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WEATHER
1. When would you expect to see a rainbow? Role-play the dialogue.
- What’s the weather like in Omsk?
- Lovely! It’s 28 degrees and sunny! And what was the weather like in Washington?
- It was rather hot, about 25 degrees. |
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2. Match the words and the pictures (pic. 9a – 9r): |
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foggy |
raining |
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snowing windy |
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Pic. 9g ____________ Pic. 9h ____________ Pic. 9i ____________
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Pic. 9p ____________ Pic. 9q ____________ Pic. 9r ____________
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3. Look at the photos (pic. 9s – 9t) and ask your partner about the weather.
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E.g. - What’s the weather like in Surgut? |
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It’s freezing and windy. |
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Is it always this cold in autumn? |
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No, yesterday it was cool and foggy. |
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A breeze is a fairly strong wind. It’s not as strong as a gale. |
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Fog is much thicker than mist. It’s often misty in the mornings in the |
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Drizzle is a very fine rain. |
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If it is overcast, it is very dull. |
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Wintry showers is used on weather forecasts to mean a little snow. |
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Unusually hot weather is called a heatwave.
4. True or false?
If a sentence is false, write a true sentence about the weather conditions.
a. In winter it is usually hot.
b.It often pours with rain in the desert.
c.December and January are the coldest months.
d.A shower is a strong wind.
e.When it is freezing, roads become icy.
f.In autumn it rains a lot.
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5. Match the sentences on the left with the related sentences on the right:
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It was sunny and very hot. |
We had thunder and lightning. |
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We had a lot of rain. |
There were a few wintry show- |
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It snowed on and off. |
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It was very windy. |
It was quite misty. |
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It was dull and cloudy. |
It was very overcast. |
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We had some light rain. |
There was a bit of drizzle. |
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It was a bit foggy. |
There was quite a breeze. |
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There was the most awful |
We had a bit of a heatwave. |
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It was very wet. |
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What ………/………/………/………weather!ИLet’s go down to the beach!
6. Put the following adjectives into the correct pattern below:
lovely miserable beautiful horrible fabulous glorious terrible foul
What ………/………/………/………weather! It hasn’t stopped raining all
day.
7. Look at the photo of Siberia (pic. 10). What’s the weather like? Do |
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Pic. 10
8. Read what Victor says about the weather in Siberia. Put one of these adverbs in each sentence:
always even never normally often sometimes still usually
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Here in the most parts of Siberia the winter is ___________1) very long and freezing! Rain turns to snow in November and the snow doesn’t
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to school, but adults __________5) go to work! We wear a lot of warm clothes: socks and boots, sweaters, hats, and fur coats. All the houses have
central heating so it’s __________6) cold inside. In winter, we close all the windows to stop the wind from getting in, and we don’t open them again until spring.
In spring it’s a little warmer, but it rains a lot, and we hardly ever see the sun. The weather is terrible and there are a lot of huge puddles. When the temperatures fall below zero the roads become icy. In summer it’s
__________7) about 25 degrees, but the weather’s very changeable. One day it’s 30 and the next day it’s chilly – about 10. A day can start warm
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_________8) colder in the past. They think it changedИafter Chernobyl. |
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9. Find the words in the text that mean: |
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extremely cold. |
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producing a pleasant feeling of coldness. |
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moderately hot. |
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moist, damp. |
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causing or feeling cool or moderately cold. |
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10. Use these words to complete the sentences: |
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1. It’s absolutely ………out. I’d put a coat on if I were you. |
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2. We’ve had lovelyСsunshine. It’s been so ………I’ve been on the beach |
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3. I was on holiday in Thailand last month. It was so ………all the time. My clothes were always wet. Thank goodness the hotel had airconditioning.
4. It was pretty hot down at the beach but there was a lovely
………breeze.
5. It’s a bit ………in here. I think I’ll put the heating on.
11. Is it true or false? In Siberia
In winter drivers have to take extra-care.
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