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Exercises

38.1 Identify the weather conditions in these pictures.

38.2 True or false? If a sentence is false, write a true sentence about the weather conditions in the
sentence.
DwoOANIN A spell of hot weather may end in a thunderstorm.
PR It often pours with rain in the desert.
PWN Thunder makes a noise.
It gets quite chilly in the desert in the evening.

NH Lightning can kill people.
A shower is a gentle breeze.
If it is humid, the air will be very dry.

Heavy rain means that it is pouring with rain.
ry Below zero, water turns to ice.
When it’s foggy you need sunglasses.
38.3 Complete these scales.
bose eeeeeeees — wind — strongwind — ................ — hurricane
veeteeeeeeeees — hot — warm — notverywarm — cold —@ ou...

38.4 Complete this text with suitable words.

The single greatest influence on south-eastern parts receive cold dry air.
Japanese weather is the wind. During _ Between June and mid July; there is.a
the summer it @............ from the @)............ of wet weather when the
Pacific, causing @...000000.. and humid — rice fields get the water. vital for growth.
weather, but in winter, the north- : After that, there is less (00000002005
westerly 8)... from Siberia are tain, but the air is still 00000.
very cold and it @.. heavily on... Autumn, however, is drier, and. usually
the mountains of the north west. The very pleasant.

Write a paragraph about the weather in your own country, or a specific part of your country,
¢.g. your own region. Try to use as many words as possible from the opposite page.

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