What are you wearing?
adjectives + clothes
What is this?
It is a shirt.
Describe the shirt.
What color is the shirt?
It is a green shirt.
Green is the word that describes the shirt.
Green is an adjective.
An adjective describes something.
In English the order is: adjective + noun
A noun is the name of something,
in this case the name of an item of clothing.
Let's look at more basic adjectives with clothes.
This is a coat and this is a coat.
Are they different?
Yes.
This is a green coat.
This is a blue coat.
Green and blue are adjectives.
They give more information about the coats.
They describe the coats.
What are these?
They are T-shirts.
Are they different?
Yes.
This is a white T-shirt.
This is a purple T-shirt.
White and purple are adjectives.
You can describe clothes with more than just colors.
We can use other adjectives.
For example, describe these shoes.
This time I am NOT interested in the color.
They are small shoes.
Describe these shoes.
Remember, I'm not interested in the color.
They are smelly shoes.
Do you have smelly shoes?
Look at these.
These are called trousers in British English
and pants in American English.
Describe these trousers or pants.
The first picture,
they are tight trousers or tight pants.
The second picture,
they are loose trousers or loose pants.
Tight is the opposite of loose.
Tight and loose are adjectives.
We have adjectives + clothes.
Now we need to make complete sentences.
We do this with To Be + wearing and then the clothes.
For example,
I am wearing... what?
I am wearing a black suit.
And this person, what is he wearing?
Name two things he is wearing.
He is wearing a blue shirt
and brown pants or brown trousers.
And this girl, what is she wearing?
Name three things she is wearing.
She is wearing a yellow shirt,
an orange skirt
and pink socks.
Did you notice the questions?
I said... What is he wearing?
What is she wearing?
This is how I asked what another person is wearing.
And I answered with ...
He is wearing ...
and she is wearing ...
You can also include other forms of TO BE such as
What are they wearing?
They are wearing...
Look at this question.
What are you wearing?
If someone asks you this,
they're interested in you and your clothes, so you can answer:
I am wearing...
and then the clothes.
Answer these questions:
What am I wearing?
You are wearing an orange shirt,
green trousers or green pants
and brown shoes.
What are you wearing?
I'm wearing a light blue shirt,
a purple suit,
a yellow tie
and brown shoes.
What is she wearing?
She is wearing an orange shirt,
a pink dress,
pink socks
and black shoes.
What is he wearing?
He is wearing a brown hat,
a yellow scarf,
a green hoodie,
dark blue sweatpants
and red sneakers or red trainers.
What is your mother wearing?
She is wearing earrings,
a bracelet,
a yellow t-shirt that says number one mum,
a blue skirt
and dark blue shoes.
What is John wearing?
He is wearing a brown hat,
it's a brown cowboy hat,
a red scarf,
a green shirt,
blue jeans,
brown boots,
and a brown belt with a gold buckle.
That metal thing is called a buckle.
What are you wearing right now?
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