What are you wearing? — ready-made English lesson, A1

Lesson goal: Students can describe clothes and colours using I'm wearing… and colour + noun.

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Lesson plan

1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- What colour is your favourite T-shirt?
- What do you wear at the weekend?
- Do you like jeans?
2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
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shirt · T-shirt · dress · skirt · trousers · jeans · jacket · shoes · hat · red · blue · green · yellow · black · white
All words in the set
3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
1. Multiple choice
  She has a ___.
  dress redred dressreds dress
2. Multiple choice
  Today I ___ wearing blue jeans.
  amisare
3. Multiple choice
  These trousers ___ too long.
  isaream
4. Multiple choice
  My new ___ are black.
  shoeshoeshat
5. Fill the gap
  He is ___ a white shirt and a black jacket.
  Answer: wearing
6. Fill the gap
  It's cold. Put on your ___.
  Answer: jacket / hat
7. Fill the gap
  Snow is white and grass is ___.
  Answer: green
8. True / false
  Read: "Today is Saturday, so I'm not wearing my school clothes. I'm wearing old jeans, a yellow T-shirt and white shoes. My sister is wearing a long blue dress because she is going to a party." The writer is wearing a white T-shirt.
  Answer: False
9. True / false
  Read: "Today is Saturday, so I'm not wearing my school clothes. I'm wearing old jeans, a yellow T-shirt and white shoes. My sister is wearing a long blue dress because she is going to a party." The writer's sister is wearing a dress.
  Answer: True
10. Discussion question
  What are you wearing today? Name the clothes and colours.
  Sample answer: I'm wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt and black shoes.
4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- What clothes do you wear to school or work?
- What is your favourite colour?
- Do you like shopping for clothes?
- What do you wear on a hot day?
5
Review
A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.
Quiz

Lesson plan

Warm-up

Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.

What colour is your favourite T-shirt?
What do you wear at the weekend?
Do you like jeans?

New words

Meet the words and practise them in games.

FlashcardsAirplane

shirt · T-shirt · dress · skirt · trousers · jeans · jacket · shoes · hat · red · blue · green · yellow · black · white

All words in the set

Exercises

The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.

Multiple choice
She has a ___.
dress redred dressreds dress
Multiple choice
Today I ___ wearing blue jeans.
amisare
Multiple choice
These trousers ___ too long.
isaream
Multiple choice
My new ___ are black.
shoeshoeshat
Fill the gap
He is ___ a white shirt and a black jacket.
Answer: wearing
Fill the gap
It's cold. Put on your ___.
Answer: jacket / hat
Fill the gap
Snow is white and grass is ___.
Answer: green
True / false
Read: "Today is Saturday, so I'm not wearing my school clothes. I'm wearing old jeans, a yellow T-shirt and white shoes. My sister is wearing a long blue dress because she is going to a party." The writer is wearing a white T-shirt.
Answer: False
True / false
Read: "Today is Saturday, so I'm not wearing my school clothes. I'm wearing old jeans, a yellow T-shirt and white shoes. My sister is wearing a long blue dress because she is going to a party." The writer's sister is wearing a dress.
Answer: True
Discussion question
What are you wearing today? Name the clothes and colours.
Sample answer: I'm wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt and black shoes.

Speaking

The student answers using the new words.

What clothes do you wear to school or work?
What is your favourite colour?
Do you like shopping for clothes?
What do you wear on a hot day?

Review

A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.

Quiz