Reading - People Matching

City Safety and Emergency Situations

This pack teaches vocabulary for staying safe in a city. You learn words for police, accidents, lost property, and reporting something stolen. It includes phrases for calling emergency services and describing people or places clearly. There are short listening-style scripts you can read aloud, and a checklist of what to say if you need help quickly. It is useful for travellers, but it is not designed for work in cafés, writing reviews of cultural events, or renting a flat. It also has very little vocabulary about architecture or public transport.

Shopping Streets and Bargains

This pack focuses on shopping in the city. You learn vocabulary for clothes, sizes, changing rooms, and asking for a refund. There are also phrases for markets and special offers, plus a short section on online shopping and deliveries. It includes role-plays for talking to shop assistants and comparing prices. However, it does not cover public transport, renting a flat, or cultural events in detail. It is best for learners who mainly want shopping vocabulary and want to practise buying things in busy areas like high streets and malls.

Culture in the City: Events and Reviews

If you enjoy city culture, this pack will help you talk about what you see and hear. It includes vocabulary for museums, galleries, theatres, concerts, and festivals. You also learn common adjectives for opinions, such as “moving,” “boring,” “creative,” and “well-organised,” plus phrases to recommend something to a friend. Each unit has a short text about an event, followed by a simple writing task where you write a short review (80–100 words). The focus is on describing experiences, not on transport or shopping, so it suits people who mainly want cultural language.

Renting a Flat: Home and Neighbourhood Words

This vocabulary pack is for people who need English for renting and living in a city flat. You learn words from adverts (deposit, bills included, furnished), rooms and furniture (studio, wardrobe, cooker), and questions to ask during a viewing. There are also useful phrases for speaking to a landlord and for reporting problems like a leaking tap, broken heating, or noisy neighbours. The final part teaches short, polite email messages, such as asking to visit the flat or requesting a repair. Practice tasks include filling in forms and writing simple emails with model answers.

Getting Around Town: Directions and Transport

This vocabulary pack is for people who want to move around a city with confidence. You learn words for places (station, bridge, corner), public transport (bus stop, ticket machine, platform), and common direction phrases like “Go straight on” and “Turn left at the traffic lights.” Each unit has a short map-reading task and a mini dialogue for asking strangers for help. There are quick exercises, and the answers are on the next page so you can check immediately. At the end, there is a list of useful questions you can practise aloud, such as asking where the nearest supermarket or bank is.

City Café English: Serving Customers

This pack is made for people working in cafés, snack bars, or small restaurants. It teaches polite phrases for greeting customers, taking orders, and offering choices: “Would you like anything else?” and “For here or to take away?” There is also clear vocabulary for prices, discounts, cash, and card payments, plus how to explain a receipt. One section focuses on problems and complaints, for example when an order is wrong or a drink is too cold. Every page includes a short, realistic dialogue, so you can copy the sentences and use them at work the same day.

Fitness and Sports in the City

This pack is for people who want to talk about sport and staying healthy in a city. You learn words for gyms, classes, and equipment, and phrases for joining a club or booking a session. There are short reading texts about city sports centres and running groups. It also includes vocabulary for healthy food and simple advice like “warm up” and “drink enough water.” The focus is not on directions, renting, or customer service, and there are no model emails. It suits learners who want sport language more than everyday city situations.

City Architecture Talk: Describe What You See

This pack is for learners who love walking around and noticing buildings. It teaches vocabulary for streets and public spaces (square, alley, pavement), and building types (skyscraper, cathedral, office block). It also includes words to compare styles, like modern, traditional, and historic, and simple ways to talk about materials such as glass, stone, and brick. Each unit finishes with a short speaking task: you look at a photo and record yourself describing it for one minute. It is more about describing places than about buying tickets or using buses.