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Instructions
1. Look at the words on the right (below definitions on small screens) spelt in phonetics.
Each letter in the corner corresponds to a number in the definitions below.
2. Click on a word to listen to the pronunciation and spelling.
3. Match the letter to the correct definition and look up any of the words you don’t know.
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Definitions
1. So dry nothing can grow
2. The sound heard after lightning
3. Fine powder of earth or sand
4. A great overflow of water
5. Long period with no rain
6. A rushing stream
7. Violent disturbance of the air, causing wind, rain and thunder
8. Quick and sudden move of earth down a slope
9. Having no moisture
10. A short fall of heavy rain
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Write the letter from the phonetics that matches the definition above.
1. (b, B) 2. (d, D) 3. (g, G) 4. (a, A) 5. (h, H) 6. (c, C) 7. (i, I) 8. (f, F) 9. (j, J) 10. (e, E)
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Now click on the picture below to do a crossword. (Opens in new window)
Weather Report – Listening
Listen to the weather report and answer the question below.
When you finish, check and continue to the next question..
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Question 1 of 3
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How many of the items in the report are about dry weather?
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Question 2 of 3
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Put the countries in the order they appear in the report. There is one country not mentioned – put it last.
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France
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Algeria
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South Africa
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Pakistan
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Panama
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Costa Rica
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Argentina
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Singapore
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Question 3 of 3
3. Question
Match the words to make weather collocations, then listen to check.
Sort elements
- rain
- rainfall
- heatwave
- season
- conditions
- flooding
- showers
- system
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torrential
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average
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deadly
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monsoon
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stormy
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localized
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heavy
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storm
Blankety Blank
‘Blankety blank’ is an expression used to avoid saying something unprintable or unspeakable because it may cause offence. E.g. “He’s a bloody idiot!” would be changed to, “He’s a blankety blank.”
Listen to 4 speakers talking about the weather. When they say “blankety blank” decide which of the collocations below completes their sentence. Order the collocations as they appear in the listening.
Thanks to Cristina, Eva, Carmen and David for contributing.
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8 pointsOrder the collocations with the first at the top and last at the bottom.
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storm system
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extensive flooding
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torrential rain
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monsoon season
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heavy showers
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stormy weather
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average rainfall
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deadly heatwave
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Tense Review
Look at the examples below from the text.
1. A very strong storm system is crossing Alabama.
2. It will be sunny in all regions.
3. New Orleans is still being rebuilt…
4. The power station…isn’t functioning properly…
5. The monsoon season has lasted longer than usual…
6. The country suffered a deadly heatwave last week…
7. In Spain, we’re used to the possibility of torrential rain…
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Now order the following tense descriptions, placing example no. 1 from the text at the top, and no. 8 at the bottom.
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Present continuous for action in progress at the time of speaking.
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Future for predictions based on present evidence.
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present continuous passive for non-completion of a process.
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present continuous for a temporary situation.
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Present perfect for duration.
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Past simple for finished period of time.
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Present simple + expression stating something is not new or strange.
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Present perfect for expressing change.
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