Longman Photo Dictionary ESOL Skills for Life Entry 1 (Literacy)

Weather and seasons

Worksheet 53

Look at the pictures.

Talk about the weather.
Write the numbers.

1 2 3 It’s warm. .................

It’s cold. .................

It’s raining. 1
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It’s sunny. .................

4 5 6 It’s snowing. .................

It’s cloudy. .................

Write the seasons. Check in the Longman Photo Dictionary.

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Practise reading the texts. Write the season.

I like ……………………… I like …………………….. spring

It is hot and sunny. It is very cold. summer
I go on holiday. My children play in the snow. autumn
winter
I like ………………………. I like ………………………….
It is not very cold. The children go back to school.
I like the flowers. The leaves fall from the trees.

Which season do you like? Why?

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Weather and seasons

Worksheet 54

1  What’s the weather like today?

Look at the pictures. What’s the weather like? Talk to your partner.

A B C Check in the Longman Photo

Dictionary. Write the letter.
1 It’s sunny. B
. ................

2 It’s windy. . ................

3 It’s cloudy. . ................

D E F
4 It’s foggy. . ................

5 It’s raining/rainy. . ................

6 It’s snowing/snowy . ................

Practise with your partner.

What’s the weather
like today? It’s sunny.

2  What’s the temperature? Look!

Practise with your partner. It’s 10˚ = It’s ten degrees.

A B C D 1 It’s warm. .................

2 It’s cold. .................

3 It’s freezing. .................

4 It’s hot. .................

Practise with your partner.

What’s the weather It’s hot and sunny.
like today? It’s about 30 degrees.

What’s the weather like today? Write two sentences.

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Longman Photo Dictionary ESOL Skills for Life Entry 1

Weather and seasons

Worksheet 55

What’s your favourite season?

Look in the Longman Photo Dictionary. Write the words.

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Read about four people. Which season is each one talking about?
Write the season in the gap.

Elif Mohamed
My favourite season is …………………………….. I like ………………………………. best. The weather is
I love the long, hot days and I love the long sometimes very beautiful in October. I think the
holiday. My children like playing in the park and trees are very pretty when the leaves go red and
eating ice creams. I sometimes go to the beach brown and yellow. My children like starting in a
in Southend with my family. Last year in August I new class at school and learning new things.
went to Turkey to visit my sister and my cousins.
James
Sara My favourite season is ……………………………… I
I love …………………………………. I really like like it because winter is finished and the evenings
waking up in the morning and seeing new snow are light again. I don’t like the dark evenings. I
outside in the garden. My children love going love the flowers in the parks and gardens and
outside and making a snowman. I also like seeing seeing the leaves grow on the trees. My children
all my friends and family at Christmas. like playing outside in the evenings again.

What’s your favourite season in the UK? Write two or three sentences.

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Longman Photo Dictionary ESOL Skills for Life Entry 1

Weather and seasons

Worksheet 56

Weather around the world

Look at the pictures. What cities can you see? Where are they?
Write the names under the pictures. What is the weather like in each city?

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Now read about the cities. Write the name of the city in the box.

It is always warm or hot in my city. There are only In my city there are four seasons, like in the
two seasons. Summer is from May to October UK, but spring and autumn are very short. In
and it is always very hot – sometimes 35° or 40°. summer the temperature is warm – usually
Winter is from November to April and in the about 23˚ to 25˚, but sometimes it is very
daytime it is nice and warm – usually between hot – about 30˚. The winter starts at the end
18° and 24°. But it is sometimes very cold at of October. It is very cold, sometimes -10˚ or
night, so bring a warm jacket if you come in the -15˚. In January and February the days are very
winter. There is very little rain in my city, but the short and there is a lot of snow. If you are very
Sahara Desert is very near and sometimes there cold you can drink some vodka to make you
are sandstorms. The best time to come is in warm again! If you come in winter bring warm
January or February because it isn’t too hot. clothes and a woolly hat.

Now talk about your city and your partner’s city.

You Your partner
How many seasons are there?
What’s the weather like in each season?

What’s the best time to visit? Why?

What time is not good to visit? Why?

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