3A- Talking about the Weather and Seasons

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 A  It's extremely Cold.

1 Vocabulary Weather  

Label the pictures with the correct words. Then listen and check your answers.

ابری و آفتابی

بارانی

 

ابر

دماسنج

Weather

cloudy

rainy

snowy

sunny

windy

Temperature

cold

cool

hot

warm

Answer:

1. sunny  

2. cloudy

3. windy

4. rainy

5. snowy

6. hot

7. warm

8. cool

9. cold

 

B Pair work What's the weather like in your country in each season? Complete the chart with the words from Part A. Then compare answers

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

 

 

 

 

Rainy season

Dry season

   

2 Language in context Favorite seasons

A Listen to people talk about their favorite season. Which places are cool?

بهار

My favorite season is spring. It's fairly cool, and it rains quite a bit, but it's a good time to see flowers.              

- Jan, Lisse, Holland

تابستان

I like summer a lot. It's very windy - great for windsurfing! And it doesn't rain at all then.

- Fouad, Essaouira, Morocco

پاییز

Fall is my favorite. It's sunny and cool, and in late October, 150 million butterflies arrive!

- Juan, Morelia, Mexico

زمستان

I love winter. It's extremely cold and it snows a lot, but that's when the Sapporo Snow Festival is.

- Rie, Sapporo, Japan

B What about you? What's your favorite season? What's the weather like then?

3 Grammar  Adverbs of intensity; quantifiers with verbs 

Adverbs of intensity
It's extremely cold.
It's very windy.
It's really hot.
It's pretty sunny.
It's fairly cool.
It's somewhat cloudy

 

Quantifiers with verbs
It snows a lot.
It rains quite a bit.
It snows a little.
It doesn't rain very much.
It doesn't rain at all.

Add the adverbs and quantifiers to the sentences. Then compare with a partner.

  1. It snows in Moscow in the winter. (a lot)                            It snows a lot in Moscow in the winter.
  2. It rains in Seattle in the winter. (quite a bit)                                                                                      
  3. It's cold in Busan in January. (extremely)                                                                                       
  4. It's cool in Rabat in the rainy season. (fairly)                                                                                  
  5. It snows in Lima in July. (not... at all)                                                                                              
  6. It's windy in Wellington all year. (pretty)                                                                                         

 

Answer:

1. It snows a lot in Moscow in the winter.

2. It rains quite a bit in Seattle in the winter.

3. It's extremely cold in Busan in January.

4. It's fairly cool in Rabat in the rainy season.

5. It doesn’t snows at all in Lima in July.

6. It's pretty windy in Wellington all year.

4 Listening Think about the weather!

A Listen to people talk about the weather in three cities. Which city is one of the people planning to visit? Circle the city.

  1. Istanbul, Turkey                  It's                         cold in the winter.
  2. Antigua, Guatemala           The                         season is from November to April.
  3. Beijing, China                       It's                         and                         in the spring.

 

Script:

Page 27, Exercise 4, Listening, Think about the weather!

1.
W1: So, where do we want to go on our vacation?
W2: How about Istanbul?
W1: Hmm. ... What's the weather like there in December? Is it warm?
W2: Let's see what this website says. It's not really warm, no. It's cold.
W1: How cold? What does it say?
W2: It can get down to about five degrees in the winter.
W1: Oh, that's pretty cold. Maybe we can go there another time.

2.
M1: So, how do you like Antigua?
M2: Oh I love it here.
M1: Do you like the weather?
M2: I do. It's not rainy, and it's nice and warm.
M1: Well, it is the dry season. Our dry season starts around November and ends in April.
M2: And then the rains come?
M1: That's right. It rains a lot in the summer, especially July.
M2: Well, I'm glad I'm here now. I hate the rain.

3.
W3: Are you excited about your year in Beijing?
W4: Yes! I can't believe it. One year in China, studying Mandarin.
W3: You're so lucky. What's the weather like in Beijing? Is it nice?
W4: You know, I'm not sure. Let's check online.
W3: OK. Wow, it's cold in the winter – very cold!
W4: But it doesn't rain in the winter.
W3: No, but what about snow?
W4: Oh, of course. I go there in March. What's the weather like then?
W3: Let's see. It says spring is dry and windy.
W4: That's OK.
W3: I can't wait to visit you!

 

B Listen again. Complete the sentences with the correct words

Speaking True or false?

A Write two true sentences and two false sentences about the weather where you live. Use these words and expressions.

pretty sunny

extremely hot

really cold

rain a lot

very windy

snow

somewhat cloudy

fairly cool

B Pair work Read your sentences. Your partner corrects the false sentences. Take turns.

خورشید

A: It's pretty sunny in the winter.

B: I think that's false. It's pretty cloudy in the winter.

 I can  talk about the weather and seasons.

There are 8 Comments

سلام

عالی بود واقعا تمرین خوبی بود برام وقتی اینارو خوندم فقط یه نکته این که فایل تمرین شنیداری 4 رو بزارید که بتونیم گوش بدیم و سپس پاسخ بدیم فقط همین مشکل هست دیگه مشکلی ندیدم. 

ممنون بازم

سلام خسته نباشید خیلی خوبه فقط یه سوال چه جوری کتاب و فایلهای صوتی رو میشه دریافت کرد ؟فقط از طریق تلگرام؟  

My favourit season is fall. I like it. the weather is pretty cold and trees are very beautiful. they are colorful and I enjoy looking to them.

False
1 It's pextremely cold in Bandar Abbas in for
2- it snows a lot in summer
True 
1 it's somewhat cold in Bandar Abbas in fall
2- it's really hot in summer

با سلام من با اینکه ثبت نام کردم ولی نمیتونم از مطالبتون استفاده کنم رمز ورودمو فراموش کردم ولی همش میزنه به ایمیلتون ارسال میشه ولی هیچ ایمیلی برام نمیاد

My favorite season is fall
Because I was born in the fall