Блог вчителя англійської мови Баталової Р.М.: Дистанційне навчання

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The 5th form

Topic: Weather

LESSON 1

Hello, everyone! The weather is a practical topic of English language conversation. Not only does the weather influence our fashion choices, but it’s a common topic of “small talk”. The weather can be used as a good ice breaker to start a conversation with someone you don’t know well. Here are the ways we talk about the weather in English.

Sunny

· “It’s really sunny today!”

· “The sun is so bright.”

· “There’s a mix of sun and clouds today.”

· “It’s so perfect outside; not a cloud in the sky.”

· “Seventy two degrees (72°) and sunny. A perfect summer day!”

· “It’s so sunny. I can lay out today!”

· “You got a nice suntan on vacation!”

· “It’s really sunny out. Make sure you put on some sunscreen.”

Clouds

“It’s really cloudy out there. I wonder if it will rain today.”

· “It’s pretty cloudy outside. I better take an umbrella.”

· “It’s been cloudy for a week now. I need some sun!”

Rain

· “It’s raining out. You’ll need an umbrella.”

· “It’s raining pretty hard out there.”
· “A big storm is expected this afternoon.”

· “It’s so gloomy and depressing outside.”

· “Don’t go swimming yet. I just heard thunder, and a lightning storm is expected.”

· “You should wear your rain coat today.”

· “It’s not raining too hard. It’s just drizzling out.”

· “Bring an umbrella just in case, since it will be raining on and off today.”

Snow

· “It’s snowing outside!”

· “We’re expecting a snow storm this afternoon.”

· “School is canceled because of the snow. I love snow days!”

· “The roads are really messy. There is a lot of slush on the roads because the snow is melting, so be careful.”

· “Drive really carefully. The snow is freezing over and turning into ice.”

Fog

· “Be careful when you drive. It’s really foggy outside. You can’t see far in front of you.”

· “It’s so foggy out. You better drive with your fog lights on.”

Wind

· “The wind is so strong; it almost blew me over!”
· “The tall buildings in Manhattan (New York City) create a wind tunnel and make the wind so strong.”

· “Chicago really is the windy city!”

Vocabulary

Gloomy: (adjective) sad, depressing; often used to describe a cloudy, grey, rainy sky.

Lay out: (verb) a term people use for “sun tanning”; to lay outside in the sun in a bathing suit to get more bronze.

Umbrella: (noun) what you carry over your head to block the rain and stay dry.
Sunny- сонячно
Clouds- хмари
Rain- дощ
Snow-сніг
Fog- туман
Wind- вітер

MATCH THE WORD WITH THE PICTURE

LET'S SOLVE THE CROSSWORD !

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Mark Twain

LESSON 2

Hello! What is the weather like today? How to say it in English? Let's start our lesson with a song!

What is the weather like today? - Яка сьогодні погода?
It's sunny.- Сонячно.
It's raining. - Йде дощ.
It's cloudy. - Хмарно.
It's hot. - Спекотно.
It's snowing. - Йде сніг.
It's windy. - Вітряно.
It's cold.- Холодно.

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It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius

LESSON 3

Hello, my dear students! I hope you are feeling well. Let's begin our third lesson!!!

Read the text.

Hi, Taras, Well, spring officially starts in March, summer in June, autumn in September and winter in December. But sometimes we have weather from each season all in one day. Because English weather changes so often, there is always something to talk about. A remark to a stranger about the weather such as “Not a very nice day, is it?” can often lead to an interesting dialogue. Even poets talk about the weather. For example, the great poet Lord Byron (1788-1824) once said, “I like the weather, when it is not raining. That is, I like two months of every year.”

Now answer the questions and send them.

Grammar Time.

The Present Simple Tense.

The present tense is the base form of the verb: I work in London.

But the third person (she/he/it) adds an -s: She works in London.

We use the present tense to talk about:

something that is true in the present:

I’m nineteen years old.

He lives in London.

