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MODULE 5 EXTRA PRACTICE SECTION C Name: .......................................

..........

VOCABULARY
§ Match the sentences in A to the explanations in B. Pay attention to the words in bold.
1
A B
1 Finally, the sun came out. ..... a It’s freezing cold.
2 It’s -10°C outside. ..... b We’re having a cold spell.
3 The streets are flooded. ..... c I didn’t check the weather forecast.
4 The temperature has been unusually low. ..... d The weather has cleared up.
5 I wasn’t prepared for snow. ..... e It’s poured with rain all week.

Replace the words in bold with the words below.


2
frost | season | fair | boiling hot | ruined | showers
1 The weather is pleasant today. .....................................
2 The weather report predicts light rain. .....................................
3 It’s over 40°C outside. .....................................
4 I saw ice crystals on my window. .....................................
5 This is the time of year for snow. .....................................
6 The last storm destroyed the garden. .....................................

Complete the texts about weather myths with the words below.
3
forecast | chilly | heatwaves | cools down
MYTH:
1 High temperatures are dangerous and ..................................... kill people around the
world every year.
FACT: Just because the ..................................... says hot weather, it doesn’t mean you’re
in danger.
MYTH:
2 In ..................................... weather, you don’t need protection from the sun.
FACT: Don’t think that once the weather ..................................... after summer, you don’t need
sunscreen. You can get sunburnt on a cloudy day.

Tick (✓) the opposites.


4
..... 1 rise – drop
..... 2 fair – mild
..... 3 cool down – warm up
..... 4 heatwave – frost
..... 5 freezing cold – boiling hot

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MODULE 5 EXTRA PRACTICE SECTION C

GRAMMAR
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use conditionals or time clauses.
5
1 The boat ................................................... (not sink) yesterday if the storm hadn’t been so strong.
2 As soon as the weather ................................................... (warm up), birds will return to the area.
3 We ................................................... (not hike) tomorrow unless the rain stops.
4 If I ................................................... (not check) the weather forecast every morning, I wouldn’t know
what to wear.
5 Don’t worry! I will buy some warm clothes before winter ................................................... (begin).
6 If I were you, I ................................................... (not drive) in the snow.

Complete the text. Use conditionals or time clauses.


6
Today, if people 1. ................................................... (want) to know the weather
forecast,

they can check online. But if you had lived a long time ago, you probably
2.
................................................... (look) to nature for answers. Some of the methods
that

were used were brilliant, and if we 3. ................................................... (not rely) so


much on technology, we would probably still use them.

• When people see lightning, they often 4. ................................................... (feel)


threatened. But how far away is it? When there is lightning, thunder always
5.
................................................... (follow). If you count the seconds between the
lightning

and the thunder and multiply the number by 340, you


6.
................................................... (know) in metres how far the lightning is from you.

• If you had been a sailor in the 18th century, you 7. ...................................................


(check) the colour of the sky every day. If you 8. ...................................................
(see) a red sky in

the morning, you would probably have stayed home. But if the sky had been red at night,
you 9. ................................................... (get up) early and gone to sea. Predicting the
weather from the colour of the sky helped sailors survive the storms at sea.

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