Places vocabulary PDFs
and teaching ideas for names of places, adjectives for describing places, etc.
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Describing places index pages
Household vocabulary section/ Describing house and home section
Country and nationality words page
Describing places vocabulary lists
British and American house and home vocabulary list – the third list here
British and American describing places vocabulary list – the fourth list here
List of describing places opposites (near the end of this article)
The answer key to brainstorming useful language for describing places FCE version
Photocopiable describing places classroom activities
and see the links above for PDFs on household vocab and names of countries
Urban development speaking – NEW
Urban regeneration discussion – NEW
Describing places with can and can’t games
Describing places with like and be like guessing game
Accommodation vocabulary things in common
Accommodation vocabulary discussion questions
Determiners in names of places speaking activities
Brainstorming language for describing places IELTS version (in this penny a page e-book)
There is & there are guess the place
What places used to be called trivia quiz (used to and names of places)
Telling the time flashcard memory games (with morning routines, evening routines, places around town, school subjects and weather vocabulary)
Present Continuous and places guessing game
Recommendations and invitations for foreign visitors review (with lots of vocabulary of places)
Giving directions free and controlled speaking (with lots of vocabulary of places)
Travel plans bluffing game (describing places and future tenses)
Comparing places Comparatives random pelmanism card game
Guess the place speculating practice (modals of deduction and articles with place names)
Places and directions design a town (fun game with lots of useful names of places vocab)
Describing places adjective word order
Comparing places comparative adjectives practice
Desires in different places (“want to” and names of different places)
Brainstorming useful language for describing places FCE version
Similarities and differences between words for describing places
Compare and contrast the places (difficult country and city names and comparing contrasting)
B2 First Speaking Parts One and Four on places
Describing places the language of trends (with trends language presented in context)
Places discussion questions and vocabulary brainstorming
Describing your city similarities and differences
Describing places vocabulary and speaking
IELTS Speaking Part One on accommodation
IELTS Speaking Part One on hometown
IELTS Speaking Part Two on people, places, actions, things and times and useful vocabulary for those tasks
Related pages
IELTS Writing Task One maps tasks page (for describing maps tasks)
Updated 15 June 2026
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