I’m a student.

something that happens again and again in the present:

I play football every weekend.

We use words like sometimes, often. always, and never (adverbs of frequency) with the present tense:

I sometimes go to the cinema.

She never plays football.

something that is always true:

The adult human body contains 206 bones.

Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second.

something that is fixed in the future.

The school term starts next week.

The train leaves at 19:45 this evening.

We fly to Paris next week.

Questions and negatives

Look at these questions:

Do you play the piano?

Where do you live?

Does Jack play football?

Where does he come from?

Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester?

Where do they work?

With the present tense, we use do and does to make questions. We use does for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do for the others.

We use do and does with question words like where, what and why:

But look at these questions with who:

Who lives in London?

Who plays football at the weekend?

Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?

Look at these sentences:

I like tennis, but I don’t like football. (don’t = do not)

I don’t live in London now.

I don’t play the piano, but I play the guitar.

They don’t work at the weekend.

John doesn’t live in Manchester. (doesn’t = does not)

Angela doesn’t drive to work. She goes by bus.

With the present tense we use do and does to make negatives. We use does not (doesn’t) for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do not (don’t) for the others.

Fill in the gaps.

Match the weather to the seasons

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Joseph Addison

LESSON 4

Hello, everybody! How are you? Is everybody ready to start?

Let's learn the rhyme!

Rain, rain - go away,
Come again another day.
DADDY wants to play.
Rain, rain go away

Rain, rain - go away,
Come again another day.
MOMMY wants to play
Rain, rain, go away.

Rain, rain - go away,
Come again another day.
BROTHER wants to play.
Rain, rain - go away.

Rain, rain - go away,
Come again another day.
SISTER wants to play.
Rain, rain - go away.

Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day.
BABY wants to play
Rain, rain - go away.

Rain, Rain - go away,
Come again another day.
ALL THE FAMILY wants to play.
Rain, rain - go away.

Grammar Time.

REMEMBER!

It is + Adjective / Noun
It is cold. It is winter. It is light. It is warm. It is dark. It is Sunday morning.

REMEMBER!

to rain, to snow

PRESENT SIMPLE
It often rains / snows in autumn. It never rains / snows there. It doesn't rain / snow in June. Does it often rain / snow there?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
It is raining / snowing now. It isn't raining / snowing now. Is it raining / snowing now?

PAST SIMPLE
It often rained / snowed last winter. It didn't rain / snow last month. Did it rain / snow in March?

Read the postcards and look at the pictures. Guess where these people are.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao Tzu

LESSON 5

Hello, everyone! I'm glad to begin our fifth lesson. Do you?

Let's read a poem

We are glad to meet again
If it snows, if it rains,
It doesn't matter.
Hurry up! Don't be late!
We shall read and then translate,
We shall sing, we shall write,
We shall poems recite.

Grammar Time.

The present continuous tense

The present continuous tense is formed from the present tense of the verb be and the present participle (-ing form) of a verb:
Use

1. We use the present continuous tense to talk about the present:

for something that is happening at the moment of speaking:
I’m just leaving work. I’ll be home in an hour.
Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

for something which is happening before and after a given time:
At eight o’clock we are usually having breakfast.
When I get home the children are doing their homework.

for something which we think is temporary:
Michael is at university. He’s studying history.
I’m working in London for the next two weeks.

for something which is new and contrasts with a previous state:
These days most people are using email instead of writing letters.
What sort of clothes are teenagers wearing nowadays? What sort of music are they listening to?

to show that something is changing, growing or developing:
The children are growing quickly.
The climate is changing rapidly.
Your English is improving.

for something which happens again and again:
It’s always raining in London.
They are always arguing.
George is great. He’s always laughing.

Note: We normally use always with this use.

2. We use the present continuous tense to talk about the future:

for something which has been arranged or planned:
Mary is going to a new school next term.
What are you doing next week?

3. We can use the present continuous to talk about the past:

When we are telling a story:

When we are summarising the story from a book, film or play etc.