What is the weather like today in Europe? Write your weather report mentioning all the
European countries you remember (or use N-S-E-W to determine the position).
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READ / LISTEN TO the following weather forecast for tomorrow and draw the
appropriate weather symbols in the map.
“And now, the weather news. There are low pressures all over central Europe,
so the weather won’t be good. It will be very cloudy in France and Germany, and it will
rain in Switzerland and in the north of Italy. It will also rain in the south part of Great
Britain and in Ireland and there will be violent storms in Scotland. It will snow in
Northern Europe, specially in Finland. The only sunny spots will be in Spain. It will be
partly cloudy in the north and Portugal, but very sunny in the Mediterranean coasts.
Strong winds will blow in theAtlantic, in front of the western coasts of France.”
MATCH THE DEFINITIONS TO THE CORRECT WORDS:
1. Very small stars of frozen water.
They fall from the sky when it’s
very cold.__________________
2. Mass of air blowing or moving
across the surface of the Earth.
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3. Thick cloud very close to the sea
or land. You can’t see through it.
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4. The strong noise of a storm after
a lightning strikes._____________
5. Very thin layer of ice. It covers
plants, objects, etc. after temperature
drops below 0 ºC. _____________
lightning
hail
frost
drizzle
mist
fog
tsunami
wind
snowflakes
rain
thunder
COMPLETE THE TEXT:
In the Axarquia, the weather is normally very __________. In Spring, it’s
________ and __________ . In summer, it’s terribly _________ and very
__________: you can easily get sunburnt! In autumn, it is __________ again
and it’s ___________ most of the time (some days, the sky may be covered
with __________ and it may even ___________ very heavily). In Winter, it’s
a bit ___________ but only some days are very __________ and it snows in
the mountains.
BAD – SUNNY – HOT – COLD – WARM – WINDY – RAIN – CLOUDS - GOOD