Unit 15.

Complete the sentences with the words from the list.

I really love going to the beach when it’s        [cloudy, foggy, icy, rain, snow, snowy, sunny, windy]and I swim in the sea.

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It’s very        [cloudy, foggy, icy, rain, snow, snowy, sunny, windy] I can’t see anything, can you?

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When it’s very cold the roads become        [cloudy, foggy, icy, rain, snow, snowy, sunny, windy] which makes it difficult to walk.

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It’s very        [cloudy, foggy, icy, rain, snow, snowy, sunny, windy] Look at that big black one up there.

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It gets very        [cloudy, foggy, icy, rain, snow, snowy, sunny, windy] in Canada in the winter and the mountains look beautiful.

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It’s a good day to fly a kite because it’s        [cloudy, foggy, icy, rain, snow, snowy, sunny, windy] today.

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Let’s go snowboarding. There was a lot of        [cloudy, foggy, icy, rain, snow, snowy, sunny, windy] last night and it looks fantastic.

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I don’t like playing rugby in the        [cloudy, foggy, icy, rain, snow, snowy, sunny, windy]. I really hate getting wet.

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Mount Teide in Tenerife is 3,718 metres        [high., wide.]

The River Nile runs through Africa and is 6,670 km       [high., long.]

Lake Synevyr is in the Carpathian Mountains, in Ukraine. It's 24 m       [high., deep.]

The children’s swimming pool at the sports centre is only one metre       [deep., long.].

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You need to walk along the        [snow, cliff]edge until you reach the road down to the beach.

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We could go swimming in the but        [lake, island] it isn’t very warm.

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Borneo, Taiwan and Sardinia are all            [islands, mountains]surrounded (оточені) by sea.

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The horses are in the         [field., river.] at the moment. Shall we go and get them?

Listen to the weather reports. Choose the weather from the list for each city.

1) Beijing       [cold, snowy, cool]

2) Mexico City      [dry, warm, cool]

3) Tokyo        [wet, cloudy, windy]

4) New York       [sunny, wet, cold]

5) Taipei       [cool, windy, warm, dry, hot]

6) Los Angeles       [rainy, wet, hot]

Read the text and answer the questions.

Weather in the UK

The weather affects everyone, and everyone has something to say about the weather. This is especially true in a country like the UK that has very changeable weather. In the UK the weather from one day to the next can be completely different, or even from the morning to the afternoon. The weather can change from being rainy one day to sunny the next, or from strong wind and gales in the morning to snow in the afternoon.

In the UK there are four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the weather is different in each of them. However, there is not a sudden change between the seasons. The end of the winter season is the same as the start of the spring season. It takes several weeks for the weather to change enough for people to notice the difference.

The summer is the season with the best weather. In general, it is hot and sunny with only a little rain sometimes. However, it can sometimes be cold and wet for one or two weeks at a time. British people like to spend a lot of time outside when it is nice in the summer. After the summer is the autumn. In this season the weather gets colder and there are stronger winds, also it will rain more. All the leaves will start to fall off the trees as it is cold. Frost might start to form on the ground towards the end of the autumn.

Winter is the coldest season in the UK. The temperature will often be at zero degrees Celsius. This means that ice will often form on the ground overnight where there were puddles. This makes it difficult to walk sometimes. There might also be snow, but the UK does not get much snow, mainly just cold rain in the winter. Then when winter ends the spring starts. The temperature will start to get warmer and the winds will not be as strong. Plants start to grow again and new leaves form. It is always nice when the spring starts as it means the nice weather in the summer is nearly back again.

Many people in the UK complain about the weather, but as the weather changes so much it is very interesting and gives the people something to talk about all year round.

1. How can the weather in the UK be described?                           [ A) Boring       , B) Wet, C) Changeable   (мінлива)]

2. How quickly can the weather change?                                   [From one week to the next., From one morning to afternoon., From one day to the next day., The weather does not change much.]

3. How many seasons are there in the UK?       [Two, Three, Four, Five]

4. When will snow first start to form on the ground?               [In the spring, In the summer, In the autumn, In the winter]

5. Why do people like the spring?                                     [It means the summer is nearly back., It is not winter., It is the shortest season., It only happens every other year.]