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Match the words from the left-hand column with appropriate definition from the right-hand column. Choose any item and describe your attitude to it.
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| a) hurricane | 1. heavy snowfall with strong wind |
| b) sleet | 2. continuous period of dry weather |
| c) thunderstorm | 3. melting dirty snow |
| d) flood | 4. falling snow with rain |
| e) hoar-frost | 5. frozen raindrops falling from the sky |
| f) snowstorm | 6. great quantity of water in a place that is usually dry |
| g) thaw | 7. violent windstorm |
| h) slush | 8. white frost, frozen dew on grass, leaves |
| i) hail | 9. snow and ice begin to melt |
| j) drought | 10. thunder and lightning usually with heavy rain |
True or false? If a sentence is false, write a true sentence about the weather.
1. It often pours in the desert. False: It never pours in the desert.
2. It can get very chilly in the desert at night.
3. Thunder makes a noise.
4. Lightning can kill people.
5. A shower is a light breeze.
6. A spell of hot weather may end in a thunderstorm.
7. When it is humid, the air is very dry.
8. Below 32 F / 0 C water turns to ice.
9. Drought is a long period of rain.
10. When it’s foggy, you need sunglasses.
Fill in the missing words from the list below.
Words to fill in:
to blossom --- to hide --- to fade away --- to rise --- to cover --- to bud ---
to prefer --- to appear --- to drizzle --- to sow --- to melt --- to go up;
oppressive --- overcast --- sunny --- attractive --- changeable --- pale --- dull -- tiny --- golden --- (the) healthiest --- brightly;
soil --- flood --- harvest --- fruit --- advent --- a spell --- blades --- icicles --- snowflakes --- out-of-doors.
1. In autumn the sky is often ____________, the sun ____________ behind the clouds and then ____________ again.
2. As autumn is a rainy season, the weather is mostly ____________, and, of course, it is not ____________.
3. I don’t like rain of any kind, even if it just ____________.
4. Nature begins ____________ in autumn.
5. Strange as it may seem, people ____________ autumn to any other season.
6. It is the time of ____________, tasty ____________ and vegetables, the time of beautiful ___________ leaves, the time when nature is very ____________.
7. People consider winter to be the ____________ season.
8. In winter the sun doesn’t shine ____________, its rays are ____________, it sets early and ____________ late.
9. Large ____________ slowly fall to the ground, streets and fields are ____________ with ice.
10. ____________ glitter in the sun in winter.
11. But children enjoy being ____________.
12. By the end of winter the temperature ___________ and snow begins ___________.
13. Rivers are in ____________ in spring.
14. Trees begin ____________ and soon ____________ green leaves appear.
15. Thin new ____________ of grass come up, fruit trees begin ____________.
16. Farmers till the ____________ and ____________ the seed.
17. We all welcome the ____________ of spring.
18. In fact, heat is sometimes ____________ in summer.
19. The weather is ____________ in summer. It may rain and then be hot.
20. There is a ____________ of sunny weather in September.
Tell what kind of day is probably based on the sentences below. There may be more than one good answer.
1. Watch out for sunburn.
2. Don’t step in the puddles of water!
3. You can’t see ten feet in front of you!
4. Walk carefully so you don’t slip.
5. Leave your sweater at home today.
6. It’s a good day for some ice cream.
7. Wear a sweater.
8. Wear your rain boots.
9. Wear your snow boots.
10. Wear your windbreaker.