The present

Vocabulary:Clothes, weather and seasons
Grammar: Present simple and present continuous
languaje to go: Comparing usual and present situations

Vocabulary and speaking

1. Choose three sentences for each picture.

1. It's 35°C= summer        5. it's really cold=winter     
9. it's raining=autumn
2.It's -32°C= winter            6. It's really hot=summer                               10. it´s snowing=winter
3.It's 18°C = spring            7. it's quite warm=spring            
11. it's sunny=summer
4. It's 12°C=Autumn           8. It's quite cool = autumn                            12. it's windy= spring
2. Match the words with the clothes in the picture.

Example : umbrella = G

hat=J       gloves=L      umbrella=G       boots=I    short = E       T-shirt=D       jacket=B     sunhat=C   scarf= A      coat=H     sandals=F   sweater=K.
3. Answer these questions about the weather where you live.

1. Do you have spring, summer, autumn and winter?
No, haven't
2. What is the average temperature in these months?
a) December =winter           b)April=spring               c)August=autumn
3. What is your favourite time of year? Why?

Grammar Focus

6. Look at the examples below and complete these explanations with the simple or present continuous.

1. We use the  present continuous to talk about time around the present moment

2.We use the  present simple  to talk about what usually happens

present simple	present continuous
We know it's a big one. Some people stay	lots of people are leaving Miami

Practice

7. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present simple or present continuous
1. I  Know (know) the UK does have (not usually have) very cold weather, but it's very cold at the moment. It_________  (snow) and the temperature is -8°C. People_________ (stay) at home.
2. It's usually cold in February and it  rains (rain) a lot, but today the sun is now sheineing (shine) and it's a very warm 22°C. People are carried (not carry) umbrellas as they usually do.
3.I'm thinks (think) spring in the UK is very beautiful. People usually___________ (wear) sweaters and jackets.
4. It often rains (rain) in summer in the UK and sometimes it's quite cold. But occasionally we_______ (have) very hot weather with temperatures above 30°C. Today isn't one of those days. It raining and everyone is wear (wear) raincoats.
5. In the autumn it get (get) dark at about 6 pm, but in summer ___________ (not get) dark until 10 pm.



8. An American friend is coming to your country for a year. Write an e-mail answering his/her questions


-What' season is it now?
season is now spring
-what's the weather like at the moment and what are people wearing?
quite warm, but at moment cold are people jacket
-what's the weather like in other seasons and what types of clothers do people  usually wear?
Not, have seasons
-Do you have any dangerous weather conditions and when do the occur?
Yes, prevention in every seasons.
-what do people do and wear in these conditons?
stay at home