Step 15: Clothes and Colours
What people wear — Clothing vocabulary; adjectives order basics
📖 Read — What Are They Wearing?
Today is a party day. Sophia is wearing a red dress. It is beautiful. Ethan is wearing a white shirt and black trousers. His shoes are new. I am wearing a blue jacket and a green hat. My sister is wearing a yellow skirt. We look great!
🧩 Grammar — Wearing + adjective order (colour last)
To talk about clothes now, use wear in the present continuous: She is wearing a dress. Order of adjectives: size before colour — a big red bag (NOT red big). Colours: red, blue, green, yellow, black, white, brown, pink.
- She is wearing a red dress.
- He is wearing black shoes.
- I am wearing a blue jacket.
- It is a big green bag.
🏗️ Key structures
- She is wearing a + colour + clothes — She is wearing a yellow skirt.
- His/Her + clothes + is/are + colour — His shoes are new.
- a + size + colour + thing — a small black bag
⭐ Idiom & natural phrases
That blue shirt — it suits you!
🔤 New words
clothes for the top of the body, with buttons
He is wearing a white shirt.
one piece of clothing for women/girls
She is wearing a red dress.
clothes for the legs
Black trousers.
things you wear on your feet
His shoes are new.
something you wear on your head
A green hat.
warm clothes for cold days
Wear a coat — it is cold!
clothes from the waist down, for women/girls
A yellow skirt.
short coat
I am wearing a blue jacket.
🎧 Say it with me
She is wearing a red dress, and he is wearing a white shirt.
🎤 Your turn to speak
Describe what you and two family members are wearing now (colour + clothes).
Say it out loud three times. Even better: record it on your phone and listen — your ear is your best teacher.
✍️ Your turn to write
Write 4 sentences about clothes in your family today.
See a model answer
I am wearing a black jacket. My mother is wearing a long blue dress. My brother is wearing white shoes. We look nice.
Self-check: capital letters? Full stops? Did you use the grammar of this step?
📝 Quick check
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