Clothes and accessories to present and sell
with describing products and clothes collocations
Market Leader Elementary Unit 6
Work in groups of two or three. Deal out the pack of cards between you. Choose one of the things on the cards in your hand and try to sell it to your partner, as a presentation and/ or as a conversation. Start with its selling points (imagining any USPs that you like). Before you start, tell your partner(s) if you are selling to a consumer or if it is B2B sales.
| Useful language for presenting and selling products after-sales service aimed at… best-selling deliver within…easy to…/ You can easily… free delivery free gift free samplegreat deal in stock large discount large orderlimited period made of/ from… money-back guarantee monthly payment(s) plenty of… real bargain retail price(unique) selling point (= USP) special feature special offer target markettrade price unique design |
In the same pairs, discuss how well you sold the products.
What advice would you give new sales staff?
What mistakes do sales staff often make? What recommendations would you give on how not to make those mistakes?
List of clothes and accessories to present and sell
- bathrobe/ dressing gown
- bikini
- blazer
- (walking/ Wellington) boots
- bra
- cape/ cloak/ shawl
- (wooden) clogs
- (rain/ waist-/ winter) coat
- cuff links
- (party/ little black/ sleeveless) dress
- (dangly) earrings
- flip flops
- (sun)glasses/ spectacles
- (ball-/ dressing) gown
- (bomber/ business/ denim/ leather/ zip-up) jacket
- (blue/ black/ skinny) jeans
- (woolly) jumper/ pullover/ sweater
- (football/ soccer/ sports) kit
- leggings
- overalls
- (silk) pajamas/ pyjamas
- (under)pants/ knickers
- (nylon/ silk) panty hose/ tights
- parasol
- plimsolls
- poncho
- (diamond/ engagement/ gold/ platinum/ wedding) ring
- (leather/ school) satchel
- (head/ silk/ winter/ woolly) scarf
- (business/ dress/ Hawaiian) shirt
- (business/ high heel/ leather/ slip-on/ sports/ tailor-made/ Velcro) shoes
- shorts
- sneakers/ sports shoes/ trainers
- (ankle-length/ knee-high/ long/ short/ woollen) socks
- (fishnet) stockings
- (Saville Row/ skirt/ swim-/ track) suit
- sweatshirt
- swimming costume/ swimsuit
- (long-sleeved/ short-sleeved) T-shirt
- (black/ bow/ novelty) tie
- (hooded/ sleeveless/ tank/ unisex/ vest) top
- tracksuit (trousers/ top)
- trousers
- trunks
- undershirt/ vest
- (thermal) underwear
Describing products collocations
Without looking above for now, try to think of words that go before or after the words below to make common expressions to describe products, for example when trying to sell them. Collocations which haven’t been mentioned in the book are also fine as long as they make sense and are on topic.
+ bargain
+ deal
+ delivery
+ design
+ discount
+ feature
+ guarantee
+ offer
+ order
+ payments
+ point
+ price
+ price
+ sample
+ selling
+ service
+ stock
aimed +
deliver +
easy +
free +
limited +
made +
mashed +
plenty +
target +
If you need to or your teacher tells you to, use the words on the next page to help with the task above.
Use the expressions below to help with the collocations activity above:
after-sales
at…
best-
free
free
gift
great
in
large
large
market
money-back
monthly
of
of/ from
period
potato
real
retail
selling
special
special
to
trade
unique
within
Without looking above for now, try to think of other expressions which mean the same as these:
very good value
not for long
USP
Look above for ideas and/ or check as a class.
What are the differences between these things?
bargain/ sale (e.g. summer sale)
free gift/ free sample/ service
Without looking above for now, correct the expressions below
after service X
sales point X
bargain sale X
Check above and/ or as a class.
Clothes and accessories 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
Clothes and accessories synonyms
Without looking above for now, try to think of other expressions which mean the same as: custom-made
dress shirt
jumper
tights
trainers
trousers
Look above for ideas and/ or check as a class.
Differences between clothes and accessories vocabulary
What are the differences between these things?
earring/ piercing
high heel/ high heels
jumper/ jacket
glass/ (sun)glasses
tracksuit/ trainers
Check as a class.
Clothes vocabulary error correction
Without looking above for now, correct the expressions below
Y shirt X
order-made X
jeans jacket X
engage ring X
wearing high heel X
platina ring X
pajama X
sunglass X
bottoms X
a shirts X
a pants X
G pants X
Look above for ideas and/ or check as a class.
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