What’s the weather like?

Basic Grammar Sentences

Vocabulary
A. Weather B. Temperature
Write the correct adjectives. Write the correct adjectives on the correct lines below.

ºF ºC

100
1
30
1
80

20 2

60

10 3
2
40
0
4

20
-10
3

0
-20

-20 -30
4

-40 -40

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Target Structure
Using today’s target structure, write one
question and one answer for each image below.

1. (this afternoon)

Q: What’s the weather like this afternoon?

A: It’s cloudy and hot.

2. (in Perth)

Q:

A:

3. (today)

Q:

A:

4. (in the spring)

Q:

A:

5. (in Paris)

Q:

A:

6. (in the fall)

Q:

A:

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Work in Pairs – Partner A

Find out what the weather is like in all the cities.

Osaka Toronto Melbourne Madrid

Dakar Rio Moscow Rome

Now Work Alone

After you’ve finished the pair work above,
write full sentences to describe the weather below.

1. What’s the weather like in Osaka today?

2. What’s the weather like in Toronto today?

3. Is it hot in Rome today?

4. What’s like in Melbourne today?

5.                        ?
  It’s cold and rainy.

6. What’s the weather like in your city today?

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Work in Pairs – Partner B

Find out what the weather is like in all the cities.

Osaka Toronto Melbourne Madrid

Dakar Rio Moscow Rome

Now Work Alone

After you’ve finished the pair work above,
write full sentences to describe the weather below.

1. What’s the weather like in Osaka today?

2. What’s the weather like in Toronto today?

3. Is it hot in Rome today?

4. What’s like in Melbourne today?

5.                        ?
  It’s cold and rainy.

6. What’s the weather like in your city today?

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Listening
Listen to your teacher describe the weather in each city.
Circle the correct words for each city.

Chicago hot warm cool cold sunny windy rainy snowy cloudy

Vancouver hot warm cool cold sunny windy rainy snowy cloudy

Sapporo hot warm cool cold sunny windy rainy snowy cloudy

Glasgow hot warm cool cold sunny windy rainy snowy cloudy

Istanbul hot warm cool cold sunny windy rainy snowy cloudy

Prague hot warm cool cold sunny windy rainy snowy cloudy

Seattle hot warm cool cold sunny windy rainy snowy cloudy

Mexico City hot warm cool cold sunny windy rainy snowy cloudy

Reading and Writing

A. Reading B. Writing
Good morning, everyone. My name is Chip Stevens, Now write your own weather report,
and here is today’s weather around the world. It’s hot and report it to your class.
and sunny in Tokyo today. The weather is beautiful!
In Chicago, the weather is also beautiful. It’s hot and
sunny, but a little windy. The weather is not so nice in
Paris today. It’s cold and rainy, and it’s also very windy!

1. What’s the weather like in Tokyo today?

2. Is it sunny in Paris today?

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Review and Fun

A. Unscramble the Words

Unscramble the words below.

1. unsny 5. loco

2. dloc 6. ndyiw

3. toh 7. ownsy

4. rwma 8. uoclyd

B. Unscramble the Phrases

Unscramble the phrases below.

1. it’s in New York and sunny today hot.

2. the what’s weather in like today Tokyo?

C. Word Search

There are 12 words from today’s e w w y c l m t

lesson hidden in the puzzle.
Can you find them? Try to l y e j n o c o
be the fastest in the class.
c d o a s i o h

l n l c t y a l

o i o o w h m r

u w i o c p e p

d r n w a r m r

y s y n n u s r

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Teachers’ Notes
Aim
The aim of this lesson is for students to learn how
to talk about the weather using the simple present.
New Vocabulary
Adjectives:
sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy,
hot, warm, cool, cold
Target Structure
Examples:
What’s the weather like today? It’s cold and snowy.
What’s the weather like in Paris? It’s warm and rainy.
Teaching the Class (before the handouts)
Use the flashcards at the end of this lesson to elicit and check your
students’ understanding of the vocabulary and target structures.
After you’ve gone over the vocabulary and target structures,
hand out page 1 and have your students write the new words for
all the images. Next, hand out page 2 and have them write the
questions and answers.
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Work in Pairs
Have your students work in pairs to complete the information
gap. They’ll need to ask each other about the weather in each city.
Students should write the answers in the boxes.
Now Work Alone
When they are finished the pair work, have your students try the
follow-up activity to review their writing skills for this structure.
(Make sure they are not doing the follow-up activity and pair work
activity at the same time. These are meant to be done separately.)
Listening
For this task, you’ll need to decide what the weather is like in
each city. For each city, choose one adjective that describes the
temperature and another that describes the weather. Use both
in your sentences. (E.g., It’s hot and sunny in Chicago.) Students
should listen and circle two answers for each city. You may need to
go over the city names first.
Reading and Writing
Have each student read the weather report out loud to their
partner or group members. After they are comfortable with the
reading and have answered all the questions, have them work
together to write their own weather report. When they have
finished and memorized it, have them try it out in front of the class.
It’s a good idea to draw a world map on the board, or use a real one,
when they are doing their presentations.
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Answer Key
Vocabulary Listening
A. WEATHER B. TEMPER ATURE Answers will vary.

1. sunny 1. hot
2. cloudy 2. warm Reading and Writing
3. rainy 3. cool
A. READING
4. snowy 4. cold
5. windy 1. It’s hot and sunny in Tokyo today.
2. No, it’s not. It’s cold and rainy, and it’s also very windy.

Target Structure
B. WRITING
1. What’s the weather like this afternoon? It’s cloudy and hot.
Answers will vary.
2. What’s the weather like in Perth? It’s sunny and hot.
3. What’s the weather like today? It’s snowy and cold.
4. What’s the weather like in the spring? It’s sunny and cool.
Review and Fun
5. What’s the weather like in Paris? It’s rainy and warm.
A. UNSCR AMBLE THE WORDS
6. What’s the weather like in the fall? It’s windy and cool.
1. sunny 3. hot 5. cool 7. snowy
2. cold 4. warm 6. windy 8. cloudy
Work in Pairs
B. UNSCR AMBLE THE PHR ASES
Partner A Partner B
It’s cool and cloudy in Osaka. It’s cold and snowy in Toronto. 1. It’s hot and sunny in New York today.
It’s warm and windy in Melbourne. It’s cold and rainy in Madrid. 2. What’s the weather like in Tokyo today?
It’s warm and windy in Rio. It’s hot and sunny in Dakar.
It’s hot and sunny in Rome. It’s cool and cloudy in Moscow. C. WORD SEARCH

e w w y c l m t cloudy Rio
Now Work Alone cold snowy
l y e j n o c o
1. It’s cool and cloudy in Osaka today. cool sunny
c d o a s i o h hot warm
2. It’s cold and snowy in Toronto today.
3. Yes, it’s hot in Rome today. l n l c t y a l Moscow weather

4. What’s the weather like in Melbourne today? rainy windy

o i o o w h m r
It’s warm and windy.
u w i o c p e p
5. What’s the weather like in Madrid today?
6. Individual answers. d r n w a r m r

y s y n n u s r

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