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And now the weather

Speaking

1. Do you pay much attention to the weather forecast?
2. Do you talk about the weather much?
3. Have you ever experienced any extreme weather?

Vocabulary

1. Match the symbols with the descriptions below.

A B C D


E F G H


I J K L



1 Light showers 2 Storm showers 3 Heavy snow 4 Sunshine

5 Snow showers 6 Heavy storms 7 Cloudy 8 Heavy showers

9 Cloudy with rain 10 Sunny intervals 11 Heavy rain 12 Hail


2. Which weather do you often get where you live? How does it change during the
year?

3. Whats the difference between these symbols?



4. Put the adjectives into the correct order on the cline.

freezing boiling cold warm chilly hot


0C 100C


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5. Complete the table.

Verb Adjective Noun
The suns shining.

Its Sunshine

Its

Its rainy.
Its

Its Snow
The wind is

Its
N/A

Its showery.
N/A

Its Cloud
N/A

Its stormy.
N/A

Its Fog
N/A

Its Mist

Watching

1. Watch this weather forecast. In one sentence, what is the weather going to be
like over the next few days?
2. Watch again, and complete these sentences taken from the forecast.

Good evening, well we had a few ________ (1) today but I think a lot of people
escaped unscathed. But now the emphasis turns to ________ (2) weather for a short
time followed by ________ (3) weather again.

Now, tonight any showers left over from today are quickly dying away to leave an
expanse of ________ (4) skies and out of towns and cities you could find temperatures
under those clear skies dipping as ________ (5) as 8 Celsius. Generally speaking,
though, lows of around 10 to 11 Celsius.

And then to start the day tomorrow its looking fairly ________ (6) but its also dry and it
should stay dry for much of the day. In fact if you didnt catch a shower today theres
very little difference, certainly in the feel of the day, the look of the day, temperatures
rising to 18 or 19 Celsius. Just a few showers developing over Wales and one or two
may waft across in the ________ (7) which tomorrow is a moderate northerly.

And then for the outlook for Thursday, high pressure leaves it dry and sunny and then
weve got lower pressure for the weekend, Friday into the weekend, which means its
going to be wetter, ________ (8), cloudier and ________ (9).

Speaking

1. What do you think the weather is going to be like tomorrow?
2. What was the weather like yesterday?
3. What was the weather like on your last birthday?



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Weather Idioms

1. Complete these idioms using a weather word from the box.

weather rain cloud (x2) shine snowed pours storm

Idiom Meaning
1. When I heard about my promotion I was
on ________ nine.

Extremely happy.
2. Hes feeling a bit under the ________.

Feeling a bit sick or sad.
3. You can count on me, Ill be there come
rain or ________.

Nothing will stop me being there.
4. Every ________has a silver lining.

You can find a positive even in the most
negative situation.
5. It never rains but it ________.

You dont have one problem, but many
of them at the same time.
6. Dont be such a drama queen! You
make a _____ in a teacup about everything.

Exaggerate a problem.
7. "I don't really want to go the cinema
tonight. Can we take a _____-check on it?"

Suggest you do something a different
time.
8. I sorry I cant take any more work on. Im
________under at the moment.

Extremely busy.

2. Rewrite these sentences with an appropriate idiom.

1. My boss keeps on giving me more and more work. Cant he see that I have too
much to do already!

2. Well, I lost the keys to my car, but at least I found my old school photos when I was
looking for them. There is always a good side to everything.

3. I think going out for dinner is a great idea, but I am so tired from work. Do you think
we could do it another time?

3. Write similar sentences for three of the other four idioms. Give these sentences
to your partner and ask them to rewrite them.

Homework

1. Write a detailed forecast/review of the weather using information from
television, newspapers or the internet.
2. Find other idioms associated with the weather and bring them to your next
class.