· 5 lists · 160 words

Town, transport and travel

Places in town, transport, asking the way, hotels, and sightseeing.

What holds these lists together

Getting around India means trains, buses, autorickshaws and a great deal of asking: स्टेशन कहाँ है? is answered with सीधे जाइए, बाएँ मुड़िए and a landmark rather than a street name. The postpositions do most of the work — के पास, के सामने, के पीछे — and English loanwords stand beside Hindi ones: a टिकट is bought at a खिड़की. The lists go from the places in a town to booking a room and to seeing the sights, with the forts, temples and ghats that make up a journey.

The five lists

A1Places in townThe market, the bank and the post office, temples, mosques and gurdwaras, and the lane you live in.35 words A1Getting aroundBuses, trains and autos, stations and airports, and getting on and off.25 words A2Directions and the roadLeft and right, turning and crossing, traffic, petrol and getting lost.30 words A2Travel and the hotelBooking and checking in, passports and forms, flights, and complaining when the air conditioning does not work.30 words B1Travel and sightseeingForts, palaces, museums, pilgrim towns and the words for getting round them.40 words

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.

Level	Words	Share
A1	58	36 %
A2	61	38 %
B1	41	26 %

Practise this category

Multiple choice and gaps, across all five lists and all 160 words. Whatever you get wrong comes back tomorrow.