Spring Summer Autumn Winter

CIDI 044 – 2013

Prof. Arévalo Herrera & Sáez
Agenda
- Activation talking
- Talking about weather
- Reading about weather
- Vocabulary
- Grammar point: Present
continuous
What’s the weather like in
your country?

Which season do you

prefer? Why?

Which season do you like

the least?
3. Read the texts again. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false statements.
1. Antarctica is very windy as well as very cold. T
2. It's often dry and sunny in Mawsynram. F – It’s usually rainy
3. It's always hot in the Chihuahuan Desert at night. F – It can be cool at night
 5. Look at the words in purple in the text and the
4. Complete the sentences. Use the texts to help you.
examples below and complete the rule.
cloudy sunshine foggy freezing thunder
storm temperature snows wet sun  sunny rain → rainy snow → snowy
sunshine
1 It's a lovely day with blue skies and lots of ____________. storm → stormy ice → icy cloud → cloudy

storm
2 It's very wet and windy. I think a ____________ is coming.
To change some weather nouns into
freezing
3 When the weather is______________, water turns to ice. y .
adjectives, we add ________
wet
4 The opposite of dry weather is ______________ weather.

thunder
5 I like the lightning, but the ______________ is too loud!
snows 6. Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
6 It only ______________ when the weather is very cold.
1 How do you feel when there's a storm?
foggy
7 It's hard to see in ______________ weather.
2 What problems can there be in your country if there isn't
temperature is very high during the day.
8 In the desert, the ___________ enough rain?
cloudy
9 The sky is grey and ______________; we can't see any sun. 3 Is the weather changing in your country? Is this a
problem?
GRAMMAR
POINT
GRAMMAR
POINT
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.

is reading (read) a book at the moment.

1. She ______________
is reading (play) soccer in the park now.
2. They ______________
Affirmative
is reading (sleep) on the couch right now.
3. The cat ______________
is reading (paint) a beautiful picture today.
4. She ______________
is reading (chase) its tail in the yard.
5. The dog ______________
is reading (not eat) meat; she's a vegetarian.
1. She ______________
aren’t watching (not watch) TV during dinner.
2. They ___________________
Negative
3. I‘m not playing (not play) video games at work.
_________________
aren’t swimming (not swim) in the cold water.
4. We _____________________
aren’t playing (not play) outside when it's raining.
5. The kids __________________
Are they ______________
1. _______ playing (play) football in the park today?
Is he ______________
2. _______ watching (watch) the news on TV at the moment?
Interrogative Are we ______________
3. _______ having (have) a party for your birthday next month?
Is your brother ______________
4. _______ studying (study) for his final exams?
Are your parents ______________
5. _______ visiting (visit) you this weekend?
2. Look at the image and write sentences according to the actions of the characters.

1. Lucas is painting a portrait. 2. ________________________________

3. ________________________________ 4. ________________________________
5. ________________________________ 6. ________________________________
7. ________________________________ 8. ________________________________
Decide which of the following sentences is written in the present continuous tense. Mark the correct option with an X.

X X
X

X X X