Adjectives Describing Cities
City Vocabulary
Extreme Adjectives
Housing Vocabulary
100

Describe this city.

Busy, crowded, noisy

100

The central part or main business and commercial area of a city.

(In Madrid, this would be Puerta del Sol and the surrounding areas)

City centre

100

Extremely old

Ancient

100

A housing unit that is by itself but is part of a larger building with several units.

Flat/apartment

200

Describe this city

Dirty

200

A building where goods are manufactured or assembled by machine.

Factory

200

Extremely large

Enormous

200

A large building that has several or many apartments.

Block of apartments/flats

300

Describe this city.

Clean, quiet, modern

300

A town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water where ships load or unload.

Port

300

Extremely cold

Freezing

300

A house that is not joined to any other house.

Detached house

400

Describe this city's nightlife.

Lively, crowded

400

A very tall modern building, usually in large cities.

Skyscraper

400

Extremely dirty

Filthy

400

A small house, typically one in the country.

Cottage

500

Describe this city.

(hint: think of the age of the city)

Historic

500

A residential area outside of a city where many families live.

Suburbs

500

Extremely beautiful

Stunning
500

A house built as part of a continuous row in a uniform style.


Terraced house