CLOTHING & FASHION

Warm Up Questions

1 How often do you go shopping for clothes?

2 Do you prefer to go to the store or shop online?

3 What colors best suit you?

4 Do you like to buy brand names? Why or why not?

5 What’s your favorite store?

6 Do like to pay by cash or by credit card?

Watch, read or listen!

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Listening Questions

Watch the YouTube video and answer the following questions.

1 What does Jeff Bannon do?

2 Why do his customers like him?

3 How many people did he help today?

4 What does Anne need clothes for?

5 What did Anne buy?

6 What did Luke buy?

7 What does Karen need clothes for?

8 What did Karen buy?

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Speaking Activity

Use the illustrations to talk about the passage, clothing, and fashion.

Word Bank

belt | bikini | buy | choose | clothes | customer | dress

grey | handbag | high-heeled | holiday | job interview
later | loose | new | sandals | shirt | shoe | shop
skirt | smart | suit | sunglasses

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MATCHING

Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

1 choose (v) A something you must or should have

2 help (v) B to get something by paying money for it

3 need (v) C to decide what you want from two or more things

4 job interview (n) D fashionable; elegant

5 loose (adj) E a meeting which someone is asked questions to

check if they are a good match for a job

6 buy (v) F a person who buys goods or services from a shop

or business

7 smart suit (adj) G to make it easy or possible for someone to do

something

8 customer (n) H not tight

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SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Put the following sentences in the correct order.

1. town | a | Jeff Bannon | clothes | owns | the | in | center | . | shop

2. because | he | him | clothes | which | customers | them | buy | . | like | Jeff’s | to | helps |
choose

3. wedding | . | needed | clothes | Anne | for | a

4. also | bought | new | She | handbag | . | a

5. interview | . | job | for | clothes | a | Luke | needed

6. for | the | holiday | in | Karen | her | clothes | needed | Maldives

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MISSING WORDS

Watch the video or listen to the audio again and complete the sentences.

Jeff Bannon owns a ……………………………….1 in the town center.

Jeff’s customers like him because he ……………………….2 them choose

which clothes to buy. Today he has helped lots of …………………………….3

First, he helped Anne. Anne …………………………….4 clothes for a wedding, so she

bought a new dress, some high-heeled shoes, and a hat. She also bought a ……………….5

handbag.

Later, he helped Luke. Luke needed clothes for a job ……………………………….6, so he

bought a smart gray suit, a shirt, and some dress shoes. He also bought a new belt.

After that, he helped Karen. Karen needed clothes for her holiday in the Maldives, so she

bought a new bikini, some …………………………….7 skirts, and some sandals. She also

………………………….8 some new sunglasses.

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Transcripts

Jeff Bannon owns a clothes shop in the town center. Jeff’s customers like him because he

helps them choose which clothes to buy. Today he has helped lots of customers.

First, he helped Anne. Anne needed clothes for a wedding, so she bought a new dress,

some high-heeled shoes, and a hat. She also bought a new handbag.

Later, he helped Luke. Luke needed clothes for a job interview, so he bought a smart gray

suit, a shirt, and some dress shoes. He also bought a new belt.

After that, he helped Karen. Karen needed clothes for her holiday in the Maldives, so she

bought a new bikini, some loose skirts, and some sandals. She also bought some new

sunglasses.

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Answer Key

Listening
1. He owns a clothing shop.

2. he helps them choose clothes

3. three

4. a wedding

5. dress, shoes, hat, handbag

6. gray suit, shirt and dress shoes, belt

7. her holiday

8. bikini, skirts, sandals, sunglasses

Matching
1. C 2. G 3. A 4. E 5. H 6. B 7. D 8. F

Sentence Structure

1. Jeff Bannon owns a clothes shop in the town center.

2. Jeff’s customers like him because he helps them choose which clothes to buy.

3. Anne needed clothes for a wedding.

4. She also bought a new handbag.

5. Luke needed clothes for a job interview.

6. Karen needed clothes for her holiday in the Maldives

Missing Words

1. clothes shop 2. helps 3. customers 4. needed 5. new 6. interview 7. loose 8. bought

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