Unit 4 Our planet
4A Weather (p.40-41)
4B Comparison (Grammar)(p.42)
4D Superlative adjectivesçtoo and enough p.44
Babayeva Lamiya.
WEATHER
Describe the picture and answer question.
1.What is the weather like?
2.What season is it?
3.Do you like rainy days?
4. What is your favourite season?
Asking About the Weather
How is the weather today?
What is the weather like today?
What's the temperature like?
How many degrees is it outside?
What is the weather tomorrow?
Describing the Weather
It is very hot. It looks nice out It is going to be
freezing tonight.
It is cold. It is cold outside It is raining cats and dogs
It is snowy. It is snowing It is cloudy today
It is rainy. It is raining
It is sunny. It is going to rain
Describe your favourite weather. You should say:
•What the weather is like
•Why you like it
•Where you can experience such weather conditions.
My favourite weather is when it is sunny, warm. It makes me
feel calm and relaxed. It is very pleasant. Also, I love foggy
weather... It's very romantic and gives me a sort of feeling like
I'm in an old black and white movie. However, I don't
like heavy rains and I hate when temperature goes below zero,
it's too cold for me.
Answer
Ex 2.p.41
1.Cloud 2. storm clouds 3.foggy 4. hail 5. lighting
6. rain 7.rainy 8. raindrop 9. Snowflake 10. storm
11. sun 12.sunshine 13. thunder 14. wind 15.windy
Answer
EX 4. p.41
A2 B5 C1
EX 5. p.41 1.34
1. A lot of ice 2. a little snow 3. some snow 4. any fog
5.A little frost 6. aren’t many clouds 7. a lot of snow
8. A little ice 9. a few showers 10. a lot of rain
cold cool freezing hot mild
sweltering
1 The temperature was -20°C. It was
……………….!
2 San Diego has a ………………… climate. The
average temperature is 23°C.
3 It was a ……………………. day, it was so hot we
couldn’t go out.
4 The city is warm in the summer, but it’s always
pleasantly ……………………….. by the sea.
5 It’s too ……………………….. in this house. It’s
only 10°C!
6 It’s a bit ……………………….. in the classroom.
Let’s open the window.
Exercise 2. page 42
A shooting star is a meteor (a space rock) that is falling
towards the Earth
Exercise 3 page 42
1 smaller 2 larger 3 earlier 4 bigger
5 more powerful 6 further / farther
Answer
Exercise 4 page 42
a 1.Each rock is smaller than an apple.
2.The explosion was more powerful than the 1945 Hiroshima
atomic bomb.
b … but its effect was not as devastating as the bomb …
c … but they look as bright as stars in the night sky …
d 1.Larger meteors are much rarer …; … but their effects are far
more spectacular .; 2. because the meteor exploded much further
from the ground. 3. and far bigger …
ANSWER
Exercise 5 page 42
1 further / farther 2 fewer 3 more powerful 4 closer
5 brighter 6 more unusual
Exercise 6 page 42
2 it isn’t as large as 4 be as big as
3 was much smaller than 5 is much more powerful than
Old
Older = yaşca böyük - He is older than meş
Elder = ailədə böyük - My elder brother is a lawyer.
FAR
Further/farther = daha uzaq
It was further /farther to the metro than I expected
Further = əlavə,daha çox
For further information, visit our website.
LATE
later = daha gec /sonra - I’ll call you later.
Latter = sonuncusu - Would you like tea or coffee?
I prefer latter
Exercise 7 page 42
2 Which is more beautiful, a snowflake or a rainbow?
3 Which holiday venue is better, the mountains or the
beach?
4 Which city gets less snow, Warsaw or Moscow?
5 For you personally, which temperature is worse,
–5°C or35°C?
6 Which type of weather is more frightening, hail or
lightning?
7 Which country is rainier, Spain or England?
8 In your country, which month is hotter, July or August
