Listen to the weather forecast and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.
Preparation
Do this exercise before you listen. Draw a line to match the pictures with the words below.
rainy
windy
thunderstorm
sunny
dry
cloudy
1. Check your understanding: matching
Do this exercise while you listen. Match the two halves of the sentence and write a – d next to the number
1 – 4.
1
……
.. The weather in the north is mostly
a. rainy.
2
……
.. The weather in the east is mostly
b. cloudy and sunny.
3
……
.. The weather in the west is mostly
c. dry and cloudy.
4
……
.. The weather in the south is mostly
d. windy.
Improve your listening: Weather forecast - exercises
2. Check your understanding: gap fill
Do this exercise while you listen. Write the word to fill the gap.
1.
Welcome to the weather forecast. Now, let’s see what the weather is _______________ today.
2.
In the north of the country it’s very windy and cold. There is a _______________ of some rain,
too.
3.
The temperature is around 10 _______________ centigrade.
4.
In the east it’s rainy all day today, I’m afraid. There may be a thunderstorm in the afternoon. The
_______________ is a bit higher, at around 13 degrees.
5.
In the west and middle of the country the weather is dry _______________ cloudy.
6.
The south of the country has the _______________ weather today. It’s cloudy most
of the time but
sunny this afternoon.
What is the weather usually like in your city or town?
It’s usually
…
(hot/ cold/ windy etc.)
It usually
…
(rains/ snows etc.)
Vocabulary Box
Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.