Vocabulary 5

I. Weather Vocabulary

The Weather

Exercise 1: Supply the correct form of the words given in the brackets. 1. It is very (fog) ......................... this morning so we cant go to school. 2. ( nowy) .......................... is falling !own an! ma"es everything white. #. Its very (win!) ........................... outsi!e. $lose the the win!ow% &lease. '. The water will (free(ing) .......................... when the tem&erature !ro&s to )o$. 5. The roa! is (mu!)........................ *in! your wal"ing on it+ ,. Its (sleet) ........................... now. -verything loo"s terrific. .. We hate (storm) ....................... weather. /. Its (sun) ......................... to!ay. The !ay is won!erful for a &icnic. 0. The tem&erature is (boil) .................... to!ay. $an anyone turn on the air1 con!itioner2 1). I feel so bore! in (!ri((le) .................... morning. Exercise 2: Match the words in column with its meaning in column !.

A
1. humi!ity 1. ....... ... 2. ....... ... #. ....... ... '. ....... ... 5. ....... ... ,. ....... ... .. ....... ... /. ....... ... 0. ....... ...

B
3. Water va&or that free(es in the form of crystals that !escen! from the clou!s. 4. 3 violent storm with win! an! heavy rain. $. To &re!ict the future weather occurrences. 6. $on!ense! moisture that fall from the clou!s in forms of !ro&s. -. -lectrical activity in the atmos&here that occurs between clou!s% causing a flash of light. 6. The state% at or low where matter will convert from a li7ui! to a sol! state. -. 3 lightning an! thun!er storm often with heavy rain. 8. very strong win! 5. 3 measure of the con!ition of being moist or !am&.

2. lightning #. g5ale '. free(ing

5. thun!erstorm ,. snow

.. rain /. forecast 0. hurricane 1). bree(e

1). ..... 9. light win! ... Exercise ": Put the words in the increasing quality order. 1. col!% chilly% warm% hot% free(ing col!. 1: .......... 1: ........... 1: .......... 1: ............. 1: .......... 2. !am&% wet% humi!. 1: ........... 1: ............ 1: ........... #. win!% a gale% a strong win!% a bree(e% a hurricane. 1: ........... 1: ............ 1: ........... 1: .......... 1: .......... '. shower% !ri((le% &our. 1: ........... 1: ............ 1: ............ Exercise #: $omplete this text with the suitable words.

3n im&ortant influence on ;a&anese weather is the win!. 6uring the summer it (1) ..................... from the <acific% causing (2)...................... an! humi! weather% but in winter% the north1westerly (#) .................. from iberia are very col! an! it (') ................ heavily on the mountains in the north1west. The south1eastern &arts receive col! !ry air. 4etween ;une an! mi!1;uly% there is a &erio! of very wet weather when the rice fiel!s get the water they nee!. 3fter that% there is less heavy rain% but the air is still (5) ..................... 3utumn% however% is !rier an! usually very &leasant. Exercise %: &ill in the gaps with a suitable word given in the box. free'ing cold nasty night damp frosts dry slushy sleets stuffy unsettled dri''les

Winters in <etersburg are very 1 ======== because the city is close to the sea. ometimes it can be 2 ==========with the tem&erature about #) !egrees below (ero. >r it can be wet an! # ==========. with the tem&erature about (ero. 3t this time it usually ' ==========or even rains. The sun rarely shines in <etersburg in winter% most !ays are clou!y. In s&ring there are more sunny !ays% but still very few. The tem&erature is not high% an! sometimes in *ay there can be severe 5 ========. ummer in <etersburg is not very hot% as a rule. 4ut when it is% the heat can be unbearable because the climate in the city is , ========. 3t the same time it is very . ========== in summer% that?s why many &eo&le move to the countrysi!e. 3utumn can be both fine an! /=========. In win! blows. Exercise (: e&tember it?s often clear an! 0===========. 4ut in >ctober an! @ovember the weather gets worse. It often 1) ============ an! the strong

