School uniform: clothes and colours

Describe your school uniform and what you wear, making the colours agree with the clothes.

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Clothes

Llevar = to wear (a regular -ar verb): llevo, llevas, lleva, llevamos, lleváis, llevan.
una camisa (shirt), una camiseta (T-shirt), una chaqueta (jacket, blazer), una corbata (tie), una falda (skirt)
un jersey (jumper), un vestido (dress)
unos pantalones (trousers), unos zapatos (shoes), unos calcetines (socks), unas zapatillas de deporte (trainers)

Colours agree

Colours go after the noun: una camisa blanca. -o colours change four ways; -e and consonant colours only add -s or -es for plural.
ColourMasc. sing.Fem. sing.Masc. pl.Fem. pl.
whiteblancoblancablancosblancas
blacknegronegranegrosnegras
redrojorojarojosrojas
yellowamarilloamarillaamarillosamarillas
greenverdeverdeverdesverdes
blueazulazulazulesazules
greygrisgrisgrisesgrises
brownmarrónmarrónmarronesmarrones

Talking about uniform

En mi instituto llevamos uniforme. = At my school we wear a uniform.
Llevo una camisa blanca y una corbata azul.
Opinions: Creo que el uniforme es cómodo / incómodo / práctico / feo. (El uniforme is masculine, so the adjectives are too.)
No me gusta llevar uniforme porque es incómodo.
Worked example

Translate: At my school we wear a white shirt, a red tie and grey trousers.

  1. At my school we wear: en mi instituto llevamos.
  2. a white shirt: una camisa blanca (feminine, colour after).
  3. a red tie: una corbata roja (feminine).
  4. grey trousers: unos pantalones grises (masculine plural).

Answer: En mi instituto llevamos una camisa blanca, una corbata roja y unos pantalones grises.

Key idea

Llevar = to wear. Colours come after the noun and agree: blanco / blanca / blancos / blancas; verde, azul, gris and marrón only change for plural (verdes, azules, grises, marrones).

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  1. Complete: una camisa ___ (red)

    1. rojo
    2. roja
    3. rojas
    4. rojos
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    Answer: roja

    Feminine singular: roja.

  2. Complete: unos vaqueros ___ (white)

    1. blanco
    2. blanca
    3. blancos
    4. blancas
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    Answer: blancos

    Masculine plural: blancos.

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