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SONG:
Whats the
weather like
today?
Vdeo:
Weather and
climate

Practise these questions


and answers about
weather with your
classmate.

Whats the weather like today?


Its sunny and its warm.

Whats the weather forecast for


tomorrow?
It will be windy.

ONLINE GAME:
Weather

Fill in the blanks in the sentences with a


suitable word from this list:
hot, cold, warm, mild, sun, sunny, cloudy, foggy,
rain, ice, fires, snow, flood, storms-stormy, windy,
high, low, up, down.

Match the words in column A with the words


in column B. Then complete the sentences
using the suitable words from the list.

A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

boiling
dull
rain
freezing
below
icy
get
strong
degrees
thunder
heavy
clear
snow
sun
scattered
foggy
high
stormy

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
R.

centigrade
flake
road
wind
and lighting
day
weather
showers
morning
shine
hot
cold
rain
wet
sky
temperature
zero
drops

The sun didnt __________ yesterday- It was a __________ day.

It is __________ cold today. Dont forget to take your scarf and gloves.

If you dont take your umbrella, you will get _____________ .

The wind was so __________ that it blew the leaves off the tree.

It is very _________ and we can hardly see the car in front of us.

Dont drive too fast. The road is ________ due to the low temperatures.

We reached a __________ of 42 _________ centigrade yesterday. It was

____________ hot.

Loud ________ was heard only a few seconds after a flash of _________ .

The sky is __________ today. There arent any clouds.

It will be mostly sunny with some _____________ showers.

I can hear the ________ against my window. There has been __________

rain all morning.

When it is snowy I love watching the _______________ fall and float

outside my window

In winter we often reach temperatures of 20 __________ zero.

Look at the list of words related to the weather and match them with the corresponding pictures.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
R.
S.
T.
U.

icy
showers
hot
tornado
drought
icicles
lighting
rainbow
cloudy
cold
foggy
snowy
forecast
rainy
hurricane
thunder
sunny
snowflakes
windy
flood
vane

Look at the weather map of Spain and complete the weather


forecast with the suitable words:

cloudy
storms

temperatures

rain

shine

sunny

warm

ice

fog

rainy

winds

snow

Good evening. Well, in Spain tomorrow we are going to have some bad
weather. Ill start in central Spain, where the temperatures are going to
be very low and there may be __________ on the roads. In the north
theres going to be a lot of __________ while on the north west coast
it will be __________ and there will be strong __________. We are
expecting speeds of over 100 kilometres an hour. In Barcelona there
are going to be a lot of __________ with heavy __________. In the
west it will be partly __________ and there may be __________ in
some areas, so be careful if you take the car. In the south of Spain and
on the south west coast, the weather will be very good, with
__________ of 25C. It will be very __________ during the whole day.
Finally on the Balearics islands the weather will be __________ with
some sunny periods. On the Canary Island the sun will __________
most of the day.

MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
CONTINENTAL MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE

If you travel round


Spain, you can find 5
different climates,
depending on the
region you are
visiting. There are 5
climates in Spain.

OCEANIC CLIMATE
SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE

Vdeo:
Spanish weather

MOUNTAIN CLIMATE
Use the key and
colour.

PRESENTATION:
Climates in the world

CLIMATE

PLACE

TEMPERATURE

PRECIPITATION

VEGETATION

MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE

The MEDITERRANEAN
COAST: from Catalonia to
Andalusia and including the
Balearic Islands, Ceuta and
Melilla

MILD in winter and WARM in


summer

LITTLE rain and


IRREGULAR

Holm oak, cork and pine trees

CONTINENTALMEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE

INLAND REGIONS (Inner


Plateau and the Ebro river
basin)

EXTREME

OCEANIC CLIMATE

NORTHERN REGIONS of
the Iberian Peninsula (Navarre,
the Basque Country, Asturias,
Galicia and part of Aragon and
Castile-Leon)

SUBTROPICAL
CLIMATE

The CANARY ISLANDS

MOUNTAIN CLIMATE

In MOUNTAINS REGIONS

(spring and autumn have the


highest rainfall)
LITTLE precipitation

Cold winters and very hot


summers
MILD all year round

ABUNDANT all year round

SUMMER are cool (20


C)

WOODLANDS (chestnut) and

WINTER warm (11C)


MILD all year round

ABUNDANT VEGETATION
because it rains a lot

PASTURES
Very LITTLE rainfall

Palm trees, Canary pine and


Laurel forest

ABUNDANT all year round and


sometimes (Winter) it snows

LITTLE VEGETATION
because of the high altitude:

(23C)
WINTER: LOW
temperatures
SUMMER: COOL
temperatures

Oak trees, shrubs or pines

In pairs, complete the gaps in the texts about climates in Spain. Student A has a piece of paper about a climate and Student B
has the same piece of paper about the climate, but with gaps. Interact with your partner to do the activity.

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