Listening: B1
A weather forecast
Listen to a weather forecast and answer the questions to practise and improve your listening
skills.
Before listening
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
Preparation task
Match the definitions (a–h) with the vocabulary (1–8).
Vocabulary Definition
1. …… throughout a. a small area
2. …… isolated b. to disappear
3. …… a patch c. on its own, without other similar things around it
4. …… drizzle d. during all of a period of time
5. …… to clear up e. in other places
6. …… elsewhere f. to move so that there is space for something to enter
7. …… a heatwave g. very light rain
8. …… to make way for h. a period of weather that is much hotter than normal
Tasks
Task 1
Write the words in the correct group.
thunderstorms dry showers a heatwave
wet weather drizzle bright
Rainy weather Sunny weather
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Task 2
Are the sentences true or false?
Answer
1. It will start raining at lunchtime today in the east. True False
2. The weather in the north-west will be worse than in the south. True False
3. There will be thunder in Leeds tonight. True False
4. Most of England will be hot this week. True False
5. Wet weather will move from the north to the south at the weekend. True False
6. It will stay hot when the rain comes. True False
Discussion
What kind of weather do you like best?
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