What makes it snow?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8oM9jF3P5M

Study the Words:

Precipitation – water that falls from the sky.

Water droplet – a drop of water

Sleet = ice pellets/balls

Fluffy white flakes – cottony snowflakes

Loose, open structure

Answer the questions:

1. Where does snow begin?

2. What are clouds made of?
3. Why do water droplets fall from the sky?
4. What kinds of precipitation do you know?
5. When does snow happen?
6. What does a snowflake contain?

Look at the picture of water cycle and describe the process of precipitation.
Study the picture and make sentences about water droplets: What are they doing? Ex.: They’re running off
the mountains into the ocean.

Now watch the story about the snowflake and act it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cky-c4J3kZg
 Can you guess the answer to the fruit or vegetable
riddle below?

I am a big round fruit that is red on the inside with lots of seeds. I am very juicy because I
have got lots of sweet water. What am I?
I’m an orange vegetable that is good for your eyesight. I grow under the ground and have a
green top.
I am a beautiful red color with a green top, and grow in Huelva at the beginning of the
summer. I taste great with cream. I am sweet and am shaped like a heart.
I look like a fuzzy little oval-shaped ball on the outside and when you cut me in half, you can
eat my green insides with a spoon. What am I?
I am a fruit that comes in many colors and many names. I grow on trees and I am also a
tasty juice. Sometimes you find half of a worm inside of me.
Grab one of these
foods for a meal,
snack, or energy boost!
I am a crunchy vegetable, with a lot of vitamin C and fiber. Some kids think that I look like a
little green tree! What am I?
I am a red or purple fruit that can stain your hands when you eat me. I grow on bushes. Try
putting me on your cereal! What am I?

Fruit and Vegetable Riddle Challenge!

I am a tropical fruit. I am many different colors on the outside. To say my name, say the
opposite of “WOMAN” and then say the opposite of “STOP.” What am I?

Many people think that I am a vegetable, but I am actually a fruit. People like to use me to
make spaghetti sauce and pizza sauce. What am I?
I am a round fruit with a peel. I am also a color. I have a lot of vitamin C for your body, and
you can also drink me anytime. What am I?
I am a fruit that grows on a tree, and come in many different colors. My name rhymes with
“PAIR” and you need a “CHAIR” to pick me! What am I?
I am a tropical fruit that is very spiky on the outside and yellow, soft and juicy on the inside.
I have “APPLE” in my name, but I am not an apple! What am I?
I have got a purple or green skin and sweet flesh inside. From my juice becomes wine. What
am I?
I am a yellow fruit with three of the letter “A” in my name. I have a lot of potassium to help
your muscles work better. I am tough on the outside and soft on the inside.
I am a small fruit that comes in a variety of colors, like purple, blue, red, yellow and green. I
have a hard pit inside of me. I rhyme with “HUM”.
What is round? What is orange? You can make a pie, or a jack-o-lantern. What am I?
Fruits & vegetables give you energy & help you look and feel your best!
[pear]
[grapes]
[pumpkin]
[plum]
[kiwi]
[pineapple]
[carrot]
[strawberry]
[tomato]
[apple]
[broccoli]
[berries]
[mango]
[banana]
[orange]
[watermelon]
© Franktudela 2012
 Answer the
questions
Look at the picture and answer the questions.

Who can you see in the picture?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Where are the people ?

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What are the children doing?

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What is the man doing?

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What is the woman doing?

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How do you spend your free time?

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Lesson 1 – The present continuous

Affirmative – I am preparing lunch.

Negative – He’s not studying German.
Interrogative – Are you packing up yet? / Why are you laughing?

