1. Some Grammar Drills based on pages 22-25 Describe the weather for each above

2. Nouns 1. Day to day changes in temperature, rain, and humidity are what we call the _______________. 2. A serious infection of the lungs is called _____________________and may be brought on by an extended cold or flu. 3. The air which envelops the earth is called the ______________________. 4. Peoples’ behavior can be affected by weather often changing their ___________ from happy to depressed. 5. You should occasionally have you ____________ ______________ checked to see if your heart and circulation of blood are working properly. 6. Often when you get the _______ your head will ache and your body _______________will rise. 7. If the air is very wet, we say that the ____________________ is very high. atmosphere flu humidity pneumonia moods blood pressure temperature weather

3. Verbs 1. The weather can __________________ our mood (active/affect/effect) 2. The reading claims that heart attacks ____________when the wind blows strongly. (more/increase/decrease) 3. No one can precisely predict what will ____________ a typhoon to change its course. (introduce/cause/infect) 4. Some people say that human activities can ____________________ the climate or long term weather (intimate/make/influence) 5. There is no indication that serious weather events have ________________ in frequency, recently. (increase/increased/increasing) 6. The reading claims that when you are nervous, you will _______ (eat/eating/ate) and__________ (sleeping/sleep/slept) a lot. 7. If the humidity is very high tomorrow, it might very well ___________. (raining/rained/rain)

4. Adjectives 1 A tense feeling that something may happen. (forceful/moody/nervous) 2. Something you can see, touch, smell, hear, or taste. (fitting/physical/moody) 3. When the air is full of moisture. (warm, powerful/humid) 4. When something occurs in a very short and unexpected period of time (sudden/suddenly/physical) 5. When you feel easy to be angry or unsettled. (irritation/angrily/irritable) 6. When one feels very low and down. (depressed/depressing/depress) 7. The type of news that makes you feel low and down. (depressed/depressing/depress) 8.A very strong effect. (powered/ powerfully/powerful) 9.This is when a person is up one day and down the other. (mood/moodily/moody) 10. This is when the temperature is slightly hot, but not too much. (powerful/depressed/warm) 11. Which vocabulary word on page 23 is most similar to “powerful”? (physical/forceful/sudden) 12. Which vocabulary word is closest in meaning to “nervous” (powerful/irritable/physical) 13. Usually, when the weather is “humid” it will also feel (depressed/irritable/warm). 14. A person that is “moody” will have _________ changes in their psychology. (suddenly/forceful/sudden) 15. Sometimes Americans say that the weather is “sticky” which means (humid/physical/depressed)

5. Adverbs 1 It is thought that the weather can ________________ affect our well-being. (serious) 2. The collision of hot and cold air __________________ caused rain to form. (obvious) 3. It is my opinion that humans will _________________ cause our climate to change. (never) 4. Naturally, there are some people who feel that weather can _______ influence our health (substantial) 5. He asked that we _____________ increase our contribution to the fund. (dramatic) 6. He ____________ gets along with the other students. (seldom) 7. You should ___________________ avoid using social media too much. (cautious) 8. He worked hard to _____________ relate the effect of humans on climate. (close) – modifies infinitive 9. Don’t ___________________ take chances with you health. (unnecessary) 10. You should ______________ attend you classes. (always) 11. Try to get along ________ with your fellow classmates. (good) 12. I don’t feel so _______. (good) -- careful with this one, use as adjective 13. He doesn’t speak English very ____________ (good) 14. He took several hours to _________________ memorize the vocabulary. (complete) 15. To _________ ensure that you arrive home on time, please leave early. (safe) -- modifies infinitive Change the given word to an adverb (if necessary) so that it is used correctly.