Focus on Grammar

LISTENINGWeather forecastListen to the text and answer the questions.1. Which season does this weather report take place in?2. What kind of day is it? – cloudy/mild/chilly/rainy3. What is the temperature? – ten degrees/minus ten/15 below/plus fifteen4. Tomorrow it will probably snow/rain/stay sunny/become clear.Word–buildingAdjectives can be formed from nouns with the suffix –y: frost – frosty,salt – salty1. Make up adjectives using the suffix –y and translate them.snow, wind, sun, taste, sand, grass, hair, water, chill, breeze, dust, shower, fog2. Rewrite the sentences using adjectives instead of nouns.1. There was a storm at night. – The night was stormy.2. This year it rains unusually often in summer. – This summer is very ____.3. It snowed a lot last winter. – ____.4. There are a lot of clouds in the sky. – ____.5. A strong wind is blowing. – ____.6. There was a lot of sand on the beach. ________.Go onCULTURE CHECKNo conversation ever starts in England without a comment on the weather. It isalmost a formality like shaking hands. “How do you do?”, “Nice day today, isn’t it?”,“Isn’t it hot today?”, “Isn’t it a beastly day?”, “Shocking weather, isn’t it?” – theseremarks are often used when speaking about the weather.Just For FuncartoonDon’t knock the weather;nine out of ten people couldn’tstart a conversation if it didn’tchange once in a while!12