I do
lots of
things
in winter.
I
go
to school
in the
moming.
In the
evening
I
stay at
home
and watch
TV or read
a book
next to
a wa[n
fire. When
it
snows,
my friends
and
I
go
to
the
park
and
make
a snowrnan.
At the weekend
my family
and
I
go
skiingrin
the mountarns.
b) Ask
and answer
questions about the
seasons
ofthe
year.
c) use
lhe
plan
and,the
prompts
helow
to write
an
article
for
your
school
newspaper
with the
title
'summer
fs Great!'
(50
-
70 words).
Use
the
texts
above
as a
model
'
Plan
Paragraph
l: say
why summer
is
your
favourite
season
Paragraph
2: describe
the weather
and
nature
Paragraph
3: say
what
you
do/what
happens
during
the seasoni
Paragraph
4: sayhow
this season
makes
you
feef
.
favourite
season
- beautiful,
fantastic
.
weather
and
nahrre
- hot,
sun shines,
sunny,
aren't
any clouds,
trees,
green
leaves,
birds
sing, warn
sea
.
activities
-
go
on
holiday, swim,
make sandcastles,
go
on
picnics,
ride
my
bicycle
.
feelings
-
feel
happy,
lively,
lelaxed,
energetic
2, Put the
verbs
in brsckets
into
the correctforms.
1, It
(never/snow) here but
it
(often/rain).
2.
It
(snow)
for three
days without
stopping.
3.
Look!
It
(rain).
4. It
(rain)
heavily
when
I left
the house.
5. I
don't
think
it
(rain).
6.
(itlever)
snow
here
in September?
- No, never.
7.
It
(novsnow)
much
last
winter. 8.
It
(snow)
so
hard when we
left the
house
that
we
could
hardly
see
the road.
9.
(itlrain)
here
yesterday?
10. It
(often/novrain)
here
at ttiis time
of
year,
it's
usually
dry and
sunny.
3.
Use
the words
on
the left
side with
those on
the
right side.
strong
thick
heavy
cold
wann
frosty
rainy
windy
198
e.g.
high
temperature
fog
weather
climate
snow
rain
autunrn
day
moming
4. Answer the
questions
using the
prompts.
What do
you
think
the weather will be like tomorrow? on Sunday? in June? in
July? in autumn? next week?
Prompts: cool, sunny, rainy, warm, lovely, fine, dar.np, foggy, windy,
cold,
wet, snowy, nasty, cloudy
e.g. I think it'll be hot next week.
5. Ask
your partner questions.
Use the word combinations with the
gerund
e.g.
go
shopping
A: Do
you
often
go
shopping?
B: Twice a week.
Prompts:
go
dancing
(swimming,
boating, skating, skiing, fishing,
boating,
climbing)
6. Read and translate the senteices.
l. The leaves
were already
turning
brown.
2. The weather has
turned cold and
windy.
3.
He
got
very angry when I told him
that.
4. They
plan
to
get
married
in the
summer.
5. The old man is
getting
weaker. 6. It is
growing
dark.
7. Green has become the richest
man
in the town. 8.
It
was becoming more
and
more diffrcult to live on his salary.
9.
Are
you getting
tired?
7. Read and translate the sentences. Make similar sentences with the verb
make rz the meaning
'to
cause sb/sth to do sth'.
l.
She
always makes me laugh. 2. What makes
you
say that?
3.
Nothing
will
make me change my mind. 4. The film was very sad. It made her cry. 5. Hbt
weather makes me feel tired. 6. She made me do the,test again.
8. Fill in the
gaps
with articles if necessary.
l. She's
going
to
her
sister's
for
... evening.
2.
Our house can be very cold in
...
winter.
3.
It
was
... winter and
we often went skiing.4.
It
was ... early
tenible'
dull''
fine
nasty
dry
wet
sunny
hot
foggy
light
r..
,
rlight
afternoon
S€ASON
month
forecast
clouds
evening
arr
wind
summer
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