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SEASONS
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MONTHS
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1 Warm up

In pairs, discuss the following questions.

1. Can you name the four seasons of the year?

2. Which season do you like best? Why?
3. Which season is not your favourite? Why?

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2 Clothes for different seasons

Match the pictures to the names of the clothes. When do you wear these clothes?

dress flip-flops gloves jumper

scarf shorts swimsuit tights

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

3 Activities for different seasons

Part A: Match a word on the left to a word on the right to make phrases for the different seasons.

1. drink a. hot chocolate

2. go b. flowers

3. lie c. your home

4. eat d. skiing

5. clean e. on the beach

6. create f. ice-cream

7. smell g. apples

8. pick h. Halloween costumes

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Part B: Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about each season, like in the example. Use
the phrases from the exercise. With your partner, think of other activities that you can do in different
seasons.

Student A: What do people do in summer?

Student B: They lie on the beach.

4 Weather and seasons

What typical weather can you find in different seasons? Have a conversation with your partner like
in the example below.

Student A: What’s the weather like in summer?

Student B: It’s warm and sunny.

Now, write a short description of your favourite season. Think about the weather and the activities
you do during this time.

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5 Months of the year

Complete the sentences below.

1. The first (1st) month of the year is January.

2. The second (2nd) month of the year is .
3. The (3rd) month of the year is March.
4. The fourth (4th) month of the year is .
5. The (5th) month of the year is May.
6. The sixth (6th) month of the year is .
7. The (7th) month of the year is July.
8. The eighth (8th) month of the year is .
9. The (9th) month of the year is September.
10. The tenth (10th) month of the year is .
11. The (11th) month of the year is November.
12. The twelfth (12th) month of the year is .

Now, practise in pairs, asking each other questions as in the example:

1. Student A: Which month of the year is July?

2. Student B: It’s the seventh month.

6 Special days
Part A: Match the questions to the answers. Read the questions and answers in pairs.

1. Which season is New a. It’s on the 31st.

Year’s Eve in?
2. Which month is it in? b. It’s in winter.
3. Which day of the c. It’s in December.
month is it on?

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Part B: Work in pairs. Student A, ask student B a question from this exercise to complete your table.
Student B, answer the questions. Change roles and repeat.

Student A

Special Day Date Month Season

Valentine’s Day Winter

Christmas Eve 24th December

Diwali October

Day of the Dead 1st-2nd Autumn

(Día de los
Muertos)

St. Patrick’s Day 17th Spring

Eid-al-Adha September

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Student B

Special Day Date Month Season

Valentine’s Day 14th February

Christmas Eve Winter

Diwali 29/30th Autumn

Day of the Dead 1st-2nd November

(Día de los
Muertos)

St. Patrick’s Day March

Eid-al-Adha 12th-13th Autumn

7 Talking point

Discuss any of the questions below in pairs or small groups.

1. What are some other special days in your country?

2. What holidays do you celebrate in each season in your country?
3. What special day do you like to celebrate the most? Why?

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Key

1. Warm up

3 mins
This part gets students to think about seasons. They will have a chance to talk about it in greater detail later, so
keep the discussion general for now.

2. Clothes for different seasons

5 mins
This exercise introduces some key vocabulary to the topics of clothes and seasons. Ask students to complete the
exercise individually in the first instance and then to check their answers with their partner.
Note that in American English, ‘a jumper’ is ‘a sweater’. In both American and British English ’tights’ are also called
’pantyhose’.

1. jumper 2. scarf 3. gloves 4. swimsuit

5. flip-flops 6. shorts 7. tights 8. dress

3. Activities for different seasons

5 mins
Part A
In this exercise, students practise some collocations connected to the topic. Ask students to complete the exercise
individually in the first instance and then to check their answers with their partner. Then, ask them to discuss in
pairs what activities they do each season. Advise them to use the vocabulary from the lesson.

1. → a. 2. → d.
3. → e. 4. → f.
5. → c. 6. → h.
7. → b. 8. → g.

4. Weather and seasons

5 mins
Ask students to discuss the weather in their countries during each season. Then, students write few sentences
about the chosen season using vocabulary from sections 3 and 4. Circulate and help as needed.

5. Months of the year

5 mins
In this stage students practise months and ordinal numbers. Ask students to complete the exercise individually in
the first instance and then to check their answers with their partner.

1. February 2. third 3. April 4. fifth

5. June 6. seventh 7. August 8. ninth
9. October 10. eleventh 11. December

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6. Special days

5 mins
In this part, students practise speaking and listening skills while discussing some Special Days in the world. Students
ask and answer questions to complete the tables and check their answers, e.g. "Which month is Valentine’s Day
in?" "It’s in February." If they are not familiar with some holidays, you can encourage them to do a small research.
Circulate and help as needed.

Celebrations are held differently in different countries. Diwali is the Hindu ‘festival of lights’. It celebrates the
victory of light over darkness or good over evil. People put lights around their homes and temples. Eid al-Adha is
a Muslim festival where families sometimes kill an animal. It honours Ibrahim (Abraham), who sacrificed his son.
Day of the Dead is a festival in Mexico where people honour the dead. There are big parades where people dress
up. St. Patrick’s Day is a special day when there are parades to celebrate the Irish saint St. Patrick, and people
also drink a lot of alcohol. Source: Wikipedia

1. → b.
2. → c.
3. → a.

7. Talking point

5 mins
Ask students to discuss the questions in pairs or small groups. Circulate and help as needed.

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