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Places in the City – ESL Vocabulary Worksheet Set

Build English vocabulary for places around a city. Students use pictures to identify and label locations such as libraries, fire stations, and aquariums.
Grades
Elementary
Pages
4
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Instant download · Updated Sep 22, 2025

Subject
ELA, ESL, Vocabulary
Topic
Places in the City, ESL Vocabulary
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
L.2.6

Product description

From the author

This kid-friendly worksheet set helps kids to learn new vocabulary about locations in a city.

For example, hospital, house, studio, school, museum, college, aquarium, convenience store, butcher shop, parking lot, beauty shop.

It is suitable for elementary students in flexible grades!

This resource consists of 4 pages of exercises. Word banks are included; a completed answer key is not. It is in a PDF format and can be imported to the GoodNotes app on iPads or tablets.

In these worksheets, each page contains 12 names of locations, which students have to fill in to the right picture labels.

In total, this set contains 48 names of places in a city! Moreover, all elements in these worksheets are well-selected for kids. They are all cute design elements.

Hope they will attract kids' attention very well! Have fun with these worksheets!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify and correctly spell vocabulary words for common city locations from a picture prompt.

  • Build receptive and productive vocabulary for describing places in a city or town.

Teaching tips

  • Introduce the 48 target words as a class before assigning the worksheets, since the picture prompts alone may not clarify unfamiliar buildings for beginner ESL students.

  • Assign the four worksheets across separate lessons (everyday places, civic/transit, recreational, specialty shops) rather than all at once, since each groups a distinct vocabulary theme.

  • Follow up with a speaking activity where students describe what happens at each labeled location.

Skills covered

  • Picture-to-word vocabulary labeling — students view an image of a city location and write its correct English name.

  • City-vocabulary categorization — students build vocabulary across four thematic groups: everyday places, civic/transit, recreational/commercial, and specialty shops.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do students receive word banks?

Yes. Each of the four pages has 12 place names to match to pictures. A completed answer key is not included.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • L.2.6

Core concepts

  • ESL vocabulary

  • City vocabulary

  • Places in the city

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