Clothes and accessories for men, women and babies vocabulary

Men's clothes

1. Suit / suits: Suits can be worn by men a women suit are different to a mans suit.
2. Waistcoat / waistcoats: Are worn with a suit although women tend not to wear them.
3. Long-sleeved shirt / long-sleeved: Shirts Shirts are worn with suits, but also can be worn with trousers or jeans.
4. Short-sleeved shirt / short-sleeved shirts:
5. Tie / ties: Ties are worn with shirts and also when wearing a suit.

Women's clothes

1. dress / dresses: A garment for women and girls, that consists of bodice and skirt in one piece.
2. Blouse / blouses: Worn with a women's suit or with a skirt.
3. Skirt / skirts: Skirts are only from the waist down and can vary in length.
4. Tank-top / tank-tops: A item of clothing that as no arms and has shoulder straps.

Uni-Sex (clothes that can be worn by a man or women)

1. Coat / coats: Coats normally are waist length, but can be as long as ankle length, and are used to protect us from the weather.
2. Jacket / jackets: most jackets are waist length and open down the front.
3. T-shirt / t-shirts: a light garment where the short sleeves, t-shirts get there names as when laid flat look like the letter t.
4. Polo shirt / polo shirts: a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, normally of cotton, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
5. Trouser / trousers: Worn with a shirt or as part of a suit, however they can be worn with a t-shirt as well.
6. Jean / jeans: Normally are a blue colour , but can be most colours and Levis are a popular brand.
7. Short / shorts: Can be knee length or shorter depending on the style.
8. Jumper / jumpers or pullover / pullovers: A garment that is pulled over your head so it can be worn.
9. Cardigan / cardigans: Normally a collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front.
10. sweatshirt / sweatshirts: A garment that is pulled over your head so it can be worn.

Baby clothes

1. Nappy / nappies: Used on babies till they are toilet trained.
2. Baby grows: Covers the whole body and is fastened on the back.
3. Dummy / dummies: To help sooth babies.

HoIiday and leisure clothes

1. swimming trunk / swimming trunks: Can be a pair of shorts or skin tight pair of briefs.
2. bikini / bikinis: A 2 piece costume ladies wear on the beach or swimming.
3. swimsuit / swimsuits / or swimmimg costume / swimmimg costumes: A 1 piece item that covers the body from the neck to the waist.

Underwear men

1. boxers
2. briefs
3. y-fronts
4. vest / vests

Ladies underwear

1. bra / bras
2. knicker / knickers or brief / briefs:
3. tights
4. stockings or suspenders:
5. vest / vests

Shock and disbelief

Expressing shock and disbelief

It is sometimes difficult to say how you feel in unexpected situations, such as natural disasters, bad news .., especially when you feel sad.

Here's a list of some common expressions to help you express

• shock
• and disbelief.

Shock:

I was	shocked to hear… stunned by... taken aback by…
... came as	a complete shock.
I'm in

Examples:

• I was shocked to hear the news.
• I was stunned / taken aback by the news
• I was completely taken aback by his behavior.
• I was just stunned by her clothes.
• The news came as a complete shock.
• We're all in complete shock.

Telling The Time

How to tell the time in English?

There are two common ways of telling the time in English. For 2:40 you can use one of these two ways.

• Digital: the easier way - "Two forty "
• Classical: you say the minutes first then the hour - "twenty to three"

Here are the different ways to ask for and tell the time.

Asking about the time:

What	time is it?
	time do you make it?
	's the time?
Have you got	the right time?

Making Offers

How to make offers in English?

It is common that English speakers make offers in conversations in order to be polite and helpful. When they do so they use these expressions:

Can I… ?

Shall I… ?

Would you like … ?

How about ...?

English learner must be able to make offers as well as accept or reject them. The following are useful expressions to do so.

Making offers:

Can	I	help you?
Shall		get you some juice?
Would you like		a glass of water ?
How about		some pizza?

Examples:

• "Can I help you?"
• "Shall I open the window for you?"
• "Would you like another cup of coffee?"
• "Would you like me to clean the board?"
• "How about a juice? "

Remember:

• Shall, can and will are followed by the verb without to. 
  Example:
  "Can I help you?"
  "Shall I bring you the mobile phone?
• Shall is more formal than can.
• Would you like… is followed either by a noun, or by the verb with to.
  Example:
  "Would you like some tea ?"
  "Would you like to drink some coffee?

Talking About Favorite Things

Talking about favorite things

When you talk about your favorite things you talk about the best liked or most enjoyed things.

Examples:

• "What's your favorite color?" "Green."

Study the dialogue:

Leila is talking to her new friend Cathy:

Leila:	What kind of films do you like best?
Cathy:	Science fiction. And you?
Leila:	Comedy. And who's your favorite actor?
Cathy:	Tom Cruise.
Leila:	I like Robert de Nero most.

Asking about favorite things:

• What's your favorite sport?
• What sport do you like best?
• What sport do you like most?
• What kind of sport do you like best?
• Who's your favorite football player?