1. FCE 2A
Weather

2. 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.

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

4. Now listen again and answer the following questions:
BBC Weekly Weather Forecast 15th January
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:

5. Now it´s your turn: