Shopping for Clothes: Clothes & Sizes (A2 Vocabulary)

Four more things to wear: a sweater, jeans, a coat and a skirt. jeans always ends in -s: these jeans.

Clothes

• Try it: Maya: What's in the bag? Diego: A ___. Do you like it? Look at the picture. Choose what Diego says. (skirt / sweater / coat) Answer: sweater — A knitted sweater with sleeves comes out of the bag.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
sweater		My grandmother made this sweater.
jeans		These jeans are old, but I love them.
coat		It's snowing. Take a coat.
skirt		I'm wearing my long black skirt tonight.

Sizes

Clothes come in sizes: small, medium and large.

• Try it: Seller: What ___ do you need? Maya: Large, please. Choose what the seller says. (color / time / size) Answer: size — Large is a size.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
size		This T-shirt comes in three sizes.
small		A small, please.
medium		I'm usually a medium.
large		The large is on the top shelf.

Trying it on

Ask Can I try it on? when you want to wear it in the store before you buy it. You try it on in the fitting room. It fits when it is the right size.

• Try it: Maya: I love this skirt. ___ Seller: Sure. The fitting room is over there. Choose Maya's question. (Does it fit? / Can I try it on? / What size is it?) Answer: Can I try it on? — The seller says Sure and tells her where the fitting room is, so Maya's question is Can I try it on?

Word	Pronunciation	Example
try it on		Can I try it on before I buy it?
fitting room		There's a mirror in the fitting room.
fit		My old shoes don't fit now.