Crowded places and people

The idea

Crowded describes a place with many people and little room. Use crowded with to say who fills it.

Examples

• The market gets crowded after lunch.
• We left the crowded beach before sunset.
• The train was crowded with commuters.
• A crowded café can be noisy.
• The entrance became crowded during the rain.
• Is the museum crowded on Sundays?

Watch out

A place can be crowded without being noisy; the word describes the number of people, not the sound.

Try it yourself

1. Choose the correct option. The bus is full of passengers; it is ___. (crowded / empty)

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   crowded

   Crowded fits a bus full of passengers.

2. Choose the correct option. The hall was crowded ___ visitors. (with / at)

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   with

   With introduces the people filling the hall.

3. Choose the correct option. We walked along a ___ street full of people. (crowded / crowd)

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   crowded

   Crowded comes before the noun street.

Use it today

Describe a place that gets crowded and say when.