Fashion - Vocabulary Activity Sheet

In Fashion Or Behind The Times

Look at these expressions. Make sure that you understand them. If necessary use a dictionary to look them up. Then try to put them into the sentences below.

Role Model / Sensible / Way out / Up to date / Out of fashion /
Fashion Conscious / Conservative / Fashion Victim

  1. Some people throw away their old clothes when they have gone ___________ but I continue to wear mine until they fall apart.
  2. I would like to try having a ____________ hair-style and getting my ears and nose pierced but if I do, I'll probably lose my job.
  3. Company uniforms are always too ___________ . I think they should be more brightly colored and should change with the fashions.
  4. I have never looked up to a _____________ and copied the clothes he / she wears. I wear what I want because I like it, so I don't need an example to follow.
  5. When I was a teenager, I was a real ____________ , buying new clothes every time the fashions changed and spending large amounts of money on them.
  6. You have to read at least one fashion magazine every week if you want to keep ______________ .
  7. When I go on a picnic, I wear ______________ shoes and leave my fashion footwear at home.
  8. I wish my parents were more _______________ . They are very kind and often buy me presents, but when they buy me clothes, they are always so unfashionable.

Do you agree with these sentences? Discuss your ideas with another class member.



Now ,make questions about clothing / fashion and then ask other class members.
Use the words below.

Where ______________________________________________________
 
How much____________________________________________________
 
How many ___________________________________________________
 
What kind of __________________________________________________
 
Which _______________________________________________________
 
What color ___________________________________________________
 
How often ____________________________________________________
 
Who ________________________________________________________
 

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