Ex. 2. Insert articles if necessary
1. What’s ...... weather like today? Have you heard ....... weather forecast on ........ radio? 2. What ...... nasty day! What ...... rainy weather! What ...... big pools! What ...... mud! 3. ...... sun is shining brightly in ........ sky. There’s hardly .........breath of ....... air. 4. ....... Gulf Stream is ....... warm current flowing from .........Gulf of ..... Mexico round ...........north of ........... Europe, ....... British Isles and .......... Iceland. 5. There was ....... light fall of ........snow at .......... night. 6. He has saved some money for ......... rainy day. 7. ........ air is stifling, not .... leaf is stirring. 8. Is he lying in ...........sun or swimming in ......... sea? – He’s reading ...... .. book in ..........shade. 9. It’s so pleasant to go for ......... walk on ...........sunny summer morning. 10. What big .......snowdrifts! Shall we make ....... snowman or fight with ........snowballs? 11. She slipped on ........sidewalk in .......... pouring rain. 12. If you don’t take ...... shelter, you’ll get wet to ........ skin. 13. .........spell of ......... sunny weather in ....... October is called ..........Indian Summer. 14. .........strong wind is blowing from ........ north. 15. ........weather in ....... south of ........Great Britain is milder than in ......... Scotland. 16. ......... spring is ........ season when .......... nature returns to life. 18. Look! ....... apple trees are in ..... blossom.
Ex. 3. Fill the gaps with prepositions or adverbs if necessary.
1 You are lying ........ the sun and complaining ........... the heat. How stupid ........ you! Why don’t you swim ...... the sea. 2. I don’t like to go ........ a walk ........... such nasty weather. I prefer to stay ....... home. 3. It’s pleasant to go ...... work ..... foot ......... a warm sunny morning. 4. ......... the morning the trees were covered .............. frost. 5. It’s hot. The temperature is 32 degrees ............ zero ........ the shade today. 6. Look ......... the sky. There’s hardly a cloud ......... it. We are ........ ......... a spell .......... fine weather. 7. It’s pouring ...... rain! Put ........ your umbrella or we shall get wet ........... 8. The rain is ........... and it’s clearing .......... 9. The weather is getting worse. The sun has hidden .......... the clouds. It looks ......... rain. 10. Look ........ the map ........ the next page. What country can you see ......... the picture? 11. The clouds are floating .............. the sky. 12. He slipped ........ the ice and his bag fell ......... the ground. 13. The sky is overcast ......... low, black clouds and peals ........... thunder are heard .......... the distance. 14. Don’t grumble .......... the weather. You pay too much attention ....... it. 15. Let’s fight ....... snowballs. – I’d prefer to throw snowballs ...... Kate. She is sure to like it. 16. The spring has come and the snow has turned ........ slush. 17. What has happened .... you? Have you been caught .... the thunderstorm? You are wet .... the skin! 18. Don’t go ....... There are pools ........ water everywhere. You may be splashed ......... mud ...... a passing car.
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Ex. 4.
A. Insert ‘to rain’ in the correct form,
if it doesn’t suit, use ‘to begin raining’, ‘to stop raining’.
1. It ................................................................................................ today yet.
2. It ..................................................................................................yesterday.
3. The weatherman said it .............................................................. the next day.
4. It ................................................................................................. for two days already.
5. It often ....................................................................................... in autumn.
6. They supposed it ......................................................................... by the time the film ended.
7. I think it........................................................................................tomorrow.
8. He remembered how hard it ....................................................... the week before.
9. Look! It ....................................................................................... outside.
10. It ................................................................................................ for a week before they arrived.
11. He informed us it ....................................................................... for three days by Saturday.
12. It ............still ............................................................................. when I left yesterday.
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13. It’s the first time it ..................................................................... so hard here.
14. We were sure it .............. still .....................................................when we came back.
15. Hardly ............ it ........................................................................ when we got wet through.
16. It’s ten days since it ................................................................... last.
17. I’m afraid it ................. still ........................................................when we wake up.
18. We hope it ................................................................................. by noon.
19. It may ..........................................................................................today.
20. Tomorrow it ................................................................................ for five days already.
B. Match each word with one or more words from the box.
1. thunder 2. natural 3. snow 4. heat 5. hail 6. gale 7. pouring 8. Indian 9. hoar 10. rain 11. water 12. weather 13. sun 14. swimming 15. whirl 16. sea 17. earth
| stones / pool / sign / drift / wind / warning / rise / coast / shine / drop / quake / man / summer shore / fall / storm / disaster / wave / rain / flake / frost / side / set / forecast / beam / report |
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Ex. 5. Say the opposite.
1. It’s the season when nature dies. 2. The temperature falls to 30 degrees below zero. 3. She prefers to lie in the sun. 4. The sky is cloudless. 5. Birds return from warm countries. 6. They met at sunrise. 7. The climate of this area is dry and hot. 8. The weather is fine today. 9. Frosty weather has set in. 10. The weatherman says it will keep fine today. 11. It’s very windy today. 12. The air is so fresh in the room. 13. Look! The clouds are building up. 14. There was a good fall of snow. 15. The sun is looking out of the clouds.
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Ex. 6. Complete the sentences with the words shade or shadow.
1. These flowers do best when they grow in the …………. 2. It was 27 degrees above zero in the ……………. yesterday. 3. The birch is casting a long ………….. on the road. 4. Look! Freddie is lying in the……………. asleep. 5. The dog saw its …………….. on the wall. 6. The sun is hot today. Let’s walk in the ……………….. 7. He must be a vampire, he casts no ………………… ! 8. Our ………………….. grew longer and longer as the sun went down. 9. She was put in the ………………. of her elder sister who was a real beauty. 10. We sat down in the ……………… and had a bite. 11. What’s up, man? You follow me like a ……………………!
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