PREPERATION

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WEATHER & TERRAIN
1. Preparing to Listen
Exercise 1 – Look at the photos and answer the questions.

1. What season is it in each photo?

2. Describe the weather.
3. What colours can you see?
2. Glossary
Exercise 2 – Match the words from the box to numbers 1-7 in the photos

desert (n) a large, hot, dry area ____

forest (n) a large area of trees ____
island (n) an area of land with water around it ____
mountain (n) a very high hill ____
park (n) a large area of grass and trees for everyone to use it ____
sea (n) a large area of salt water ____
sky (n) the area above the Earth where you can see clouds ____
3. Listening - 1
Exercise 3 - Listen to Daniela and Altan describing one of the places
from Exercise 2.

1. Which photo does Daniela describe?

2. Which photo does Altan describe?
3. Which photos don’t they describe?
4. Listening - 2
Exercise 4 – Listen again and select the correct answers.

1. Daniela describes a place …

a. in spring / summer
b. in Italy / Turkey
c. with forest / beach
d. she thinks it is beautiful / snowy
2. Altan describes a place …
a. in his country / another country
b. in autumn / winter
c. on hot day / cold day
d. with a famous park / hill
5. Listening - 3
Exercise 5 – Listen again. What colours do you hear?

colour describes…

building
Daniela
sea and sky

Altan trees
6. Discussion
Exercise 6 – Think of Exercise 3 and 4 and discuss the questions.

1. Daniela describes a place.

Which season does it match to?
How is it the same? How is it different?
2. Altan describes a place.
Which season does it match to?
How is it the same? How is it different?
3. Do any seasons in Turkey have extreme temperatures?
 7. Speaking
Exercise 7 – Work with a partner. Look at the photos and answer the
questions in the table.

questions answers

1 What is the photo

of?

2 Which season can

you see in the
photo?

3 What is the
weather like in the
photo?

4 Which colours can

you see in the
photo?

5 Is the photo
interesting?
Why / Why not?
Thank you.