Exercise ): *ead the text below. +se the words given in the capitals at the end of some lines, to form words that fill in the spaces in the same lines. Bad Weather That summer &asse! 1==========. The wet season began in the early ABI$C=================== !ays of e&tember an! continue! all through the 2==========months -@6============================================ of >ctober% @ovember% an! 6ecember. 3t # ====== intervals came -D<-$T===================================

a wee" of '==&erfect !ays% the s"y was 5============= an! the air B B3E======= motionless. Then% !uring a night when a , ========= win! blew% a grey $E>B6================================== clou! hang high over the city% an! the long1lasting rain came again. >BT9 Exercise 8: Choose the most suitable word for each s ace:

Exercise -: *ead and circle. match the correct answers: !easons and Clothes " #eading Com rehension To!ay is *on!ay morning. It is the beginning of s&ring. The flowers starte! to bloom an! the sun shines almost every !ay. I have to go to school an! I !o not "now what to wear. In the morning it is a little col! because the tem&eratures are low. Then later in the !ay% it is sunny an! warm. when it gets warm. o I have to ta"e a Fac"et an! then I ta"e it off ometimes it rains an! I have to wear my re! coat. When it !oes

not rain I ta"e a Fac"et. I have two Fac"ets 1 a blue one an! a blac" one. In the s&ring my fingers an! nose are always col! in the morning. In the winter it is very col!. It is snowy an! rainy all the time. I have to wear a lot of clothes 1 my blue hat on my hea!% my blac" scarf aroun! my nec"% my re! coat aroun! my bo!y an! my thic" grey soc"s on my feet. Then% on to& of my thic" soc"s% I wear my grey boots. I loo" li"e a &enguin with all these clothes. I hate it+ It ma"es me loo" funny+ 4ut I am not col!. ummer is the best because it is hot an! sunny. I only wear T1shirts an! shorts on my legs. *y T1shirts are in all colors 1 &ur&le% green% blac"% blue% yellow% orange% beige% re!% grey% white% brown% &in" an! even multi1colore! ones. >n my feet I wear my blue san!als or light% white soc"s with my re! an! blue s&orts shoes. ometimes I wear my orange an! green ca& also. Then in autumn it gets clou!y an! win!y again. It becomes win!y an! rainy an! I have to wear on my coat an! Fac"et again. I !o not li"e it because then later it is winter an! I loo" li"e a &enguin again+ 1. What season is it now2 (a) winter autumn 2. In the morning it is 1 (a) clou!y an! win!y (a) re! an! blac" colors '. What is the writer?s favorite season an! why2 (a) winter because he loo"s li"e a &enguin bloom (c) summer because it is hot an sunny winter again. 5. What color are the writer?s T1shirts2 (a) &in" an! re! colors ,. *atch the season to the weather G (a) winter (b) s&ring ( c) summer (!) autumn (1) a little col! an! later sunny an! warm (2) hot an! sunny (#) very col! (') clou!y an! win!y (b) blac" an! green (c) yellow an! brown (!) all !) autumn because then later it is (b) s&ring because the flowers (b) hot an! sunny (c) very col! (!) a little col! (!) all #. What are the colors of the writer?s Fac"ets2 (b) blue an! blac" (c) blue an! re! (b) s&ring (c) summer (!)

Exercise 1/. *ead and do the tasks that follow.

A YEAR IN MY COUNTRY
0re the state ents true ,/7 false ,/ or doesn&t it say ,H/; 1 -hildren li)e the *e!innin! of +epte *er. 2 %n autu n there are lots of fruit. 3 %t is frosty in winter. 4 %n winter you can !o s)iin!. 5 4he weather is war in sprin!. 6 -hildren usually ride their *i)es in sprin!. 7 4here are 9uic) showers and rainstor s in su er. 8 8ou can&t find uch fruit in su er in "un!ary. 9 4here is no school in :uly and 0u!ust. 10 <.ery*ody li)es su er. 'ut the words in the correct order. 1 snowy / often / it&s / winter ================================== 2 0u!ust / hot and sunny / it&s / in / usually ================================== 3 sprin! / in / cloudy / so eti es / it&s ================================== 4 ne.er / in / snowy / it&s / :uly ==================================

