Hot Weather
It’s very hot
It’s boiling
It’s scorching
It’s sweltering
It’s hot
It’s warm
Weather Vocabulary
Cold Weather
Windy/Wet Weather
It’s very cold
It’s windy
It’s freezing
It’s stormy
It’s chilly
It’s cool
It’s showery
It’s cold
It’s rainy
It’s wet
There is a soft breeze
It’s sunny
It’s springlike
It’s bright
There will be
cyclones
tornadoes
hurricanes
blizzards
low/high temperatures
light/heavy rain
light/strong winds
clear/cloudy/blue skies
Dark/rainy/grey skies
Storms(thunder and lightning)
It’s humid
It’s sultry
It’s close
It’s airless
It’s wet
It’s stuffy
It is overcast
When
In the
morning
What
frequent rain
there is the
chance of
with some
In the
afternoon
there is the
possibility of
some light snow
showers
with the chance
of
In the
evening
there will be
high temperatures
During the
day
it will be
cloudy
During the
night
it will feel
windy
cold
it will become
humid
chilly
Other Weather
It’s foggy
It’s misty
It’s hazy
It’s cloudy
It is snowy
It is raining
It is snowing
Hail
drizzle
sleet
frost
dew
What
light winds
Where
in
Scotland.
rain
in
Broadstair
s.
tornadoes
with
light rain
grey skies
a high of 26
c
a low of 10 c
A.-CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD
1. It's very cold = It's (frozen/freezing)
2. It was cold in the morning, but it (warmed/heated) up by the afternoon.
3. Many homes were (destructed/destroyed) by the hurricane.
4. Small pellets of ice that fall from the sky during a storm are called (rain/hail).
5. Don't go outside! You could get (struck/stroked) by lightning!
6. The (thunder/lightning) was very loud.
7. It was so (wind/windy) outside that my hat was blown off my head.
8. A (gutsy/gusty) wind = A very strong wind
9. A snowstorm = A (blizzard/buzzard)
10. If the weather is mild and pleasant, you can say it's (balmy/calming).
11 We're in the middle of a heat- (streak/wave). It has been very hot for two weeks.
12. It looks like the sky is (shining/clearing) up. It's going to be a beautiful day.
13. That man was (struck/beaten) by lightning twice in the past year.
14. A (drought/draft) is a long period without any rain.
15. Summers in states like Tennessee are very hot and very (humidity/humid).
16. We got caught in the thunderstorm and got completely (socked/soaked).
17. The coastal areas of California have an (ideally/ideal) climate.
18. Did you check the weather (forecast/foreplay) for tomorrow? Is it going to rain?
19. Was it cold in Canada? Yes, it was 20 (under/below) zero.
20. Another word for "cloudy" is "" (clouded/overcast).
B.- Fill in the blanks
1. This word starts with an "M." It is the word for a scientist who studies the weather. What is this
word? ____________________________
2. This word starts with an "R." It is the name of liquid water that falls from clouds. What is it
called? _________________________
3. This word starts with an "S." It is fluffy frozen water that falls from clouds. What is it called?
_________________________
4. This word starts with an "H." It is balls of ice that fall from clouds and hit the Earth. What is it
called? _________________________
5. This word starts with an "H." It is a large, strong storm that has very high winds and a lot of
rain. What is it called? __________________________________
6. This word starts with a "C." It is the name of a storm in which rapidly-spinning air becomes very
dangerous. What is it called? ____________________
7. These two words start with a "T." They are two more names for rapidly spinning air that is very
dangerous. What are they? ____________________ and ____________________
8. This word starts with a "W." It is the word for air that blows around outside. What is it called?
_______________________
9. This phrase starts with a "W." It is a device that is sent up into the air to measure information
about the weather. What is it called? ___________________ ___________________
10. This two-word phrase starts with a "W." It is a device that points the way the wind is blowing.
What is it called? ______________________ ___________________
11. This word starts with a "W." It is another device that points the way the wind is blowing. What
is it called? ______________________
12. This phrase starts with a "D." It is a type of storm in which dirt and dust are blown across dry
areas. What is it called? ___________________
13. This word starts with a "T." It is a type of storm that has strong winds, heavy rain, thunder,
and lightning. What is it called? __________________________________
14. This word starts with a "C." It is a visible white or gray mass that floats in the air and contains
tiny water drops or ice particles. What is it called? _____________________________
15. This phrase starts with an "A." It is a kind of polluted rain that damages the environment.
What is it called? _______________________ _______________________
C.-CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. If the weather forecast is fine, it's going to be ___ weather.
a. cold b. wet c. good
2. If the forecast is sleet, it's going to be ___.
a. cloudy and warm b. hot c. cold and wet
3. If the forecast is drizzle, there's going to be ___.
a. snow b. light rain c. sunshine
4. Hail is ___.
a. light rain b. strong winds c. ice balls
5. Showers are ___.
a. light winds b. the sound lightning makes c. light rain
6. Frost happens when it's ___.
a. windy b. cold c. hot
7. If the forecast is overcast, it's going to be ___.
a. Cold b. Cloudy c. sunny
8. If the weather is humid, the air is ___.
a. cold and dry b. hot and dry c. hot and wet
9. Strong gusts refer to ___.
a. snow b. rain c. wind
10. If the weather is snowy, it is ___.
a. warm b. hot c. cold