Clothes, Dress, Dresses, Get Dressed, Put on, Wear – 50 Vocabulary Mistakes

The boys need some new dresses.
The boys need some new clothes.
If they like to wear like that, then who are we to say they shouldn’t?
If they like to dress like that, then who are we to say they shouldn’t?
My three year old child cannot dress by himself.
My three year old child cannot get dressed by himself.
Do I have to carry a tie?
Do I have to wear a tie / put a tie on?
I get up and immediately wear my clothes.
I get up and immediately put my clothes on / get dressed.
Most of the police force wear guns.
Most of the police force carry guns.

She has bought a dress, now she needs to buy a jacket to go with it.
She keeps her clothes, including her collection of antique wedding dresses, in
a wardrobe.
I get dressed after I have had breakfast.
I always put on my right shoe before my left shoe.
I never wear the same shoes as the day before.
I usually dress very casually.
I usually wear very casual clothes.
She wears her hair long.
I wear contact lenses not glasses.

Guidelines
• clothes – generic (jacket, T shirt, trousers etc)
• dress – typically women only
• to dress + adverb – how you wear your clothes (well, formally, casually)
• to dress someone – to put clothes on someone
• to get dressed – the act of putting your own clothes on
• to wear + clothes, shoes, jewelry, glasses

Choose the correct form
1. In the morning I get dressed / wear very quickly.
2. I usually dress / wear scruffy clothes.
3. The boy is getting dressed / wearing a nice shirt and trousers.
4. He is dressed / wearing very elegantly.
5. I can’t get married in this dress / clothes.
6. I don’t think he can be very rich because his clothes / dresses look torn and old.
7. What are you going to dress / wear to the party?
8. I get up in the morning, have a shower and then dress / get dressed.
9. I notice you’re dressing / wearing a bracelet today.
10. My dad dressed / wore glasses too.
11. He was dressed / worn like any other man.
12. I’m the only one in a dress / cloth.
13. Peter, your clothes / dresses are all over my bedroom floor.
14. He used to help me get dressed / wear after my accident – I couldn’t dress
myself.
15. Would you mind putting on / wearing some clothes?
16. He spends most of his money at Armani buying clothes / dresses.
17. You need to dress / wear formally for work.

Answers
1) get dressed 2) wear 3) wearing 4) dressed 5) dress 6) clothes 7) wear 8) get
dressed 9) wearing 10) wore 11) dressed 12) dress 13) clothes 14) get dressed
15) putting on 16) clothes 17) dress

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