Fill the gaps with suitable adjectives from activity 17.

1 It was a .................day in the middle of January so we made a snowman. 2 It was such a ....................day that my umbrella was blown inside out. 3 Most people like to go on holiday when it is hot and ................... 4 Half an hour later the weather became very ................... They could hear the rumble of thunder and they saw flashes of lightning across the sky. 5 On a ..............night you can’t see any stars in the sky. 6 The town’s river overflows every year during the .............season.

20 This is the BBC weather forecast for Africa and West Europe. Look at the symbols. What do they mean? Use the words from the vocabulary box.

Africa West Europe

21 Split into small groups of 3 or 4. Write a short story using as much weather vocabulary as possible.

22 Make up collocations matching the words from the box to the words 1-9 below.

Symbols 4.......................charts 7......................designer 2.................the layman 5....................standards 8 ............................tour 3.....................crayons 6............more information 9....................scheme

23 Fill the gaps with suitable words from the box. Use one word once only.

1 Children usually like drawing by wax ..................................... 2 My future profession is a graphic ....................................... 3 With the introduction of ............................... television, the BBC brought in a new range of weather symbols. 4 In his project work he used ....................... schemes. 5 Nowadays we have computer games simulating interplanetary ................tours. 6 The new system of symbols was designed ............more information for viewers. 7 She always listen to the weather .............................. before going out. 8 Forecasters can now ...................... different weather graphics to present the forecast more clearly.