Exercise 1
Describe the picture and discuss the
questions below.
1. What’s your favourite season and why?
2. Do you prefer hot weather or cold weather?
Why?
3. Do you watch weather forecasts on TV? Why?
4. How do you like the weather this week?
5. What are your predictions for the weather for
the next couple of days?
Exercise 2
Watch the weather forecast [https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=9w3-eM8qKy8] and answer the questions.
1. Is it going to rain today?
2. Is the weather improving tomorrow?
3. What kind of weather should we expect next week?
Exercise 3
Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
Watch the weather forecast [https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=9w3-eM8qKy8] again to check your answers.
spotty, widespread, upper, rule, lower, scattered, breeze
1. Morning calling for temperatures mostly _______ 60s and
_______ 70s heading toward midday.
2. Just a few ______________ showers are mainly along the
coast with the ocean breeze.
3. 71 in Fort Pierce can’t _______ out a couple of spotty, polka
dot showers here and there, but nothing ___________ or
heavy.
4. We still have a bit of a beach _______, but some drier air
still moving it.
5. 70 to 75 for the Palm Beach, it’s breezy out there with a
few _______ showers as we get up to 75 today.
Exercise 4
Compare the weather in your city with the weather from the video.
- Do you think there will be any spotty showers or scattered blizzards?
- Can you rule out widespread or heavy storms?
- What kind of temperatures can you expect?
- Can you expect a warm or a cool breeze?
Exercise 5
Complete the dialogues with the phrases.
One phrase is odd.
A. It looks like it’s going to storm!
B. We couldn’t ask for a nicer day, could we?
C. Wow, it’s really cold for this time of year!
D. It’s really been pouring all day, huh?
E. Can you believe all of this snow we’ve been having?
- ____________________________________
- ___________________________________
- Man, this weather lately is rough. How are - Absolutely! I think it’s around 8 degrees
you holding up through all this rain?
below zero.
- Dunno, it’s just a great day to stay at - I know! I think it may snow today as well.
home for me.
- The sky seems clear now! It shouldn’t
- Ugh, I hate rain. I wish it would stop snow.
raining!
- ____________________________________
- __________________________________
- Yeah, it’s been a while since we had such - Unbelievable! It’s been snowing for
what… two days!
lovely weather in London!
- Two days, right! I can’t remember the
- You’re right! It’s scorching hot for London!
- Yes! A great day for a nice picnic, don’t last time I saw the city covered in
snow.
you think? - Yeah, but I wish it wasn’t that cold.
Exercise 6
Work in pairs and think about a couple of
ways to complete each of the phrases.
1. It’s really been ________________ all day, huh?
2. How are you holding up through all this
________________?
3. A great day to ________________, don’t you think?
4. It’s (really) ________________ for this time of year!
5. It’s been a while since we had such _______________.
6. Can you believe all of this ________________ we’ve
been having?
7. I can’t remember the last time I saw ______________.
8. I wish it would stop ________________.
9. I wish it was’t so ________________.
Exercise 7
Complete the dialogues with one word in each gap.
- Man, this weather lately is rough.
- We ________ ask for a nicer day,
- Yeah, it’s ________ pouring all day and it’s could we?
really cold for this time of year.
- Yeah, I can’t remember the last
- You’re ________! It’s around 10 degrees ________ it was so hot in Glasgow!
________ zero. - You’re right! A great day ________ go
to the lake and relax a bit.
- Wow, it’s really cold for this ________ of year!
- I know! Can you ________ all of this snow we’ve
been ________?
- Absolutely not! I ________ it would stop snowing! I
hate snow and winter!
Exercise 8
Look at the weather in the pictures and role play
similar dialogues according to the weather.
Try to keep going for as long as you can.
Then, change the partners and move to the next
picture.
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