Describing Clothes, Describing People

Week 6^th – 8^th May

Here we are, again!

This week we went on (continue) talking about clothes.

Clothes you wear on your top half:

Anorak, cardigan, sweater, shirt, vest, T-shirt, can you name more?

Clothes you wear on your bottom half:

Trousers, shorts, jeans, swimming trunks, leggings, can you remember more?

Clothes you wear on your top and bottom half:

Coat, dress, suit, do you know more?

What you wear on your feet:

Shoes, sandals, trainers, boots, can you tell me more?

We read an interesting text about some traditional clothes in the U.K.

Did you know that the name of “cardigan” for the woollen short coat with buttons came from a soldier -Lord Cardigan -, who led the soldiers at the battle of Balaclava. And the name of the battle - balaclava - is the name of a woollen hat that covers head and neck. Also, “wellingtons”-wellies, in short- got their name after another soldier, Wellington. They are rubber boots used for the rain or to work in the garden.

We also learnt the name of the typical hat, bowler hat and apron, slippers and vest.

The old lady is wearing an apron, a cardigan, a skirt, a sweater and slippers. She is carrying a cup of tea in her hand.

The old man is wearing a suit, a vest, a striped tie, a white shirt, a black hat, black shoes and black socks. He is carrying an umbrella and a newspaper.

We also talked about personality and appearance.

Remember:

To be like / look like

    ·            What does your father look like?

He’s tall and slim. He’s got short wavy grey hair and green eyes.

    ·            What is he like?

He’s funny and outgoing. He’s sociable and very talkative. But he’s a little mean when you ask him for money!

Look like a…/ like

 ·               She looks about thirty. / You look tired. / He looks American.

 ·               They look like top models. / He looks like an old man. / He looks like a teacher.

Summing up:

Look like, for physical description.

Be + like, for personality and physical description. Also to describe things in general or giving a general opinion on something. (What’s the food like)

Adjectives

We revised the different uses of “can”.

Ability. Can you play the piano?  I can’t speak Russian.

Requests. Can you help us, please? Can you pass me the salt?

Permission. Can I go to the toilet, please? Can I close the door?

Prohibition. You can’t take photos in here. You can’t park outside the building.

And we finished the week doing a pair activity. We had to find ten differences in the pictures. We only found three so we’ll continue tomorrow!

Yes, tomorrow. Remember that we changed the class on Tuesday 13^th for Monday 12^th!

See you tomorrow!