Weather and frequency - Answers guessing game

Weather and frequency - Answers guessing game

with adverbs of frequency and weather vocabulary word formation

Think of a question about weather such as one of those in the top box below, imagine what your partner’s answer might be, and write that answer down. Ask the question and see if your partner’s answer is what you thought or not, then take turns doing the same with different questions.

Suggested questions
Do you feel… in the…? Do you feel… when it is…? Do you feel… when there is…? Do you feel… when there are…?   How often do you… in the…? How often do you… when it is…? How often do you… when there is…? How often do you… when there are…?   How often does it… in (name of place)? How often is there… in (name of place)? How often is it… in (name of place)?
Suggested answers
always almost always usually/ generally often sometimes occasionally rarely hardly ever almost never never
once twice three times … times	a	day week month year
once	every	two days two weeks two months three months two years two… three… four… ….

 

Suggested weather to talk about
verb	noun	adjective
X	X	baking
X	blizzard	X
X	X	boiling
clears up	blue skies/ clear skies	X
X	(summer) breezes	breezy
clouds over	clouds	cloudy
X	cold	cold
cools down	coolness	cool
X	cyclone	X
X	X	(minus) … degrees
drizzles	drizzle	drizzly
dries up	X	dry
floods	flood/ flooding	flooded
X	fog	foggy
freezes	X	freezing/ frozen
X	frost	frosty
X	gales/ strong winds	X
X	grey skies	grey
hails	hail/ hailstorm/ hailstones	X
heats up	heat	hot
X	humidity	humid
X	hurricane	X
X	ice	icy
X	Indian summer	X
X	(thunder) and lightning	X
X	mist	misty
X	monsoon/ rainy season	X
rains	rain	rainy
X	(April) showers	X
X	smog	smoggy
snows	snow	snowy
X	storm(s)	stormy
sun shines	sun	sunny
thunders	thunder	thundery
X	typhoon	X
warms up	warmth	warm
wind blows	wind	windy

When your teacher stops you, ask about any vocabulary above you couldn’t use, are not sure how to pronounce, etc.

 

Weather vocabulary word formation and collocations

Without looking above, write the right letters and words in each gap below. Some don’t need any letters, so leave the gap empty.  

Mixed hints

Use the letters and words below to help with the task above.

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-ane

-ard

blows

down

-ed

-gy

-ing

-ity

-n

-ning

-one

-ot

-ozen

-s

season

shines

skies

skies

-stones

-storm

strong

summer

-th

up

-y

Compare with the original version. Other words may be possible, so please check if you wrote something different.