall, newsstand, department store, convenience store, car wash and cafe.

Travel and free time places

The third set has hotel, bus station, airport, parking lot, harbor, stadium, zoo, gym, swimming pool, theater, bowling alley and amusement park. Under the tool each place has a sentence that uses it, such as "Grandpa met us on the platform at the train station."

Rooms, furniture and kitchen things are on the ESL house vocabulary worksheet.

Questions and answers

Is it a movie theater or a cinema?

Both words are correct. Movie theater is American English and cinema is Commonwealth English: in English-speaking countries outside North America the place is usually called a cinema.

What is the difference between a pharmacy and a drugstore?

They name the same place. A pharmacy is also called a drugstore in North American English and a chemist in Commonwealth English. It supplies medicines, and other products as well.

What is the difference between a supermarket and a grocery store?

In everyday American English the two words are used for the same store. Elsewhere a supermarket is the larger of the two, with a wider selection, though it is smaller than a hypermarket.

What is a gas station called in British English?

A petrol station; that name is used in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Gas station is the American and Canadian name, and filling station is another word for the same place.

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Places around town to match: bank, library, bakery

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