Describing Clothing - Estrella Mountain



Describing Clothing

What are you wearing?

What do you usually wear?

1. Use the verb wear for clothing you have on your body.

2. Use the present progressive tense to describe what clothing you have on right now, at this moment:

I am wearing a shirt, jeans, and shoes.

She is wearing a blouse, skirt, sandals, and a necklace.

He is wearing a shirt, pants, boots, and a watch.

They are wearing T-shirts and shorts.

3. Use the simple present tense to describe what clothing you usually or frequently have on.

I wear a skirt and blouse when I go to work.

She wears a dress when she goes to church.

He wears jeans and a T-shirt to school.

They wear shorts, tank tops, and sandals in the summer.

4. If you include an adjective to describe the clothing color, pattern, or style, put it before the clothing noun, not after it.

My daughter is wearing a red blouse and dark blue jeans.

My son is wearing a short-sleeved shirt and black pants.

That woman is wearing a striped blouse and a long skirt.

Diane always wears a gold necklace.

She never wears high-heeled shoes.

5. Make sure to use the article a or an with a singular countable noun.

That student is wearing a jacket.

Ann always wears an orange sweater.

Do not use a or an with a plural noun.

John is wearing jeans.

Susan usually wears glasses.

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