When your hair is too long, you get a haircut. At a repair shop, people fix things for you.
Hair and repairs
Try it: Woman: Your hair is so short now! Man: Yes, I got a ___ yesterday. Choose what the man says. (library card / haircut / package) Answer: haircut — His hair is short now, so he got a haircut.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
haircut
Your haircut looks great!
repair shop
There's a repair shop near the bank.
Clean clothes
At a laundromat, you wash your own clothes in big machines. At a dry cleaner, people clean your good clothes for you.
Try it: Man: Where do you wash your clothes? Woman: At the ___ next to the pizza place. I go every Sunday. Choose what the woman says. (dry cleaner / repair shop / laundromat) Answer: laundromat — She washes her own clothes there, so she goes to the laundromat.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
dry cleaner
My best shirt is at the dry cleaner.
laundromat
There's a laundromat on my street.
At the library
With a library card, you can borrow books and take them home. The day you have to take them back is the day they are due back.
Try it: Yasmin: How long can I keep these books? Lars: They're ___ in three weeks. Choose what Lars says. (due back / borrow / open) Answer: due back — She has to return them in three weeks, so they are due back then.