Weather \ Climate (Student’s sheet)

1. Активизация лексики по теме

- How many seasons are there in a year? What are they?

- How many months are there in a year?

- What are winter months? What can you do in winter? Does it snow in winter?

- Is it sometimes stormy in summer? Is it sunny or overcast \ nasty in summer? Is it sometimes rainy in summer? Do you cycle in summer? What are summer months?

- What are spring months?

- Is it cool or hot in autumn? Is it windy or calm in autumn? Is it foggy or clear in autumn? Is it sometimes rainy in autumn? Do you cycle in autumn? What are autumn months? Is it wet in autumn?

- What is the weather like today? What is the temperature today? Do you like such weather? And what was the weather like yesterday? Was it colder? What will the weather be like tomorrow? (I think it will be… )

- What is your favourite type of weather? (My favourite type of weather when it is …)

- How can you find out what the weather will be like? (We can find out it by listening to the forecast on the radio or watching it on TV).

- What is the weather? (Weather is daily conditions of a particular place that we cannot control. It is not the same everywhere)

- What types of weather can you name? (Weather can be warm or cold, wet or dry, bright or overcast, rainy or sunny, windy or calm, foggy or clear, changeable or settled)

- Who studies weather? What are they called? (Weathermen collect information about weather)

- What is a thermometer? (A thermometer is a device that measures temperature)

- What instrument helps to tell what the weather will be like? ( A barometer)

- What is a barometer? (It’s an instrument which helps to tell what the weather will be like)

- What is the usual weather if a barometer shows high pressure in summer? In winter? (When a barometer shows high pressure in summer the weather will be hot and sunny. When a barometer shows high pressure in winter the weather will be cold and frosty. )

- What is the usual weather if the barometer shows low pressure in summer? In winter? (When the barometer shows low pressure in summer the weather will be rainy and cloudy. In winter it will be will be wet and windy).

- Every day we listen to the weather forecast. Why?

- 2. Video. Fill in the missing words:

It's really ……………………….. again today, isn't it?

Yes, but I don't think it's as …………………………… as yesterday.

Probably not, but I can't stand this ………………………….. anymore!

Do you know what the ………………………………… 's going to be like tomorrow?

It's going to be ………………………….. again, unfortunately.

Well, it's not that hot, where I come from it can be much ………………………………. .

Where do you come from?

I'm from Texas.

What's the weather like in Texas?

Well, it's a big state and the ……………………………………….. varies from one place to another. It's hot and …………………………….. in the west, and hot and …………………………….. in the east.

I don't think I'd like to live in Texas!

Did I forget to mention the tornadoes and hurricanes?

I think I'll stay here in London!

3. What type of weather is in England? Why?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Put the extra word away and guess the season:

a) rain, foggy, yellow leaves, snow, cloudy (autumn)
b) warm, green leaves, first birds, streams (ручьи), May, New Year (spring)
c) snow, frost, flowers, skate, cold, January (winter)
d) sunny, grasshopper (кузнечик), July, snowman, swim, hot (summer)

5. Word-building. Read and guess:

6. Find out about the weather round the world yesterday. Ask and answer questions using the information.

World weather:  yesterday

S=sunny

R=rainy

C=cloudy

Sn=snowy

F=frosty

-What was the weather like in Rome?

-It was sunny and 18 degrees above zero.

7. What's the weather like today? And yesterday?

1. It's

2. Yesterday it was 

3. On Sunday it was 

4. On Monday it was

5 . On Tuesday it was

6. On Wednesday it was

8. Complete the sentences according to the picture. (You may only use each word once.)

1. The ………………………..in Scotland will be around ………………degrees.

2. In the Scottish mountains, it will be………………….. .

3. Further to the south, the ……………………will be very unpleasant.

4. It will be …………………………with temperatures around ………………degrees above zero.

5. The east of England will be ……………………..with the temperature around four ……………….. above zero.

6. In Northern Ireland, it will be ……………………, but ………………….

7. People in the ……………………of England will have a nice day with a lot of ……………………. .

8. However, it won't be too ……………………...

9. Temperatures will only reach four degrees ………………….. zero.

9.Write the words for fine weather and the words for nasty weather:

10. What is the ideal day for different activities?

For a picnic

I think that perfect weather for a picnic is when it’s ………………………………………

For skiing

I prefer a ……………………………………… day for skiing. The day should be snowy and cold.

For a sea voyage

I think that …………………………………………………………………………………

11. What is a climate?

Climate is the average weather in a place over many years. The weather can change in a few hours, climate takes hundreds, thousands, even millions of years to change.

Climate Zone: are divisions of the Earth's climates into general climate zones according to average temperatures and average rainfall. The three major climate zones on the Earth are the polar, temperate, and tropical zones. Temperatures in these three climate zones are determined mainly by the location, or latitude, of the zone.

• polar- has the coldest with temperatures almost always below freezing. 

• temperate- contains most of the Earth’s land masses with more moderate temperatures and rainfall year-round. 

• tropical zones- has the warmest average temperatures and gets the most rain.

  Russian climate

The Russian Federation is a very big country, that’s why the climate differs: there is a cold arctic climate in the north Siberia and there is a sub-tropical hot climate near the Black Sea. The biggest part of Russia is situated in the north and there is a little amount of places, where Russian people can enjoy sun.

The northern part of the Russian Federation has a moderate continental climate, which is the best for people to live. This type of climate is formed by the western wind rose, which very often brings the cyclones and also there is a warm weather. Also in one of the Russian Federation’s region there is Gulf Stream influence, which is formed the Russian climate of the Murmansk region. But the influence of the global warming is also can feel in Russian Federation – winters became warmer, there is less snow.

But in Russian Federation there is a part with continental climate – it’s a central part of the country. In the Siberia and Ural Mountains area there is a continental climate, there are relatively warm summers and very cold winters. The lowest temperature was fixed in the level of seventy one degrees below zero in nineteen twenty six in Republic of Yakutia – in the north part of Russian Federation

In the south of Russian Federation, there is a sub-tropical climate.