{"id":50733,"date":"2019-09-11T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/aee-1224-is-that-bar-jam-packed-how-to-talk-about-crowded-and-empty-spaces\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:44:38","slug":"aee-1224-is-that-bar-jam-packed-how-to-talk-about-crowded-and-empty-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-1224-is-that-bar-jam-packed-how-to-talk-about-crowded-and-empty-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 1224: Is That Bar Jam Packed? How to Talk About Crowded and Empty Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you been to a place that is really crowded?<\/p>\n

On the other end of it, have you been somewhere that is completely empty?<\/p>\n

Talking about how crowded or empty a place is comes up often in conversation.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to show you how to discuss both extremes, and how they come up in English conversations all the time. <\/p>\n

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Understanding When Something Is Packed<\/strong><\/p>\n

There will be many scenarios that you come across where a place is crowded.<\/p>\n

This means that there are a lot of people, and it tends to be a big part of conversation.<\/p>\n

Many times, you may say crowded to describe a place that is filled with a lot of people.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s another way to say it, and that word is \u201cpacked.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a more unique way to say it was crowded. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to be able to convey the atmosphere, and how many people were in a place. <\/p>\n

It connects you to people because you can plan for these situations, warn people, or simply comment on it when you are together. <\/p>\n

When it comes to planning or just talking to people, you will find that discussing how crowded or packed a place is comes up quite a bit.<\/p>\n

Knowing how to talk about it can be quite helpful since it\u2019s a common source of conversation.<\/p>\n

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Talking Through A Crowded Space<\/strong><\/p>\n

How else can we say a place is crowded or packed?<\/p>\n

Sure you can say that a place is crowded or packed, and that works just fine.<\/p>\n

There are other times though, where you might wish to use a different word or phrase.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of other options when you are trying to describe a crowded space.<\/p>\n