Around town

What's the difference between a 'crossing' and a 'crossroads'? Do these exercises to help learn words for the things around your town and find out.

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Submitted by keka40 on Thu, 05/03/2026 - 04:46

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Things I can see near my home are traffic lights, crossing, pavements, corners, road and street lights.

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Submitted by swinsou on Sun, 15/02/2026 - 23:35

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Near my home, there are many facilities and public places. For example, there is a basketball court, a supermarket, a hospital, several pharmacies, and a gym. There are also a number of schools, a police station, and a gas station. In addition, you can find banks, restaurants, clothes shops, a church, and a mosque.

Overall, my neighborhood is well-equipped and provides easy access to essential services and recreational facilities.

Submitted by Besriaty Simanullang on Thu, 05/02/2026 - 14:40

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  • Every weekend, the local government holds a food festival at the town square.
  • A signpost at the street corner is very helpful because it help us not to get lost.
  • My city is not very friendly to pedestrians because the pavements are in bad condition
     
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Submitted by abukhater on Sat, 31/01/2026 - 05:42

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Where I live, I am close to the main road. When I go to work, after I leave my house, I wait at the traffic lights until they turn green for pedestrians, then I cross the road at the crossing. After that, I wait for the bus stop. 

When I return home, sometimes I am late, and there is no bus available. In that case, I look for a signpost showing the taxi stop, and I usually wait on the pavement for a taxi. 

Submitted by Safe_Mode on Mon, 26/01/2026 - 06:19

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Do we use 'crossroads' as a plural only? What if we need to talk about several crossroads?

Hello Safe_Mode,

Crossroads can be used as a singular or plural form:

This crossroads is really badly designed and causes a lot of traffic congestion.

There are three crossroads on the route. Turn left at the last one.

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by Safe_Mode on Mon, 26/01/2026 - 06:15

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The crossroads with traffic lights and crossings are located right near my home. There're pavements and street lights along the road and a bit further there is a bus stop.

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Submitted by Hay_Mar_Lwin on Sat, 24/01/2026 - 07:47

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Me and my friends are often spent out leisure time in our people square. Every Friday night, there are a lot of light festivals in square area and many people are enjoying this.

Submitted by yuzu on Tue, 11/11/2025 - 05:05

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This is the way i go from my home to train station. In front of my home, there is a roads with so many cars and motorbikes.So, i passtrough the crossings and walk straight to the train station beside the railway.Sometime, i have to wait the train traffic light beacuse the train station is on the other side of the road.

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