Vocabulary and Pronunciation: Weather and seasons

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How to use this lesson

For the Teacher:

Guide learners through the table and practice tasks in 20 minutes. Check the auto-marked answers and listen to their pronunciation recordings.

For the Learner:

First, read each word, listen to the sound, and learn the meaning. Next, do the practice games and record your voice in the shadowing section.

Word table

Look at the 10 weather words. Read the meanings, word partners, examples, and tips.

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
1. Weather
sunny	bright with light from the sun	sunny day, warm and sunny	It is a sunny day.	Sun + ny. Think of the bright yellow sun.
rainy	having a lot of water from clouds	rainy day, rainy weather	Take an umbrella on a rainy day.	Rain + y. Water drops falling down.
cloudy	full of gray or white clouds in the sky	cloudy sky, cold and cloudy	The sky is very cloudy.	Cloud + y. The sky looks white like sheep.
windy	with strong moving air outside	windy day, strong and windy	Hold your hat on a windy day.	Wind + y. Trees blow and shake.
snow	soft white ice falling from the sky	white snow, heavy snow	White snow falls in winter.	Cold and slow white snow.
2. Temperature
hot	having high heat; not cold	hot tea, hot weather	Drink cold water when it is hot.	Opposite of cold. Fire is hot.
cold	having very low heat; freezing	cold wind, cold winter	Wear a coat when it is cold.	Opposite of hot. Ice is cold.
warm	a nice friendly heat; between cold and hot	warm jacket, warm sunshine	I like this warm sunshine.	Not too hot, not too cold; feels just right.
3. Things to Wear
umbrella	a thing you hold over you to stop rain	open an umbrella, big umbrella	Open your umbrella in the rain.	Under + my + umbrella keeps me dry.
coat	a warm piece of clothing for outside	winter coat, put on a coat	Put on your warm coat.	Rhymes with boat. It covers your body.

Practice

Try these 16 exercises from easy to hard.

Part 1: Collocation Matching

Choose the best word to pair with each word partner.

1. Match the word that goes with: white ___

____ sunny____ snow____ rainy

2. Match the word that goes with: open an ___

____ umbrella____ windy____ cold

3. Match the word that goes with: put on a warm ___

____ rainy____ coat____ cloudy

4. Match the word that goes with: a strong and ___ day

____ windy____ hot____ warm

Part 2: Gap-Fill with Word Bank

Word bank: rainy | hot | cloudy | cold

5. A: Why is the sky so dark and gray?
B: Look up, the sky is full of clouds. It is very ___ today.

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6. A: Please take an umbrella with you.
B: Good idea, it is a ___ afternoon.

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7. A: Let us swim in the pool today.
B: Yes! The sun is high and it is very ___ outside.

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8. A: Brrr! The temperature is below zero degrees!
B: Yes, it is freezing ___ outside.

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Part 3: Choose the Word

9. I love spring because the air is not too hot and not too cold; it is nice and ___.

____ a. hot____ b. warm____ c. cold

10. Put on your sunglasses because it is very ___ today.

____ a. sunny____ b. cloudy____ c. windy

11. The winter ground is covered with soft white ___.

____ a. coat____ b. umbrella____ c. snow

12. When the strong air blows away your hat, the weather is very ___.

____ a. rainy____ b. windy____ c. hot

Part 4: Sentence Building

Put the words in the right order to make a sentence.

13. Words: [coat / wear / a / warm]

Type the 4 words in order:

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14. Words: [an / need / umbrella / we]

Type the 4 words in order:

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15. Words: [is / it / and / warm / sunny]

Type the 5 words in order:

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16. Words: [sky / today / the / is / cloudy]

Type the 5 words in order:

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Shadowing

Listen to the English audio, repeat aloud, and record your voice.

Collocation 1

sunny day

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Collocation 2

cold wind

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Collocation 3

white snow

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Collocation 4

warm coat

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Sentence 1

It is hot outside.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Sentence 2

The sky is cloudy.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Sentence 3

Today is very windy.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Sentence 4

Wear your warm jacket.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Long Sentence 1

It is cold, so wear a coat.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Long Sentence 2

Days are warm, but nights are cold.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Hard Word 1

umbrella

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Hard Word 2

rainy

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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How to use this lesson

Word table

Practice

Part 1: Collocation Matching

Part 2: Gap-Fill with Word Bank

Part 3: Choose the Word

Part 4: Sentence Building

Shadowing

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