Clothes and accessories collocations

Clothes vocabulary collocations

Brainstorm at least one collocation for each of the words below (= words that go together with those words)

+boots

+coat

+ dress

+glasses

+gown

+jacket

+jumper

+kit

+ pants

+ring

+satchel

+scarf

+shirt

+shoes

+ socks

+ stockings/ tights

+suit

+T-shirt

+tie

+ top

under+

Mixed answers

Use the words below to help with the activity above. Some can be used more than once.

  • ankle
  • ankle-length
  • ball-
  • bifocal
  • black
  • bomber
  • bow
  • business
  • button-down
  • cargo
  • cashmere
  • clip-on
  • cotton
  • crop
  • denim
  • diamond
  • dinner
  • down
  • dress
  • dressing
  • duffel
  • engagement
  • fishnet
  • fluffy
  • football
  • formal
  • gold
  • Hawaiian
  • head
  • high heel
  • hooded
  • John Lennon
  • knee-high
  • lace-up
  • leather
  • long
  • long-sleeved
  • nylon
  • pant
  • pants
  • pinkie
  • pin-striped
  • platinum
  • polo-
  • prescription
  • rain
  • reading
  • rubber
  • Saville Row
  • school
  • shell
  • shirt
  • short
  • short-sleeved
  • silk
  • ski
  • skirt
  • sleeveless
  • slip-on
  • sports
  • suede
  • summer
  • sun-
  • sweat-
  • swim-
  • tailor-made
  • tank
  • three-piece
  • toe
  • trench
  • tube
  • under-
  • Velcro
  • vest
  • waist-
  • walking
  • waterproof
  • -wear
  • wedding
  • Wellington
  • winter
  • woollen
  • woolly
  • woolly
  • zip-up


Section by section mixed answers

Use this to help you finish and/ or start checking your answers.

  • ankle/ fluffy/ knee-high/ long/ short/ woollen/ woolly
  • ankle-length/ rain/ rubber/ ski/ walking/ Wellington/ zip-up
  • ball-/ dressing
  • bifocal/ John Lennon/ prescription/ reading/ sun-
  • black/ bow/ clip-on/ leather/ silk
  • bomber/ denim/ dinner/ down/ leather/ zip-up
  • business/ button-down/ cotton/ denim/ dress/ formal/ Hawaiian/ long-sleeved/ polo-/ short-sleeved/ silk/ sweat-
  • business/ pant/ pin-striped/ Saville Row/ shell/ skirt/ swim-/ tailor-made/ three-piece
  • cargo/ under-
  • cashmere/ football/ head/ silk/ winter/ woolly
  • crop/ hooded/ sleeveless/ tank/ tube/ vest
  • diamond/ engagement/ gold/ pinkie/ platinum/ toe/ wedding
  • duffel/ long/ rain/ trench/ waist-/ winter
  • fishnet/ nylon/ silk/ woollen
  • fluffy/ woolly
  • football/ sports
  • high heel/ lace-up/ leather/ slip-on/ sports/ suede/ Velcro/ waterproof
  • leather/ school
  • long-sleeved/ short-sleeved
  • pants/ shirt/ -wear
  • sleeveless/ summer


Suggested answers

Other collocations may be possible, but this is probably the only way of matching them section by section.

ankle-length/ rain/ rubber/ ski/ walking/ Wellington/ zip-up +boots

duffel/ long/ rain/ trench/ waist-/ winter +coat

sleeveless/ summer + dress

bifocal/ John Lennon/ prescription/ reading/ sun- +glasses

ball-/ dressing +gown

bomber/ denim/ dinner/ down/ leather/ zip-up +jacket

fluffy/ woolly +jumper

football/ sports +kit

cargo/ under- + pants

diamond/ engagement/ gold/ pinkie/ platinum/ toe/ wedding +ring

leather/ school +satchel

cashmere/ football/ head/ silk/ winter/ woolly +scarf

business/ button-down/ cotton/ denim/ dress/ formal/ Hawaiian/ long-sleeved/ polo-/ short-sleeved/ silk/ sweat- +shirt

high heel/ lace-up/ leather/ slip-on/ sports/ suede/ Velcro/ waterproof +shoes

 ankle/ fluffy/ knee-high/ long/ short/ woollen/ woolly + socks

fishnet/ nylon/ silk/ woollen + stockings/ tights

business/ pant/ pin-striped/ Saville Row/ shell/ skirt/ swim-/ tailor-made/ three-piece +suit

long-sleeved/ short-sleeved +T-shirt

black/ bow/ clip-on/ leather/ silk +tie

crop/ hooded/ sleeveless/ tank/ tube/ vest + top

under+ -pants/ shirt/ -wear

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