1) Take a look at the verbs below and make up sentences using the Present Continuous tense:
Example: My son is doing his homework. He’s a hardworking student.

a) To break into:

b) To spread:

c) To learn:
 d) To consider:

e) To enjoy:

f) To carry out:

g) To follow:

h) To apply:

i) To suggest:

j) To lend:

k) To set up:

l) To run out:

m) To discuss:

2) Look at the pictures below and write at least two sentences about them:
3) Form sentences using the Present Continuous and the words given. Be creative! Feel free to add
words up!
Example: (Mary / play / outside /?) – Is Mary playing outside?

a) (Jimmy / wear / contact lenses)

b) (Why / call)

c) (Who / do / housework)

d) (Why / put up with / situation)

e) (What / take / headache)

f) (Football player / hop)

g) (I / take the bus / class)

h) (They / make fun of)

i) (I / work out / gym)

4) Answer the following questions using short answers and then make a comment:
Example: Are you drinking beer? No, I’m not. I’m drinking coke. I don’t like beer.

a) Are you traveling alone?

b) Is it raining now?

c) Are you enjoying your English classes?

d) Are the kids playing in the yard?

e) Is your gardener mowing the lawn?

f) Is he saving money?

g) Is your grandma walking regularly?

 h) Are you taking any medication at the moment?

i) Is Peter working abroad?

j) Are Tony and Sheila planning their honeymoon?

k) Is the baby sleeping now?

l) Is the clock working?

m) Are the Johnson’s moving out?

5) Look at the picture below and describe what the people are doing.

6) Look at the text below and circle all the verbs in the Present Continuous, then make up sentences of your
own using them.
 Present Indefinite or Present Continuous
Use the verbs given in brackets in proper tenses.

1. Tom usually (play) football but today he (play) tennis.

2. What language they (speak) in Holland? What language he (speak) now?
3. The professor (speak) five foreign languages. Right now he (speak) Dutch.
4. My friend always (tell) me the truth, but I see that she (tell) a lie now.
5. I usually (drive) to my work. Be careful! You (drive) too fast.
6. She, as a rule, (wear) smart hats. But today she (wear) a funny-looking one.
7. I (do) a lot of work every day. Don`t worry! I (know) what I (do).
8. Every Sunday he (watch) birds in the forest. Be quiet, the photographer (watch) that
bird. He (want) to take a picture.
9. You (eat) fruit every day? What`s the name of the fruit you (eat) with such pleasure?
10.She (adore) French perfume but I can`t guess what perfume she (wear) tonight.
11.She (not understand) what the teacher (explain) now.
12.She (say) she (love) him very much now.
13.I (not recognize) the man who (give) a talk.
14.You usually (not drink) coffee at this time? What is that you (drink) now?
15.I (hear) Nick (want) to know where you (live) now.
 16.I (feel) he (have) a lot of problems with his elder son at the moment.
17.I generally (feel) well in summer but right now I (feel) miserable.
18.Paul (feel) that his uncle John (notice) all his faults.
19.Frieda (hate) it when it (rain) outdoors.
20.We (think) they (try) to make up quarrel.
21.The pop-concert (take) place on Saturday. They still (sell) the tickets.
22.What platform the train for Sochi (leave)? – According to the time-table it always
(start) from platform two.
23.The night-show (open) at 10.30 this evening.
24.It`s a national holiday today. The bank (work)?
25.Nelly, why you (hurry) so much? – My plane (leave) at 7.45.

Cartoons For Kids

Mickey Mouse On Ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qFkLJsOSmM

Active words:
ice-
a winter-
snow-
to skate-
skates-
a mitten-
a scarf-
a pullover-
Answer the questions:
1. What season is in the cartoon?

2. What are Mickey and Minnie Mouse doing on the skating rink (каток)?
3. What can Mickey Mouse do well?
4. What is Mickey Mouse wearing?
5. Who is going to fish?
6. Have Goofy caught any fish?
7. What is Donald Duck wearing?
8. What did Donald duck do with Pluto?
9. Can Pluto skate?
10. What was happened with Pluto’s tail?
Keys:

1. What season is in the cartoon? It’s a winter.

2. What are Mickey and Minnie Mouse doing on the skating rink (каток)? They are skating.

3. What can Mickey Mouse do well? He skates well.

4. What is Mickey Mouse wearing ?She’s wearing red mittens and a spotted yellow skirt.

5. Who is going to fish? Goofy is going to fish.

6. Have Goofy caught any fish? No ,he hasn’t.

7. What is Donald Duck wearing? Donald Duck is wearing red and blue hat and red pullover.

8. What did Donald Duck do with Pluto? He put skates on him.

9. Can Pluto skate?No ,he can’t.

10. What was happened with Pluto’s tail? It was burnt and then froze.