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B.D Types of weather
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sun Tv -
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fog wind thunder lightning.
BED diectives and verbs
sun sunny
rain rainy
wind windy
cloud cloudy:
snow snowy
fog foggy
thunder | thundery
lightning i
BEES ther useful weather words
Itis very hot in M is often 45 degrees there in summer.
Itis very cold in the Ar ‘often minus 50 degrees there.
Itcan be very wet in London - carry an umbrella when you go sightseeing there.
Itis very dry in the Sahara -it doesn’t often rain there.
Ahurricane isa very strong wind,
‘storm is when there is a strong wind and rain together,
thunderstorm is when there is thunder, lightning, rain and sometimes wind together.
ED rssions
It’s a sunny day in Tokyo today, but it’s cloudy in Hong Kong.
It’s foggy in Sydney and it’s snowing /it’s snowy in Moscow.
It’s raining in Barcelona but the sun is shining in Granada.
It's a lovely day.
It's a horrible day, isn'tit! Wesay ts windy [cloudy / foggy /
What's the weather your sunny [NOT t's winding / eluding /
‘country in June? fogging / sunning].
It’s usually warm and sunny.
Watch the weather forecast in English on TV or
online as often as you car
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Exercises
Match the words and the symbols.
1 snow. 2sun 3 rain 4 fog 5 lightning 6 wind 7 cloud
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Look at the chart. Write sentences about the cities in the chart.
Hongkong | 2 itis ning Hong Kong
LaPaz 3 Itis
Paris 4 Me
Tashkent 5
Seoul 6
Washington | 7
_--~-every day last month
, take my umbrella,
.like in your country in January?
-, we can go skiing.
-n--nenebefore you hear thunder.
Wis 24 a here today.
Itis dangerous to be in a small boat at $€2 iN 2 ceerewninnnem
IRIS Very nnnmsnninnn in Siberia in winter.
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Are these sentences true about the weather in your country? If not, correct them.
1 Itoften snows in December. stsometimes snows in December.
2 Itis usually 40 degrees in summer and minus 20 degrees in winter.
3 There are thunderstorms every day in August.
4 Itis very wet in spring,
5 Wenever have hurricanes.
6 Summer is usually hot and dry.
What do you like to do or not like to do in these types of weather?
1 fog. Lalonlie to drive. 3 arainy day 5 awindy day
2 sunny weather 4 snow
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