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1. Do the weather quiz in pairs.
1. What shape is a raindrop before it starts falling?
2. What makes the sound of thunder?
a. a cloud
b. rain
c. lightning
3. You see lightning and then hear thunder six seconds later.
How far away is the storm?
a. 2 km
b. 3 km
c. 6 km
4. You only get foggy weather when
a. the air is cold.
b. it is rainy.
c. you are near the ocean.
5. You only get hail when
a. it is windy.
b. there are storm clouds.
c. there is no sunshine.
6. In what direction does an 'east wind' blow?
a. towards the east →
b. towards the west ←
7. What is the maximum time a snowflake takes to reach the ground?
a. a minute
b. five minutes
c. twenty minutes
d. an hour
8. When you are facing a rainbow, the sun is always
a. in front of you.
b. behind you.
c. to one side.
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2. VOCABULARY Complete the table with the highlighted words from the quiz in exercise 1. What do you notice about the way the adjectives are formed?
| Weather | |||
| Noun | Adjective | Verb | Related words and phrases |
| (1) _______ | cloudy | rain clouds (2) _______ | |
| fog | (3) _______ | ||
| frost | frosty | frostbite | |
| (4) _______ | hail | hail storm | |
| ice | icy | flash of lighting | |
| (5) _______ | |||
| mist | misty | ||
| (6) _______ | (7) _______ | rain | (8) _______ |
| shower | showery | rain shower | |
| snow | snowy | snow | (9) _______ |
| (10) _______ | stormy | thunderstorm | |
| (11) _______ | sunny | (the sun) shines | (12) _______ |
| (13) _______ | thundery | to thunder | clap/ crash of thunder |
| (14) _______ | (15) _______ | (the wind) blows | |
3. In pairs, ask and answer the questions (1–4) below. Use words and phrases from exercise 2 and the words below.
1. What is the weather like in your city/province in May / August/ December?
2. What is your favourite weather? Why?
4. ☊2.02 Listen to three weather reports (1–3). Match them with the photos (A–C)
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________
RECYCLE! a few, a little, not much / many, a lot ofRemember: we use a few, not many or a lot of with plural (countable) nouns. a few thunderstorm We use a little, not much or a lot of with uncountable nouns. a little snow |
5. ☊2.02 Read the Recycle! box. Then listen again and complete these sentences from the weather reports.
Report 1
1. lt's -10°C and there's _____ everywhere.
2. We're expecting _____ this afternoon.
Report 2
3. There is _____ on the ground.
4. There isn't _____ but the wind is blowing the snow into my face.
Report 3
5. There were _____ and it was windy too.
6. Now there's _____ and the wind is extremely strong.
