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Simple Sentences

Weather
Vocabulary
Describe the weather or the season. Use the adjectives,
nouns, and verbs below to complete the sentences.

Adjectives • tornado
Nouns
• windy
• summer
• cloudy Verbs
• cold
• winter
• humid • drizzling
• icy • fall / autumn • hailing
• foggy • raining
• hot • umbrella

# Picture Sentences

1 windy
It is .

Her umbrella is blowing away.

2 It is cloudy .

The sun isn’t out today.

3 It is sunny .

I don’t like humidity.

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Vocabulary cont.
# Picture Sentences

4 I hate winter .
cold
It’s too .

5 It is freezing .

Be careful driving.

6 It’s not snowing .

It’s just hailing .

7 It is .

I can’t see very well.

8 It is cloudy .

summer
It’s funny to see ice in the .

9 There is a windy .

Stay indoors.

10 The temperature says it’s 99 degrees.

It’s too hot .

11 The weather forecast looks bad.

They’re calling for a .

12 Look at the .

It’s below average for .


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Weather
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Expressions
A. Questions 

Listen and repeat these questions about the weather.

1. What’s your favorite season? 2. How’s the B. Answers 


4. Do I need a coat / an umbrella / sunscreen? 5.
weather today? 3. Is it hot outside?
Have you checked the forecast?

6. What’s the temperature?

Listen and repeat these sentences that describe the


weather. Then practice asking and answering questions with
a partner.

Using Adjectives • It is drizzling. thunderstorm outside. • There’s

• It is cool. • It is snowing. a blizzard.

• It is rainy. • It is hailing. • There’s a 20% chance of rain. •

• It is sunny. • It is warm. • It is • It is going to rain. • It’s


The sun might come out later. •

stormy. • It is windy. supposed to snow.


They* are calling for sunshine.

Using Verbs Using Nouns


*Note:
• It is raining. • It is a few degrees warmer
They refers to
today. • There is a
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Questions & Answers


Read the questions and answers about fall (autumn).
On the next two pages, practice asking and answering questions
using complete sentences. Use the words in parentheses to help you.
# Picture Questions & Answers

1 Fall / What season is it? (fall / autumn)

Autumn It is fall. / It is autumn.

What’s the temperature? (30ºF)

It is 30ºF.

Is it raining? (windy)

No, it’s windy.

What should I wear? (jacket)

You should wear a jacket.

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Questions & Answers cont.


# Picture Questions & Answers
2 Winter What season is it? (winter / wintertime)

What’s the temperature? (below freezing)

Is it raining? (snowing)

What should I wear? (winter coat and hat)

3 Spring What season is it? (spring / springtime)

What’s the temperature? (warm)

Is it sunny out? (raining)

What should I bring? (umbrella)

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Questions & Answers cont.


# Picture Questions & Answers
4 Summer It’s summer. / It’s summertime.

It’s very hot.

Yes, it’s sunny.

You should bring sunscreen.

5 Your What is your favorite season?

Choice
of Season
Do you prefer to be indoors or outdoors?

What weather do you dislike?

What do you do when it’s raining?

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Pair Work (Student A)


A. Complete the Chart

Find out the missing information by asking your partner.


# Name Weather Location Season Temperature

1 Lee parade winter

2 Silvia above average cool

3 Ali humid summer

4 Kara rainy school

5 Anna farm fall

6 Luis cloudy cool

7 Lars park autumn

8 Sara humid garden

9 Aki ice rink winter

10 Ken foggy car

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Pair Work (Student B)


A. Complete the Chart
Find out the missing information by asking your partner.
# Name Weather Location Season Temperature

1 Lee snowing freezing

2 Silvia festival winter

3 Ali cottage hot

4 Kara fall cool

5 Anna sunny comfortable

6 Luis beach summer

7 Lars drizzling wet

8 Sara summer hot

9 Aki stormy cold

10 Ken spring nervous

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Pair Work cont.


B. Writing
Work together to make sentences using the information from Part A. Copyright 2020, Red River Press Inc. For

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Class Survey
Walk around the class and ask your classmates questions about the weather.
Classmate Favorite Favorite Least Ideal
Season Type Favorite Temperature
of Weather Weather

Me
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Picture Dictionary
Write the season, temperature, or other weather-related word under the picture.
Some of the words are written for you. Add some more pictures of your own.

1. 4. 7.

2. 5. 8.
3. 6. 9.

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Picture Dictionary cont.

10. 16. frost 12. 15. 18.


11.

13.
14. hazy 17.
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Picture Dictionary cont.

19. blizzard 22. 25. 21. 24. 27.


20. 23. 26.

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Picture Dictionary cont.


28. 29. drizzling 30.Copyright 2020, Red River Press Inc. For use by ESL Library members only. (BEG – LOW INT / VERSION 3.4)

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Assessment
Student / Group:
Date Level Theme Skills

Weather � Speaking
� Listening
� Reading
� Writing

Criteria Achieved Achieved Needs


with Help Improvement

identifies the seasons

uses adjectives,
nouns, and verbs to
describe weather,
seasons, and temperature

asks questions about


the weather

answers questions
about the weather

describes
favourite/least
favourite/ideal weather
Notes

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Self-Assessment
WEATHER

Add check marks () to show what you've learned in this lesson.

Name: Date:
Can I... Yes Yes Not yet
(very well) (with help)

say and write the seasons?

describe weather, seasons,


and temperature?

ask questions about the weather?

answer questions about the weather?


My Notes

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