"i #riends$ %& 'eter fro "un!ary. % !o to a pri ary school. % (ust want to tal) a*out a year in y country. +chool starts on 1st +epte *er. ,-hildren are not .ery )een on it$/ %t&s often sunny in the *e!innin! of autu n. 0nd it is a rich season *ecause trees are full of fruit. 1ut in 2cto*er and 3o.e *er it&s usually cold and windy. %t rains a lot and it&s often fo!!y. 4he lea.es of the trees fall down. 5inter is usually .ery cold. 4he te perature falls *elow 6ero. %t often snows and there are stor y winds. %t is !ood to sit inside *y the fire when the cold wind is *lowin! outside. 4here are usually hard frosts. Many people li)e winter *ecause of winter sports li)e s)atin!7 sled!in!7 s)iin!7 snow*oardin! etc. %n "un!ary there aren&t .ery hi!h ountains so people !o a*road s)iin!. % li)e sprin! a lot *ecause after the lon! cold7 wet and fo!!y days it is war a!ain. 4rees and *ushes are full of *losso . 8ou can see lo.ely sprin! flowers e.erywhere. 4he weather is 9uite chan!ea*le especially in 0pril. %t often rains and there can *e hard winds too. +o eti es it&s cloudy *ut ost of the ti e it is war and sunny. My fa.ourite season is su er. %t is .ery hot in :uly and 0u!ust. +o eti es there are 9uic) showers or rainstor s with thunder and li!htnin!. 4here are lots of fruit in su er. -hildren prefer the su er to all other seasons *ecause there is no school and we can ta)e our holidays.

Match the pictures to the words.

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2 7 12

3 8 13

4 9 14

5 10 15

0nswer the 9uestions. snowy / cold / frosty /autu n/windy/ su er /cloudy/ sunny / 1 5hen does school year start in "un!ary; winter/rainy/ ================================= li!htnin!/sprin!/hot/stor y /fo!!y 2 5hat can you do in winter; ================================= 3 5hat is the weather li)e in 0pril; ================================= 4 5hy do children li)e su er the *est; ================================= 5 5hat is your fa.ourite season; =================================

Weather a storm> you sur.i.e a dan!erous or difficult ti e. A fair-weather friend> a person who will only *e your friend when thin!s are !oin! well for you. Quick as i!htnin! "a wink > *e .ery .ery 9uic). Come rain or shine > 8ou&ll turn up definitely. #nowed under > 5hen you ha.e so uch to do that you&re ha.in! trou*le doin! it all. When it rains$ it %ours > when one thin! !oes wron!7 so e other thin!s will also !o wron!. A &reath fresh air > a relief in the for of a person or a situation. 'a(e the head in the c ouds > ha.e unrealistic or i practical ideas. A ra) of sunshine > so ethin! that *rin!s happiness to so eone. Make ha) whi e the sun shines > to a)e !ood use of the chance to do so ethin! while it lasts. Under a c oud > suspected of ha.in! done so ethin! wron!. Under the weather > 3ot feelin! well. Tem%est"#torm in a tea%ot > !i.e too uch i portance to s all pro*le . 0 s all e.ent is e?a!!erated out of proportion. #a(e for a rain) da) > @eep for *ad ti es and *e ready for the future. Chase rain&ows > 4ry to !et so ethin! which is too difficult.

$ey -IJ # 2.freezing cold, cold, chilly, warm, hot; humid, damp, wet. A breeze, A wind, a strong wind, a gale, a hurricane. Drizzle, shower, pour. -IJ 'J . blows; 2. mild; 3. winds; 4. snows; 5. Damp. -IJ 5. ! b; 2 ! a; 3!"; 4 ! g; 5 ! h; # ! c; $ ! i; % & f; ' ! (; ) ! d. a* freezing cold c*damp e* slushy g* sleets i* stuffy unsettled d* drizzles f* nasty h* night frosts (* dry 3. -I ,J . +uic,ly; 2. endless; 3. une-pected; 4. unusual; 5. cloudless; #. southern