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For the 1st year students of all specialties

UNIT XX

WEATHER

A Types of weather

В Adjectives and verbs

noun | adjective
sun | sunny
rain | rainy
wind | windy
cloud | cloudy
snow | snowy
fog | foggy
thunder | thundery
ice | icy
lightning | -

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 lovely weather today, isn't it! [not It's -a- lovely weather.]
It's a horrible day, isn't it!

You cannot say It's winding / clouding / fogging / sunning.

С Other useful weather words

It is very hot in Mexico - it is often 45 degrees there in summer.
It is very cold in the Arctic - it is often minus 50 degrees there.
It is very wet in London - carry an umbrella when you go sightseeing there.
It is very dry in the Sahara - it doesn't often rain there.
A hurricane is a very strong wind.
A storm is when there is a strong wind and rain together.
A thunderstorm is when there is thunder, lightning, rain and sometimes wind together.

Exercises

1 Match the words and the symbols.

1 snow 2 sun 3 rain 4 fog 5 lightning 6 wind 7 cloud

2 Look at the types of weather in A. Write them down in order from your most
favourite to your least favourite.
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3 Look at the chart. Write sentences about the towns in the chart.

Hanoi
Hong Kong
La Paz
Paris
Astana
Seul
Warsaw
Washington

1 It is sunny in Hanoi. ………………………………………………..
2 It is raining in Hong Kong. ………………………………………
3 It is …………………………………………………………………..
4 It …………………………………………………………………….
5 ……………………………………………………………………….
6 ……………………………………………………………………….
7 ……………………………………………………………………….
8 ……………………………………………………………………….

4 Identify the weather conditions in these pictures.

1 …………………………… | 2 ……………………………. | 3 ……………………………
4 …………………………… | 5 …………………………… | 6 ……………………………

5 Complete these sentences with a word from above.

1. The sun ………………………… every day last month.
2. When it ………………………….. . I take my umbrella.
3. It is lovely ……………………………….. today, isn't it.
4. When it …………………………………… , we can go skiing.
5. You see …………………………………….. before you hear thunder.
6. It is 24 ………………………………………. here today.
7. It is dangerous to be in a small boat at sea in a ………………………………………… .
8. It is very …………………………………….. in Siberia in winter.

6 Are these sentences true about the weather in your country? If not, correct them.

1. It often snows in December. ………………………………………………………
2. It is usually 40 degrees in summer and minus 20 degrees in winter. ……………………………………………………..……………
3. There are thunderstorms every day in August. …………………………………………….
4. It is very wet in spring. ……………………………………………………….
5. We never have hurricanes. ………………………………………………………….
6. Summer is my favourite season because it is usually hot and dry. …………………………………………………………………….

7 Write about the weather where you are today. Use as many words as possible from above.
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8 Match the pictures with the words and write them below.

a) _________ b) _________________ c) ________________ | d) ________________

1. warm
2. tornado
3. sunny
4. partly-cloudy
5. snowy
6. stormy
7. rainbow
8. cold
9. windy
10. hot
11. freezing
12. dry
13. weather forecast
14. rainy

e) _________________ | f) ________________
g) _________________ | h) ________________
i) _________________ |  | j) ________________
k) _________________ l) _________________ m) ______________ n) _______________

9 56 Read and listen to the conversations (a-c).

Alan: Hello.
Mum: Hi, how are you?
Alan: Fine.
Mum: What's the weather like?
Alan: It's sunny and very windy.
Mum: Oh dear.
Alan: No - it's great. I want to go windsurfing. What's the weather like at home?
Mum: It's cloudy, it's raining and it's cold.
Alan: Oh dear

Kim: Hello.
Dan: Hi, how are you?
Kim: Not very good.
Dan: Oh dear. Why?
Kim: It's sunny and warm. There isn't any snow.
Dan: Ah.
Kim: What's the weather like at home?
Dan: Urn, it's snowing.
Kim: Oh.

| Eric: Hello. Jane: Hello. Did you catch any fish? Eric: Er, no. Jane: Where are you? Eric: I'm not sure ... It's very foggy.

Grammar

## Contents

- ВВЕДЕНИЕ
- UNIT I. Introduction.The Verb ‘to be’
- UNIT II. Favourite Things. Articles UNIT III. The Family Tree. Possessive Case of Nouns
- UNIT IV. Family. The Verb ‘to have / have got’
- UNIT V. Numbers (Cardinal,Ordinal)
- UNIT VI. Everyday Things. Present Simple
- UNIT VII. Time, Days, Months. Prepositions of Time
- UNIT VIII. Daily Routine. Personal Pronouns
- UNIT IX. At School and University. Plural of Nouns
- UNIT X. In the living room. Prepositions of Place
- UNIT XI. In the bedroom and bathroom. Construction ‘There is/are’
- UNIT XII. In the kitchen. Modal verb (can)
- UNIT XIII. Food and Drink. Indefinite Pronouns ‘some/any’
- UNIT XIV. Eating Out. Construction ‘Would you like… / I’d like
- UNIT XV. Parts of the Body. Possessive Pronouns
- UNIT XVI. Clothes. Present Continuous
- UNIT XVII. Describing People. Adjectives / Comparison
- UNIT XVIII. Moving. Past Simple
- UNIT XIX. Jobs. Future Simple
- UNIT XX. Weather. Adverbs
- REFERENCES

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