Talking About Clothes
ESL Lesson PlansTalking About Clothes

Talking About Clothes

This engaging 45-minute lesson plan is designed for ESL teens and adults at the A1/A2 level. It focuses on developing reading and speaking skills, with students practicing how to express their likes and dislikes about clothes.

Skills

  • Can name an object and indicate its shape and colour.
  • Can state what they like and dislike.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Warm-up. Look at the list of words. Are you familiar with all of them? Discuss them with your teacher. What do you like to wear to school, a birthday party, or a picnic?

1. Shoes 2. Trousers 3. Jeans 4. Shorts 5. Skirt 6. Dress 7. T-shirt 8. Shirt 9. Blouse 10. Sweater 11. Sneakers
2

Read these two blog posts where people share what kind of clothes they like to wear. What other colors do you know?

3

Match the halves from the text to form sentences.

4

Make sentences from these words.

5

Talk about the items of clothing and colors you like or dislike wearing. Use the phrases below to help you.

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