Weather

Vocabulary

Air pollution
Autumn
Blizzard
Breeze
Celsius
Chilly
Clear
Climate
Cold
Degrees
Downpour
Drizzle
Dull
Fall
Flood
Fog
Forecast
Freezing
Hail
Heat-wave
Heavy rain
Hot
Lightning
Overcast
Puddle
Rain
Rainbow
Season
Shower
Sky
Smog
Snow
Snowstorm
Soaked
Spring
Summer
Sun
Temperature
Thermometer
Thunderstorm
Tornado
Umbrella
Winter

Weather Vocabulary Definitions

Choose the correct definition for the weather vocabulary in this quiz.

1) What is the definition of Chilly?

A) The cool season where leaves start to fall from trees. (British English)

B) A slight and weak rain.

C) When the temperature is quite cold.

D) A new temperature measurement scale in which water freezes at 0 and

boils at 100.

2) What is the definition of Freezing?

A) A period of time with very high temperatures.

B) The opposite of sunny, the sun is hidden by clouds.

C) When the temperature is cold enough for water to become ice.

D) A high temperature.

3) What is the definition of Precipitation?

A) Water falling from the sky as rain, snow or hail.

B) A period of time with very high temperatures.

C) An electrical discharge from the clouds to the ground.

D) A small patch of water on the ground after rain.

4) What is the definition of Thunderstorm?

A) The conditions within the air.

B) A movement of the air.

 C) The star that the Earth gets its light and heat from.

D) A storm with thunder and lightning at the same time.

Exercise 2 – Correct Meaning

Again there are five questions in this exercise and you need to choose the
correct word (A-D) that matches the definition given in each of the questions.

Choose the word that matches the definition given in each of the five questions in
this quiz.

1) What is the meaning of the following definition: A loud noise that occurs with
lightning?

A) Thunder

B) Weather forecast

C) Rain

D) Shower

2) What is the meaning of the following definition: When ice, snow or hail turns to
water?

A) Humid

B) Melt

C) Puddle

D) Overcast

3) What is the meaning of the following definition: Frozen balls of water that fall
instead of rain?

A) Fog

B) Frost

C) Hail

D) Overcast

4) What is the meaning of the following definition: When there is too much water so
it covers the land?
 A) Cool

B) Dull

C) Freezing

D) Flood

5) What is the meaning of the following definition: A gentle and slow movement of
air?

A) Drizzle

B) Degrees

C) Breeze

D) Autumn

Weather Reading

Weather in the UK

The weather affects everyone, and everyone has something to say about the
weather. This is especially true in a country like the UK that has very changeable
weather. In the UK the weather from one day to the next can be completely
different, or even from the morning to the afternoon. The weather can change from
being rainy one day to sunny the next, or from strong wind and gales in the morning
to snow in the afternoon.

In the UK there are four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the
weather is different in each of them. However, there is not a sudden change
between the seasons. The end of the winter season is the same as the start of the
spring season. It takes several weeks for the weather to change enough for people to
notice the difference.

The summer is the season with the best weather. In general, it is hot and sunny with
only a little rain sometimes. However, it can sometimes be cold and wet for one or
two weeks at a time. British people like to spend a lot of time outside when it is nice
in the summer. After the summer is the autumn. In this season the weather gets
colder and there are stronger winds, also it will rain more. All the leaves will start to
fall off the trees as it is cold. Frost might start to form on the ground towards the
end of the autumn.
Winter is the coldest season in the UK. The temperature will often be at zero degrees
Celsius. This means that ice will often form on the ground overnight where there
were puddles. This makes it difficult to walk sometimes. There might also be snow,
but the UK does not get much snow, mainly just cold rain in the winter. Then when
winter ends the spring starts. The temperature will start to get warmer and the
winds will not be as strong. Plants start to grow again and new leaves form. It is
always nice when the spring starts as it means the nice weather in the summer is
nearly back again.

Many people in the UK complain about the weather, but as the weather changes so
much it is very interesting and gives the people something to talk about all year
round.

