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Type
Explainer
Level
1 / A1
Published
Title
What Is a Uniform?
Webpage
https://eslnewsstories.com/explainers/what-is-a-uniform/

Lesson Content

Look First, Words You Need, Read and Listen

Understanding: Understand It

Chunks: Place, Repeat

Use It

Answers

What Is a Uniform?

Level 1 Explainer

Start Here

Look First

Three nurses in matching blue scrubs work in a modern clinic. One speaks with a seated patient, one walks through the room carrying a tray, and one works at a computer behind a desk.
  1. What can you see in the picture?
  2. Where is this?
  3. What are they doing?

Before You Read

Words You Need

Learn

Read and Listen

Play the audio while you read, or listen after you read.

People at the same school or on the same team may wear clothes that look the same. These special clothes are called uniforms. A uniform usually has a shirt or T-shirt. It may also have pants, a skirt, a hat, or a jacket.

Nurses, police officers, and restaurant workers often wear uniforms at work. This helps people know who works there. A uniform may also have a name tag, so people can see the worker’s name.

Sports teams also wear uniforms. The players on one team usually wear the same shirt and colors. This makes it easy to see who is on each team.

Not every school or job has a uniform. Uniforms can look very different, but people in the same school, job, or team often wear clothes that look the same.

Quick Check

Understand It

  1. A uniform may have pants or a skirt.
  2. Every school and job has a uniform.
  3. Players on one team usually wear the same shirt and colors.
  4. Why do some workers wear uniforms?
  5. What may a uniform also have?

Build

Chunks

Place

  1. The hat is .

  2. The name tag is .

  3. The shirt is .

  4. The shorts are .

on her jacket on his body on his legs on her head
A police woman and a male soccer player stand side by side in their uniforms.

Repeat

Listen and Repeat. Hide the text and try again.

on her head
The hat is on her head.
on her jacket
The name tag is on her jacket.
on his body
The shirt is on his body.
on his legs
The shorts are on his legs.

Now Try

Use It

Talk or write. Use the language from this lesson.

Supported output: A uniform is...
Supported output: It may have...
Supported output: Players on a team wear uniforms, so...
Recycle language: What do you wear on your head when it is cold?
Extend topic: Do you wear a uniform?
Extend topic: Do you have an old uniform that you don't wear anymore?
Extend topic: Do you think uniforms are useful? Why or why not?
Extend topic: Which uniform looks the best?

Answers What Is a Uniform? / Level 1

Understand It:

  1. True
  2. False
  3. True
  4. to help people know who works there
  5. a name tag

Chunks: Place:

  1. The hat is on her head.
  2. The name tag is on her jacket.
  3. The shirt is on his body.
  4. The shorts are on his legs.

KEEP GOING

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