Unit 14 - Fashion

Oct 1, 2026

Unit 14 focuses on fashion-related English for exam practice and real-life communication. It covers vocabulary such as accessories, patterns, designer items, fads, and classic wardrobe staples, plus phrasal verbs for dressing and clothing adjustments. The unit also includes speaking tasks about people’s style choices, listening multiple-choice practice on fashion and lifestyle situations, and grammar work on the causative “have something done” with guided sentence rewriting.

LanguageEnglish

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Reading Time25 min

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Fashion

Getting started

Vocabulary: fashion

Phrasal verbs

Exercise: match and complete

Listening: crazes

Paper 4, Part 1

Grammar: have something done

Grammar Reference

135 14 MAIN MENU Vocabulary: fashion; key word: think Grammar: have something done; the passive; make, let and allow Speaking: challenging Reading: Fashion victim Listening: Crazes; School uniform Writing: a descriptive essay EXAM MENU Reading: multiple choice Writing: an essay Use of English: word formation; keyword transformation; open cloze Listening: multiple matching Speaking: multiple choice Fashion Getting started 1 Work in pairs or groups. Look at the pictures and discuss the clothes and styles. When were they popular? 2 How far would you go to look good? Would you consider cosmetic surgery? 3 Work in groups and ask and answer these questions. 1 2 4 Vocabulary: fashion 1 Choose the correct word (in italics) in sentences 1–15. 1 A fashionable belt or scarf is the kind of extra/accessory which can completely transform an old outfit. 2 Have you noticed? Turn-ups on trousers are making/doing a comeback. 3 Oh dear, these patterns clash/crash; squares and stripes just don’t live/go together. 4 She’s into/onto weird diets like eating nothing but grapefruit for a month and then only brown rice for the next! 5 An old USSR hat is the kind of fashion/cult object people love to wear. 6 Be honest, don’t you think I look cold/cool in these designer/brand sunglasses? 7 I think my grandmother tries too hard to look young and trendy/stylish. It’s a bit embarrassing at her age! 8 Kids are refusing to wear the same names/brands as their parents. 9 Tattoos and piercings are silly fads/fades which cause lasting damage. 10 I believe a ‘little black dress’ is a classic/classical that really should be part of every woman’s wardrobe/ cupboard. 11 She has got a lot of fashion/flair. She knows how to make herself stand out from the crowd. 12 The craze/crazy for ‘tamagotchis’ didn’t last long. Kids soon got tired of them. 13 My nephew used to be obsessed by designer/logo jeans. 14 I absolutely love your new suite/suit. Is it an Armani? 15 Change out of those old clothes and wash your hair. You look far too scruffy/smart to go for a job interview Phrasal verbs 3 Complete the sentences by matching a beginning (1–7) to an ending (a–g) . 1 There’s no need to dress up later,… 2 You can try the dress on … 3 If you’re hot, just … 4 You’d better put on something warm because … 5 What on earth does he have on; … 6 If these trousers are too big,… 7 I can’t do up the buttons on this skirt; … a he looks really strange! b take off your jacket. c can you let it out a bit? d just come as you are. e we’ll take them in and turn them up for free. f it’s going to be cold later on. g to check that it fits. 4 Which of the phrasal verbs in bold in exercise 3 above means to …? 1 make bigger 2 make smaller 3 make shorter 4 remove 5 cover oneself 6 wear your best clothes 7 wear 8 fasten 5 Work in groups. Who do you think is speaking to whom in each sentence in exercise 3? think of a suitable response. 2 Complete these sentences using words and expressions based around the word fashion. 1 Please don’t worry about being fashion . Just be yourself. 2 Their offices may look old fashion , but inside they have the latest equipment. 3 Long hair simply went fashion in the 1980s. After that men started to have it short again, thank goodness! 136 Unit 14 18_FCE_Unit14_AW. indd 136 Listening: crazes PaPer 4, Part 1 1 14.1 MULtiPLe CHOiCe You will hear people talking in eight different situations. Listen, and for questions 1–8, choose the best answer (A, B or C) . 1 You hear a father and daughter discussing how the father should dress. What does the father decide to do? A He changes the shirt and tie. B He puts on a different jacket. C He changes the suit. 2 You hear a radio phone-in programme. What is the speaker giving information about? A a miracle way of losing weight B taking care of sporting injurie

FAQs

How do you discuss clothing and styles in the unit’s “Getting started” section?

Work in pairs or groups to look at the pictures, discuss clothes and styles, and talk about when they were popular and how far people would go to look good.

What kinds of vocabulary tasks are included under “Vocabulary: fashion”?

Choose correct words in sentences (1–15), covering accessories, fashion trends, patterns, diets, designer items, and classic wardrobe essentials.

What does the unit teach in the grammar section “have something done”?

It introduces the structure for actions done by someone else, and provides practice to rewrite sentences using the causative “have,” starting with the given bold words.

Oct 1, 2026

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