The weather

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: the weekend forecastListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find will, won't and 'llGrammar exercise
11. 11will for predictionsGrammar rule
12. 12Will or won't?Grammar exercise
13. 13Say it right: I'll, it'll, won'tSpeaking practice
14. 14Plan the weekendSpeaking practice
15. 15Let's discussDiscussion
16. 16Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: will and won'tGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: my weekend forecastDiscussion

Words

• forecast/ˈfɔːrkæst/

  a report that tells you what the weather will be like

• predict/prɪˈdɪkt/

  to say what will happen in the future

• temperature/ˈtemprətʃər/

  how hot or cold something is

• humid/ˈhjuːmɪd/

  with a lot of water in the air, so it feels hot and sticky

• freezing/ˈfriːzɪŋ/

  very, very cold

• degree/dɪˈɡriː/

  a unit for measuring how hot or cold it is (75° = 75 degrees)

• storm/stɔːrm/

  very bad weather with strong winds and heavy rain or snow

• thunder/ˈθʌndər/

  the loud, deep noise from the sky in bad weather

• lightning/ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/

  a sudden, bright light in the sky in bad weather

• foggy/ˈfɑːɡi/

  with a thick cloud near the ground, so you can't see far

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about the weather.

1. What's the weather like today where you are?
2. What is your favorite kind of weather? Why?
3. Do you check the weather forecast every day? Where?

Grammar rule

will for predictions

will + the base form

	Example
Positive	It will rain tomorrow. I think it'll be cold.
Negative	It won't snow. (won't = will not)
Question	Will it be sunny on Saturday? — Yes, it will. / No, it won't.

will is the same for every person: I will, she will, they will (not she wills). After will, use the base form: not it will to rain, not it will raining.

Predictions

Use will for what you think will happen: I think it will rain. It will probably be hot. probably goes after will, but before won't: It probably won't snow.

With I think, the negative usually goes on think: I don't think it will rain. (I think it won't rain is correct too, but it is less common.)

Remember unit 7: when you can see it coming now, going to is more natural: Look at those clouds! It's going to rain.

A decision now

Use will for something you decide at the moment of speaking: "It's cold in here." "I'll close the window." Offers are decisions too: "I'll make the coffee."