What does clothing mean?
Word: Clothing
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Clothing means all the things people wear on their bodies, such as shirts, trousers, dresses and coats.
Synonyms: dress
How do you spell clothing?
Syllables: cloth - ing
Tricky part: Clothing comes from the verb clothe, and that final e drops before ing. Pupils who keep it write clotheing.
Watch out for: clotheing, klothing
Memory tip: Clothe lets go of its e when ing arrives, just as smile becomes smiling and write becomes writing.
Clothing in a sentence
Example 1: In Ladakh, people need warm clothing for most of the year.
Example 2: The shop on the corner sells school uniforms and other children's clothing.
Example 3: Before the trek, our teacher gave us a list of clothing to pack, from caps to thick socks.
Fun Fact
Clothes began as an old plural of cloth; today cloths means pieces of fabric, while clothes means the things you wear.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
clothing
a) garments
b) appliances
c) furnishings
d) utensils
Show answer
a) garments. Garments are the things you wear; furnishings, utensils and appliances belong in a house or kitchen.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gtlonihc
a) closing
b) clothing
c) coaching
d) plotting
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b) clothing. Plotting has a p, coaching an a and closing an s, and these letters include none of them.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) clothing
b) sweter
c) pyjammas
d) cardigen
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a) clothing. Sweater has ea, cardigan ends in gan and pyjamas has a single m.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our class collected warm clothing for the hill school, and Luca's grandmother knitted a dozen caps in cheerfull colours.
a) clothing
b) grandmother
c) collected
d) cheerfull
Show answer
d) cheerfull. The suffix full drops one l when it is added to a word, as in careful and hopeful.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would you NOT count as clothing?
a) a pillow
b) a scarf
c) a sock
d) a jumper
Show answer
a) a pillow
2. Which sentence uses the word clothing correctly?
a) The clothing are drying on the line.
b) A clothing was lying on the floor.
c) She folded her clothing neatly on the shelf.
d) He bought three clothings at the market.
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c) She folded her clothing neatly on the shelf.