Weather Reading

Reading comprehension questions that go with the above reading passage.

1) How can the weather in the UK be described?

A) Boring

B) Wet

C) Changeable

D) Humid

2) How quickly can the weather change?

A) From one week to the next.

B) From one morning to afternoon.

C) From one day to the next day.

D) The weather does not change much.

3) How many seasons are there in the UK?

A) Two

B) Three

C) Four

D) Five

4) When will frost first start to form on the ground?

 A) In the spring

B) In the summer

C) In the autumn

D) In the winter

5) Why do people like the spring?

A) It means the summer is nearly back.

B) It is not winter.

C) It is the shortest season.

D) It only happens every other year.

Conversation 1
Situation: Lucy and Jane talk about the weather and eating lunch.

Jane: Hi, do you want to go and get some lunch?

Lucy: Yes that would be great.
Jane: I want to try the new café on the corner of the High Street.
Lucy: Are you sure, it’s very small and we may have to sit outside.
Jane: Yes that’s why I want to go. It’s autumn already and the weather might
not be good for eating outside again until the spring.
Lucy: It looks as if it might rain soon. There has been some drizzle this
morning.
Jane: No, the sky is clear and you can see the sun. That will make it warm.
Lucy: But there’s a gusty wind that makes it a bit chilly.
Jane: We can wear out coats. It’s been overcast for weeks. I want to sit in
the sun for a bit.
Lucy: Ok, but if it starts to snow we have to go inside, alright.

Conversation 2
Situation: It has snowed and Tui is excited as it is the first time she has seen
snow.

Tui: Hi. Isn’t the snow great? I’ve been playing in it all morning.
Andrew: Yes, new snow makes everything look very pretty and white.
Jane: Snow is nice at the start, but when it’s turning to slush it gets nasty.
Tui: Maybe, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen snow. It’s great.
Jane: Do you ever have snow in Thailand?
Tui: No, we never have snow. It’s too hot.
Andrew: So this must be fun?
Tui: Yes very fun. I stayed up late last night watching the snowstorm as the
gusts of wind blew the snow.
Jane: Then this morning the sky was clear and the sun was shining on the new
snow. That was good to see.
Tui: How long will the snow last before it melts?
Andrew: If the weather and temperature stay cold at about zero degrees
Celsius then the snow could be here for several days or a week.
Tui: Great. I want to play in it as much as possible. Do you want to come
outside with me?
Jane: Sure, I can do that.
Andrew: Yes, that’ll be something good to do.

Situation: Bob and Andrew are going camping and deciding what to take.

Bob: Is the weather going to be good?

Andrew: Yes __________1___________ said that it would be hot and dry.
Bob: Yes, __________2__________.
Andrew: But the weather forecast is normally wrong, so
___________3___________.
Bob: I also think it might be quite cold at night if the sky is clear. We might
even get frost in the mornings.
Andrew: We should take ___________4___________.
Bob: And ___________5___________ rains.
Andrew: I don’t normally go camping this early in the spring because the
weather is so changeable.
Bob: Yes I know what you mean. It makes packing difficult.
Andrew: But no matter how good or bad the weather is we’ll have a good
time.
Bob: Yes we will.

Weather Conversation

Choose the best option (A-D) in the following five questions to fill in the blanks in the
weather conversation given above.

1) Which option is the best to fill in the first blank?

A) the map on television

B) the meteorologist on television

C) the precipitation on television

D) the clouds look very dark

2) Which option is the best to fill in the second blank?

A) it should be great weather

B) it should be terrible weather

C) it could be snowy

D) it will be very cold

3) Which option is the best to fill in the third blank?

A) we should have good weather

B) we should go outside and check

C) we should call our friends

D) we should expect rain and gales

4) Which option is the best to fill in the fourth blank?

A) some sunscreen then

B) the long way round

C) some warm clothes then

D) some extra food then

5) Which option is the best to fill in the fifth blank?

A) some umbrellas for if it

B) some shorts for if it

C) some swimming costumes for when it

D) some extra tents for if it