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City & Directions — A2 English Vocabulary

This A2 vocabulary list gathers 30 elementary English words about city & directions — places in town and finding your way. Every word comes with its British-English pronunciation and a natural example sentence, so you learn each one in real context. When you are ready, open the flashcards to practise and remember them for good.

  1. corner/ˈkɔː.nə/

    “The shop is on the corner of the street.”

  2. pavement/ˈpeɪv.mənt/

    “People walked along the pavement.”

  3. crossroads/ˈkrɒs.rəʊdz/

    “Turn left at the crossroads.”

  4. roundabout/ˈraʊnd.ə.baʊt/

    “Take the second exit at the roundabout.”

  5. direction/dɪˈrek.ʃən/

    “We walked in the wrong direction.”

  6. signpost/ˈsaɪn.pəʊst/

    “The signpost points to the town centre.”

  7. straight/streɪt/

    “Go straight on for two hundred metres.”

  8. left/left/

    “Turn left after the bank.”

  9. right/raɪt/

    “The library is on your right.”

  10. opposite/ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/

    “The café is opposite the cinema.”

  11. between/bɪˈtwiːn/

    “The bank is between the shop and the hotel.”

  12. behind/bɪˈhaɪnd/

    “The car park is behind the station.”

  13. nearby/ˌnɪəˈbaɪ/

    “There is a good restaurant nearby.”

  14. traffic lights/ˈtræf.ɪk ˌlaɪts/

    “Stop at the traffic lights.”

  15. fountain/ˈfaʊn.tɪn/

    “Children play near the fountain.”

  16. area/ˈeə.ri.ə/

    “This is a quiet area of the city.”

  17. centre/ˈsen.tə/

    “We met in the town centre.”

  18. building/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/

    “That tall building is a bank.”

  19. statue/ˈstætʃ.uː/

    “There is a statue in the park.”

  20. subway/ˈsʌb.weɪ/

    “Use the subway to cross under the road.”

  21. lane/leɪn/

    “We drove down a narrow lane.”

  22. path/pɑːθ/

    “Follow the path through the park.”

  23. entrance/ˈen.trəns/

    “Wait for me at the main entrance.”

  24. exit/ˈek.sɪt/

    “The exit is on the left.”

  25. parking/ˈpɑː.kɪŋ/

    “There is free parking near the shops.”

  26. suburb/ˈsʌb.ɜːb/

    “They live in a quiet suburb.”

  27. district/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/

    “This is the oldest district in the city.”

  28. block/blɒk/

    “The hotel is one block away.”

  29. tower/ˈtaʊ.ə/

    “You can see the whole city from the tower.”

  30. avenue/ˈæv.ə.njuː/

    “They live on a wide, tree-lined avenue.”