Living in a British city
 Terraced houses are common housing in British cities. These are rows of similar houses joined next to each other. They usually have two floors, a front garden and a back garden. The local shops are concentrated in a big street called the “High Street”. In the High Street you can find many shops like: The baker’s (to buy some bread and cakes), the greengrocer’s (to buy fruit and vegetables), the bookshop (to buy books), the newsagent’s (for newspapers and magazines), the boutique (for clothes), the chemist’s (for medicines). You can also find facilities like: The bank, the post office, the hairdresser and the police station. If you want to have a break you can stop in a café for a cup of tea! “Corner shops” are also typically British. You can find them in residential areas on the corner of the streets. They sell various kinds of food, newspapers, sweets and tobacco. Here the shopkeepers know their customers personally. Supermarkets are now replacing local shops; some of them are located out of town with a lot of free car parks.
Read the words backwards and find fifteen things you can see in town. N.B.: you can look for the new words in the glossary.
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