noun · informal
bus stop
UK/ˈbʌs stɒp/US/ˈbʌs stɑːp/BUS STOP
Band 4-5speakingtask1
a place at the side of a road where buses stop for passengers to get on and off
Examples
“I waited at the bus stop for twenty minutes.”
“There’s a bus stop right outside my school.”
“The bus stop is usually crowded in the morning.”
Band 8 sentence
“I usually catch the 8:10 outside the main bus stop because it's the most reliable way to get to the city centre on time.”
Collocations
- wait at the bus stop
- miss the bus stop
- a crowded bus stop
Word family
bus stops noun (plural)
Common mistakes
I waited in the bus stop.→I waited at the bus stop.
There is a bus station near my house.→There is a bus stop near my house.
Say it for a higher band
5bus station→6place where buses stop→7+bus stop
Synonyms
bus station
Easily confused
bus station
“We changed buses at the main bus station.”
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