Exercise 1 | 7 - Weather the storm | Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book | Textbook Answers

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Match these different kinds of weather with the descriptions below.

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storm (thunder, lightning) Ask what adjective describes thunder (loud). Explain that lightning is uncountable. We say there was some lightning or a flash of lightning. What else flashes? (a light, a torch)
fog (thick, you could hardly see) Ask what verb we use when we suddenly meet fog (hit fog). Why might it be dangerous? (you can’t see / might crash) So what might you do when you hit fog? (slow down / stop / come off the motorway / wait for it to lift) What’s the opposite of lift? (come down)
sun / heat (boiling, humid) When it’s humid, there is water in the air, but no rain. When it’s hot and humid, what might happen to you? (feel thirsty / sweat / feel dizzy / can’t breathe) Explain or mime pass out = faint or lose consciousness. What else might be unbearable? (cold / noise)
cold (freeze to death, lips turned blue) Draw attention to the pattern I lost the feeling in my fingers / in my toes. Explain that we use turn to show a change in colour. So when might you turn red / white / green?
rain (pouring down, umbrella) Elicit the meaning of get soaked = get very wet; pour down = rain very heavily.
wind (blew down) Draw or demonstrate a tree that has blown down (is not standing). What else is often blown down by the wind?
storm (pouring down, hail) Explain hail = rain frozen into lumps of ice. If it was pouring with rain and then it became less strong, what do you say? (it eased off). If you’re driving and pull over, you stop at the side of the road. Why might you have to pull over? (to check where you’re going / because you can't see, etc.)
wind / storm (strong, ferry couldn’t sail) If the wind is very strong, what might it do? (blow things down / do a lot of damage) Why might the ferry not sail when it’s so windy? (waves too big / might sink!)
snow (settle, skidding) Explain or translate the snow settled = accumulate on the ground. What does it do if it doesn’t settle? (melts / turns to water) Explain or translate skid = slide or move sideways on the road in a car. Why else might you be stuck in your car? (traffic)
rain (flooded) Explain or translate flooded = under water. Why might your kitchen get flooded? Highlight the pattern: It rained non-stop for days / it snowed non-stop for hours. Explain or translate miserable.

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