noun · neutral
street
/striːt/STREET
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a public road in a town or city, typically with buildings along one or both sides.
Examples
“I usually walk down the main street to get to school.”
“They closed the street for the parade.”
“There are many cafés along that narrow street.”
Band 8 sentence
“Many historic cities limit car access by narrowing streets and prioritising pedestrians, which improves safety and the local atmosphere.”
Collocations
- main street
- busy street
- on the street
Word family
street nounstreets noun (plural)streetwise adjective
Common mistakes
I live in Hai Ba Trung street.→I live on Hai Ba Trung Street.
The road to my house is a street.→The road to my house is a road.
Say it for a higher band
5road→6avenue→7+street
Synonyms
road
Easily confused
road
“He drove along the road to the village.”
Related words
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In City & Urban life
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