Weather- Things in Common Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Weather vocabulary word formation and weather vocabulary collocations practice starting with personalised speaking practice where students find experiences and opinions that they share.
Lesson Plan Content:
Weather- Things in Common Game
Make personal statements and/ or ask your partner personal questions about the weather
to find feelings, experiences etc which you both/ all share. You get one point for each thing
which is the same, and one more point if no other groups find the same thing.
I’m looking forward to…
I have never experienced…
I can’t stand…
I love…
I absolutely adore…
(For me) nothing beats…
I’m scared of…
I used to…
In my hometown…
I go on holiday
somewhere…
I would… if…
I will… if…
I’m planning to… when…
My favourite weather is…
The last time that it…
I feel… when it…
How about you?/ What about you?
Did you use to…?
Do you… when…?
Does… make you feel…?
Have you ever experienced…?
Have you ever… in… weather?
Have you ever… when it was…?
How do you feel about…?
How is the weather in your hometown…?
How many times have you…?
If it…, would you…?
What did you do the last time…?
What do you do when…?
What do you think about…?
What’s your favourite weather (for …)?
When did you last…?
Would you… when it was…?
Me too.
I… too.
Really? I…
Weather word formation
Write at least one different form of each word below. Things not below are also possible.
bake
boil
cloudy
cold
dry
flood
fog
freeze
frost
hail
hot
humid
mist
rain
smog
snow
storm
sun
warm
wind
Check below. Many more answers are OK, so check if you wrote something different.
Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2018
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Possible weather to speak about
baking/ boiling (hot)
blizzard
blue skies/ clear skies
(summer) breeze
clouds/ cloudy
cold/ coldness
cool
cyclone
(minus)… degrees
drizzle
dry/ dry air/ dryness
flood/ flooding
fog/ foggy
freeze/ freezing
frost/ frosty
grey/ grey skies
hail/ hailstorm/ hailstones/ hailing
hot/ heat(stroke/ rash)
humid/ humidity
hurricane
Indian summer
(thunder and) lightning
mist/ misty
monsoon/ rainy season
rain/ rainy
(April) shower
smog/ smoggy
snow(flakes/ storms/ men/ balls)/ snowy/ snowing
(thunder) storm/ stormy
strong wind/ gale
sun(burn/ tan/ stroke)/ sunny
thunder (storm)
tsunami/ tidal wave
typhoon (season)
warm/ warmth
wind/ windy
Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2018
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Weather collocations
Without looking above, link words from the left and right below to make expressions
related to the weather.
baking
air
boiling
degrees
blue
hot
minus…
hot
dry
skies
grey
skies
hail
storm
hail
lightning
heat
rash
heat
season
Indian
showers
thunder and
stones
rainy
stroke
April
summer
thunder
breeze
strong
burn
summer
season
sun
storm
sun
stroke
sun
tan
tidal
wave
typhoon
wind
Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2018
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