Italian 1st Level
The Weather
Vocabulary
Quel temps fait-il?
7. The weather
Che tempo fa?
Fa bello!
Fa caldo!
Fa freddo!
E` grigio
Nevica
Piove
C’e` vento or tira vento
C’e` il sole
What’s the weather like?
It’s nice
It’s hot
It’s cold
It’s grey
It’s snowing
It’s raining
It’s windy
It’s sunny
You will also see Il fait du soleil and Il fait du vent being used but the Italian are more
likely to use Il y a du vent and il y a du soleil.
Che tempo fa?
Fa bello!
Fa caldo!
Fa freddo !
E` grigio !
Piove !
Nevica!
C’e` vento !
C’e` il sole !
Embedding the language
Ask what the weather is like in Italian at
the start of everyday along with the date.
Printed and laminated weather vocab. PPT
slides could be used to support this.
Sample activities
You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to
practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or
adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
Che tempo fa ?
• Look at the following weather
pictures.
• Listen to the three different
weathers in Italian.
• Can you choose which one best
describes the picture?
Che tempo fa?
Si! Fa bello! 
Che tempo fa?
Si! Nevica! 
Che tempo fa?
Si! piove! 
Che tempo fa?
Si! Fa caldo! 
Che tempo fa?
Si! Fa freddo! 
Che tempo fa?
Si! C’e` il sole! 
Che tempo fa?
Si! Siete stati bravi!
C’e` il vento! 
Che tempo fa?
Fancy dress game.
• Select a range of props which match the different
weather types (e.g. sunglasses, hat and scarf, warm
coat, bucket and spade, umbrella etc.)
• Pupils sit in a circle with all items placed in the
middle.
• One pupil goes to the centre.
• All pupils chant, “Che tempo fa?”
• Teacher (or pupil) calls a weather in Italian.
• Pupil in the centre puts on an item of clothing which
matches that type of weather.
Weather snap!
• Pupils have different weather symbol cards on
their desks/in a group
• Class ask the question “Che tempo fa?”
• Teacher says a weather type and they have to slap
the card (or hold up the correct one!).
• As they grow in confidence they can be asked to
individually choose a weather.
Che tempo fa?
Charades
• Teacher teaches actions to each of the weather
phrases e.g. shivering for cold, putting up an
umbrella for rain etc.
• Class chant question “Che tempo fa?”
• Teacher then says a weather phrase and class do
the mime as a group.
• Pupils then take over saying the weather phrase.
• Teacher then models miming a weather and pupils
have to guess which one it is.
• Pupils then mime for others in class.
Songs and videos!
You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use
to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt
them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level
Days of the Week and Months.
Che tempo fa?
Che tempo fa?
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Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa?
Fa bello, bello, bello, bello
Fa bello, bello, bello, bello
Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa?
Fa caldo, caldo, caldo, caldo
Fa caldo, caldo, caldo, caldo
Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa?
E 'grigio, grigio, grigio,grigio
E 'grigio, grigio, grigio,grigio
Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa?
Fa freddo, freddo, freddo, freddo
Fa freddo, freddo, freddo, freddo
Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa? Che tempo fa?
Nevica, nevica, nevica, nevica
Nevica, nevica, nevica, nevica
ICT Resources online
You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to
practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or
adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings
and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.
Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you
click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you
can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.
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Italian Section 28: The weather
Language focus Online Activities
Il tempo
Gioco di memoria
Cercaparole
Che tempo fa?
Parole rapide
Fa caldo?
Fa freddo?
Il meteo in Italia
Acchiappa le parole
Il tempo in giro per l'Italia.
Gattoman
Answers and TranslationsPrint Activities
Che tempo fa? (pdf 71 kb)
Butta il dado (pdf 62 kb)
Il meteo (pdf 42 kb)
Che tempo fa a Roma? (pdf 81 kb)
Un'email da Valentina (pdf 70 kb)
www.tempo (pdf 22 kb)
Le previsioni (pdf 49 kb)
Answers and Translations
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Il Tempo
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This unit is designed and written by Ruth Smith and Andrew Balaam
1.Il Tempo 1 Match up
2.Che tempo fa? 1 Gap fill
3.Che tempo fa? 2 Gap fill 4.Il Tempo Crossword
5.Che tempo farà? Gap fill
6.Che tempo faceva? 1 Gap fill
7.Che tempo faceva? 2 Gap fill
Italian -> Il Tempo
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/
Arrivederci!