NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________

QUIZ: PLACES AROUND TOWN

 Answer these fourteen questions to score your vocabulary knowledge.

1. Which of the following things can 8. Which of the following things can
a ‘barbershop’ help you cut? you wash at a ‘laundromat’?
a) flowers a) your dirty dishes
b) paper b) your car
c) hair c) your clothes
d) a tree d) your cat

2. When do most people go to a 9. Which of the following can you

‘clinic’? probably find in a ‘pet shop’?
a) when they feel hungry a) a cat
b) when they feel sick b) a cow
c) when they feel bored c) a dinosaur
d) when they feel lonely d) an elephant

3. In which of the following places 10. Which of the following things

can you find a ‘crosswalk’? can you buy at a ‘pharmacy’?
a) at an intersection a) medicine
b) in a gym b) food
c) in a laundromat c) books
d) in a supermarket d) clothes

4. What kind of people will you always 11. You can find a car in a garage.
find at a ‘department store’? What can you find in a ‘port’?
a) children a) an airplane
b) doctors b) a boat
c) teachers c) a train
d) salespeople d) a bicycle

5. What do people usually do at a 12. Which of the following things can

‘factory’? you find at a ‘post office’?
a) sell things a) newspapers
b) buy things b) pictures
c) make things c) books
d) break things d) letters

6. What do people usually do when 13. What do people often do at a

they go to a ‘gym’? ‘stadium’?
a) eat a) get on a train
b) exercise b) watch a movie
c) sleep c) buy apples
d) study d) play baseball

7. What should you do if you want to 14. Which of the following things can
go to ‘prison’? you find in a ‘subway’?
a) steal something a) a train
b) find something b) a movie
c) study something c) an apple
d) fix something d) a baseball

13 – 14 = Excellent 11 – 12 = Good 9 – 10 = Study More!

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VOCABULARY QUIZ Places around Town
Aims Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal assessment
Level Intermediate
Time Approximately 10 minutes

ANSWER KEY My Notes

1. C 8. C
2. B 9. A
3. A 10. A
4. D 11. B
5. C 12. D
6. B 13. D
7. A 14. A

Grades
as percentages
14 / 14 = 100 %
13 / 14 = 93
12 / 14 = 86
11 / 14 = 79
10 / 14 = 71
9 / 14 = 64
8 / 14 = 57
7 / 14 = 50
6 / 14 = 43
5 / 14 = 36
4 / 14 = 29
3 / 14 = 21
2 / 14 = 14
1 / 14 = 7
0 / 14 = 0 %

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