Second Edition

VIDEO WORKSHEET

The Australian Climate

Headway Plus
SPECIAL EDITION

Beginner
BEFORE WATCHING
 ork in pairs and look at the pictures. How many kilometres do you think are
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between picture 1 and picture 2?

Tell your partner what weather you like. Do you like very hot weather?

1 Complete the sentences with the words.

equator drought monsoon tropical crops climate

1 The equator goes around the middle of the earth.

2 Farmers grow different kinds of on their farms for us to eat.
3 A is very heavy rain in hot countries.
4 In a there is no rain for a long time.
5 In a climate, the weather is usually hot and wet.
6 The is the normal type of weather for a place.

WHILE WATCHING
2 Watch the video. Number the places in the order you hear them.
Alice Springs Sydney
1 the equator Darwin
north coast the Outback
south-east coast
3  Watch the video again. Choose the correct answer (a, b or c) to complete the gap in each sentence.
1 Australia is the largest country in the world. 5 In Alice Springs, the average summer temperature is
a fifth b sixth c fourth a 30 degrees Celsius b over 36 degrees Celsius c around 26 degrees
2 Darwin is on the coast of Australia. Celsius
a north-east b south-east c north 6 Sydney has a climate.
3 There is a climate in Darwin. a temperate b dry and hot c hot and rainy
a dry b tropical c temperate 7 Most people live
4 The town of Alice Springs is a in the north b in the centre c in the south-east
a in the Outback b on the coast c in the south

AFTER WATCHING
Tell each other what is the hottest country you know? What is the coldest? Which has most rain in the year?
4 
What countries do you think have good weather?

EXTENSION
Work in pairs. Go online to find out more about your country.
5 
Choose three cities and write 1-2 lines about the climate in each place. Try to choose places that are different to each other.

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Teacher’s Notes Headway Plus

SPECIAL EDITION

The Australian Climate Beginner

BEFORE WATCHING ANSWER KEY

Warmer Ask students to work in pairs and look at the pictures. Tell them KEY 1
to guess how many kilometres are between picture 1 and picture 2. 1 equator
The answer is 1,500 km.
2 crops
Then ask them to tell their partner what kind of weather they like, for
example, hot weather, cool weather, rain etc 3 monsoons
4 drought
1 Ask students to work in pairs and complete the sentences. Check answers 5 tropical
with the whole class. Make sure the students know how to pronounce the 6 climate
words. KEY 1
KEY 2
Alice Springs 4
WHILE WATCHING
the equator 1
2 Before watching the video, read the topics with the class and explain the task. north coast 3
Check that the students understand the topics. Then play the video.
Check the exercise with the whole class KEY 2 south-east coast 7
3 Read the questions with the class and explain the task. Check that the Sydney 6
students understand the questions. Play the video again. Check the answers Darwin 2
with the whole class. KEY 3 the Outback 5
KEY 3
AFTER WATCHING 1b 2c 3b 4a 5b 6a 7c
4 Ask students to work in pairs. Ask them to discuss the hottest, coldest and
wettest countries they know. Ask them to tell each other which countries they
think have good weather. You might like to take a class survey to see which
countries students choose.

EXTENSION
5 Ask students to work in pairs and choose three places in their country.
They should write 1-2 lines about the climate in each place.

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