1 fine/heavy
drizzle
2 strong/heavy
shower
3 sudden/light
downpour
4 brief/unending
cloudburst
5 powerful/freezing
sleet
6 violent/hard
hailstorm
7 strong/thick
fog
8 loud/thick
thunderstorm
9 powerful/mild
hurricane
10 brief/destructive
typhoon
11 heavy/thin
snowfall
12 dense/light
rain
3
Fill in the
correct word:
snow
,
showers
,
temperature
,
fog
,
sleet
,
sunny
,
ice
,
sunshine
.
• Word Power
(Sounds)
2
Complete the sentences
with the correct form of:
rumble
,
pound
,
whistle
,
crash
,
roar
,
rustle
,
bang
,
howl
. Use a verb to
complete the joke.
1
I could hear the distant . . . . . . . . . . . of thunder.
2
The leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . as the wind blew
through the trees.
3
I sat by the window and watched the rain . . . . . . . . . .
against the glass.
4
When there’s a storm, the waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
against the rocks along the coast.
5
As the tornado passed over our underground
shelter, the . . . . . . . . . . . . of the wind was deafening.
6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . winds and flying debris made the
short journey home very dangerous.
7
The shutters . . . . . . . . . . . . . as the wind battered
against them.
8
The wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . through the empty
building.
4
Use the verbs to complete the sentences.
blow
,
drizzle
,
howl
,
freeze
,
pour
,
rip
,
damage
,
crash
,
clear up
.
1
. . . . . . . . . is the most annoying kind of rain.
2
Goodness! Just listen to that wind . . . . . . . . . . .
through the trees.
3
By the look of those black clouds, it’s going to
. . . . . . . . . . . down with rain any second.
4
These high winds might . . . . . . . . . . . down some
trees.
5
I hope it will . . . . . . . . . . . this afternoon because I
want to go out.
6
When there’s a storm the high waves . . . . . . . . . . .
against the shore and erode the coastline.
7
I hope it doesn’t . . . . . . . . . . . tonight because then
the roads will be icy tomorrow.
8
Storms . . . . . . . . . . our house often because we
live in an exposed area.
9
This wind may . . . . . . . . . . . the roof off the shed,
it’s so strong.
“Good evening, my name is Ian Fish. The good
news today is that the weather will be better than
yesterday, with less rain and more
1)
. . . . . . . . . . The
2)
. . . . . . . . . will be a few degrees higher, but will
drop again from the early evening onwards, getting
as low as 2 degrees Celsius.
The weather tomorrow will continue to be
unsettled, with
3)
. . . . . . . . . throughout the day.
There should be a few
4)
. . . . . . . . . periods, but later
in the afternoon the showers will be replaced with
heavier, more prolonged rain, which will die out
later in the evening.
Drivers on Sunday will be hampered by thick
5)
. . . . . . . . . and very poor visibility. As the
temperature drops, there may also be patches of
black
6)
. . . . . . . . . on the roads, and the AA advises
against travelling unless it is absolutely necessary.
Later, rain will turn to
7)
. . . . . . . . . and possibly
8)
. . . . . . . . . on higher ground.
Have a good weekend, whatever the weather,
wherever you are!”
I know someone who
. . . . . . . . . . while he works.
No, he’s a
traffic warden.
He must be happy
in his work.
MODULE 1
8
Vocabulary & Grammar
1
Underline the adjectives that best modify the
following nouns. What are these phrases in
your language?
