Here are some of the facilities that you are likely to find in cities. Complete the chart putting each of them in the right category.

Swimming pool theatre school restaurant bus stop health centre

Department store opera house night club sports centre college hotel

Job centre taxi rank university concert hall football pitch chemist’s

Radio station library skating ring disco police station art gallery

radio station law courts hairdresser’s bowling hall airport

1. Which of these facilities does your city have?

2. Name three most important facilities for you in each of the categories listed. 3. Explain your choice.

4. Which of these facilities would your ideal city have?

13. Complete the crossword “Buildings and Places We Live and Work”

Across

1 A very big and old church. (9)

4 You go there to watch football and other games (7)

7 For example: the Thames, the Nile, the Amazon, etc.(5)

8 You should use it if you want to get from one side of the street to another. (8)

10 You use it if you are in a tall building and you don't want to climb the stairs. (4)

11 You go there to buy things.(4)

12 You use it if you want to get out of a building. (4)

13 You go there if you want to watch a play. (7)

16 You go there to see very old, valuable and interesting things. (6)

17 People go there when they are seriously ill.(8)

19 You go there to have a meal. When you are on holiday or when you don't fancy cooking. (10)

21 A big and old building with high walls around it. Kings and lords used to live in them. (6)

24 You use it to get into a building. (8)

28 It's a place where people grow things like wheat, corn or potatoes and keep animals like cows, pigs or sheep. (4)

29 A place in a city where you can see wild animals and they won't hurt you. (3)

30 It's a place where people work – usually sitting at their desks and using computers. (6)

31 You go there to buy a newspaper. (9)

32 People live there but it's smaller than a house. (9)

33 A place in a city where you can go for a walk among the trees, sit on a bench and relax. Sometimes you can also play tennis there.(4)

34 People go there in the evenings to dance and have a nice time. (4)

35 It has walls, windows, doors, and a roof. (8)

36It's like a town but much smaller. (7)

Down

1 For example London, New York, Birmingham, Paris. (4)

2 You book a room there when you are on holiday. (5)

3 This is a place where your can borrow books from for free. (7)

5 You go there to catch a plane. (7)

6 They keep your money safe. (4)

9 For example: Tesco, Asda, Walmart. (11)

11 You go there to catch a train. (7)

14 Cars and buses use them to travel from one place to another. There are usually pavements on either side of them for people to walk on. (6)

15 People go there to pray. (6)

18 You go there to watch a movie. (6)

20 It is like a city but smaller. (4)

22 Children go there to learn. (6)

23 Young people go there to study. (7)

25 A type of a road, where traffic goes in a circle (10)

26 A place where two roads cross. (10)

27 An apartment. (4)

28 It's a place where people work producing (making) things. (7)

34 You can go there and have a fried breakfast and a cup of tea. (4)