Answer — Exercise 4
2.2 - A magical kingdom·New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Look at audioscript 1.13 on page 163. Write the underlined words in the correct category in the list below.
- Work in pairs. Check you know the meanings of the words. Decide if each word is a noun, adjective or verb, e.g. breeze = noun. Find out what other forms there are, e.g. breeze (n), breezy (adj).
Answer
a)
- cold → cool, chilly, sub-zero temperatures
- sky → clear, bright, overcast
- windy → breeze
- rain → pours, showery, drizzle
- warm / hot → mild, humid, scorching
- weather in general → changeable
b)
- cool (adj) = low in temperature but not cold, often in a way that feels pleasant
- chilly (adj) = cold enough to make you feel uncomfortable
- sub-zero temperatures (n) = below zero or freezing
- clear (adj) = no clouds
- bright (adj) = sunny and light
- overcast (adj) = when the sky is dark with clouds
- breeze (n) = gentle wind
- pour (v) = to rain very hard
- showery (adj) = when the weather has short periods of rain
- drizzle (v) = light rain
- mild (adj) = fairly warm
- humid (adj) = if the weather is humid, you feel uncomfortable because the air is wet and it is usually hot
- scorching (adj) = extremely hot
- changeable (adj) = when the weather is likely to change, or changes often