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Do you have a striped sweater?
Textbook: p. 42
GoalDescribing patterns on clothes; choosing and preferring in a shop.
New words
striped · yo‘l-yo‘lchecked · katak-katakpolka-dotted · dumaloq nuqtalifloral · gulli
Explanation
Patterns: striped, checked, polka-dotted, floral and plain. The order of adjectives is size – colour – pattern – material – noun: “a white polka-dotted cotton blouse”, “a big blue checked wool scarf”. Question: “Do you have any floral clothes?” — “Yes, I have a floral skirt.” In a shop: “What about this polka-dotted one?” — “It’s nice, but I prefer plain ones.” Prefer is followed by a noun or an -ing form: “I prefer plain shirts.” The word one replaces a noun we have already mentioned: “this one”, “that blue one”.
Worked examples
— Hello! Are you looking for something? — Yes, a scarf for my mum. — Do you like this checked one? — Not really. Do you have a plain one? — Here’s a plain grey one. — That’s better. I’ll take it.
My cousin has a yellow striped cotton T-shirt and a grey checked wool skirt. She prefers bright clothes. I prefer plain ones.
Class activity
“Dress the model”: one pupil describes clothes with pattern, colour and material and the others draw what they hear.
Practice
1
Put in order: wool / red / a / striped / sweater
a red striped wool sweater
2
Make a question: you / have / any / checked clothes
Do you have any checked clothes?
3
Say you prefer plain shirts.
I prefer plain shirts.
4
What does one do in “this one”?
It replaces a noun already mentioned.