FCE 2A Weather

Climate and weather: Describe what the weather was like yesterday. Nouns. Blizzard Breeze Downpour Fog Frost Gale Hailstone Heatwave Ice Monsoon Mud Puddle Rain Season Shower Snow Storm thunderstorm Adjectives Clear Cloudy Common Cool Dry Fine Frozen Hard Heavy Humid Mild Slippery Soaked Strong Sudden Warm Wet Verb phrases Blow down Be cut off Drop/ rise (used for temperature) Pour ( = rain heavily) Describe what the weather was like yesterday. Make a weather prediction for tomorrow.

Word Building Make the weather nouns below into adjectives breeze wind sun storm rain fog cloud dust ice

Now listen again and answer the following questions: BBC Weekly Weather Forecast 15th January http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/16567172 Listen to the weather forecaster describing the weather for the week ahead over the British Isles. Do not try to answer any questions during the first playing. Now listen again and answer the following questions: How does he describe the weather at the start of the New Year? ________________________ Complete the sentence: “We´re going to keep that mixture of sunny skies and ________, __________ mornings.” What will happen to the weather at the end of the week? __________________________________ Monday will be a day of sunny _______________ . Why will the middle of the week be milder in temperatures? __________________________________________________________________ What will start to increase on Thursday? _______________________. The wind on Friday will be _________________________. Does he know how much and where the snow will occur on Friday? _____________. New weather vocabulary that you have learned:

Now it´s your turn: