hall

Everyday

1. A hall is a big room for meetings, concerts, plays or school assemblies. tree →
2. A hall, or hallway, is a passage inside a building, or the space by the front door of a house. tree →
3. Some big buildings are called halls, like a town hall or a hall of residence. tree →
4. A Hall of Fame honours famous people. tree →

In the lessons

A place with seats or people counted, rows of chairs, or a floor with area. In everyday life: school hall, assembly, town hall, sports hall. In safety: do not run in the hall. Phrases: «school hall», «town hall», «down the hall», «hall pass».

Examples

• The hall has 20 rows of 15 chairs. tree →
• 300 people came to the hall. tree →
• The school hall is 30 m long. tree →
• How many seats are empty in the hall? tree →
• We sang at assembly in the hall. tree →
• The bathroom is down the hall on the left. tree →
• Leave your wet boots in the hall. tree →
• You need a hall pass to leave the class. tree →
• The banqueting hall was in tumult. tree →

Note

Rows × chairs per row gives the seats; seats minus people gives the empty seats. Otherwise it is only a place. Homophone: haul (to pull something heavy).