Clothes for Class 2

Clothes

Look at the following sentences:

1. This is my new jacket.
2. Did you see my gumboots?
3. Grandma knitted me a woollen hat for winter.
4. Your dress is beautiful.

The bold words in the above given sentences like jacket, gumboots, hat and dress are clothes.

All of us wear clothes as they protect us from heat and cold weather. We wear different clothes for different occasions. For example, we wear different clothes for a party, uniform for school, nightwear for sleeping, tight clothes for sports activity, etc.

Clothes We Wear

1. Summer Season

During the summer season, we wear cotton clothes. It helps in keeping our bodies cool.

2. Winter Season

During the winter season, we wear woollen clothes to keep our body warm.

3. Rainy Season

During the rainy season, we wear raincoats and gumboots to protect ourselves from rain. We also use umbrellas in the rainy season.

4. Uniforms

People have specific clothes according to their profession. These clothes are called uniforms or formal clothing. For instance, different schools have different school uniforms, the uniform of a lawyer is different from the uniform of a police officer. A doctor would dress up differently from a chef. So we can see that different professionals wear different clothes as per their occupation.

5. Special Occasions

Our wardrobe consists of clothes that we wear on special occasions, like festivals and parties. For example, we wear ethnic dresses for weddings, fancy dresses for birthday parties and so on.

Why Do We Wear Clothes?

1. Clothes protect us from heat, cold, Sun, bacteria, dust and insect bites.
2. Clothes help us to maintain hygiene and keep us clean.
3. Clothes help us to identify people of different professions. For example, white coats are  worn by doctors and black coats are worn by lawyers.
4. Clothes provide us comfort and make us look good. For example, a night suit helps us to sleep comfortably.

Different Activities on Clothes We Wear

1. Laundry: When we wear clothes they can become dirty due to dust, sweat and may get germs. We should wash our clothes regularly to keep them clean and fresh. We should also iron our clothes regularly.

2. Tailoring clothes: Sometimes we buy clothes that do not fit properly. We give them to the tailor so that he/she can tailor clothes to our size. Ill-fitting clothes do not look good on us.

3. Donating clothes: When clothes get small or old, instead of throwing them away, one should donate or give them to the needy.

4. Sports and fitness: There are special clothes for sports and fitness as they allow us to do physical movements freely. For example: Have you ever noticed how athletes and swimmers dress up?

We should choose our clothes according to the season, weather, climate, our personality and occasions.

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