HOME   How Do You Like the Neighborhood? The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)   Go to the Resources Page for This Unit KEY VOCABULARY Nouns Neighborhood/Community places apartment (building) aquarium bank barber shop bookstore cafe coffee shop dance club drugstore gas station grocery store hotel laundromat library (science) museum park pay phone post office shopping center stationery store street travel agency Other air bedroom book card crime dining room idea kitchen living room ocean paper (= stationery) pollution public transportation suburbs traffic unemployment water Adjectives busy clean close convenient important low near quiet safe Verbs borrow dry happen make (a reservation) move in trade (places) wash Adverbs downtown nearby Prepositions in (the shopping center/     your neighborhood) on (Pine Street/Third Avenue) Interjections by the way in fact of course Back to Top EXPRESSIONS Asking for and giving locations Is there a/an . . . around here?     Yes, there is. There's one . . . .     No, there isn't, but there's one . . . .     Sorry, I don't know. Are there any . . . near here?     Yes, there are. There are some . . . .     No, there aren't, but there are some . . . .     I'm not sure, but I think . . . . Complaining That's the trouble. Asking about quantities How much . . . is there?     There's a lot/a little/none.     There isn't much/any. How many . . . are there?     There are a lot/a few/none.     There aren't many/any. Giving opinions I bet . . . . Back to Top

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