Clothes, Fashion and Shopping
1. Types of Clothes
- Upper body : T-shirt, shirt, blouse, sweater, jacket, coat, hoodie, suit, dress, blazer
- Lower body : trousers/pants, jeans, shorts, skirt, leggings, suit trousers
- Footwear : shoes, trainers, boots, sandals, high heels, slippers
- Accessories : hat, scarf, gloves, belt, bag, watch, sunglasses, jewellery, necklace, earrings
- Traditional : djellaba, caftan, burnous, gandoura (for Algeria)
2. Shopping Vocabulary
- shop / store, boutique, department store, market, shopping mall, online shop
- customer, shop assistant, cashier, fitting room, cash desk, receipt
- price, discount, sale, bargain, offer, buy one get one free, refund, exchange
- Phrases : How much is/are…? Can I try this on? Do you have this in a smaller size? I’ll take it.
3. Describing Clothes
- Materials : cotton, wool, silk, leather, polyester, denim, linen, lace
- Patterns : striped, checked, plain, floral, polka dot, printed
- Adjectives : tight, loose, comfortable, elegant, casual, formal, trendy, old-fashioned
4. Exercises
Exercise : Complete.
- I need to buy a new _______ for the party (une robe).
- This shirt is made of 100% _______ (coton).
- Can I _______ (essayer) this jacket on?
- There’s a big _______ (soldes) at the mall this week.
Answer Key
1. dress · 2. cotton · 3. try · 4. sale
See also Food Vocabulary and Travel Vocabulary.
مدونة التربية و التعليم في الجزائر – دروس، فروض، نتائج امتحانات مدونة التربية والتعليم في الجزائر | تحضير الدروس، فروض واختبارات، نتائج البكالوريا وBEM، مسابقات التوظيف، والتوجيه المدرسي للطلاب وأولياء الأمور.