Бондаренко Наталія Олександрівна, вчитель англійської мови спеціалізованої школи І-ІІІ ступенів №1 Ватутінської міської ради Черкаської області

Rainbow: a curved line of different colors that sometimes appears in the sky when the sun shines through rain

Mist: water in the form of very small drops floating in the air above the ground, the sea, etc.

Rime: a coating of ice, as on grass and trees, formed when extremely cold water droplets freeze

Sprite: a large, dim, red flash that appears above active thunderstorms in conjunction with lightning.

Dew: drops of water that form outside at night on grass, trees, etc.

Cloud: a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air.

Icicle: a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water

Tide: rise and fall of sea level

Hail: balls of ice falling from a cloud

Snow roller: a mass of snow rolled up by the wind that is usu. cylindrical with concave ends

Whirlwind: any wind that has a spinning motion

Lightning: natural electric discharge in the atmosphere.

Shower: a brief period of rain

sun warm blazing hot

thick Fog heavy dense patchy

Rain constant pouring heavy steady gentle

snow deep heavy fresh light wet melting falling

 in the clouds not in contact with reality  on cloud nine  under a cloud  a ray of sunshine  chase rainbows  have a face like thunder  not in contact with reality  very happy  in a state of bad temper  something that brings happiness  try to get something impossible  to have a very angry expression

 drift with the tide  lost in the mists of time  quick as lightning  to agree with other people without thinking  forgotten because it happened such a long time ago  very quick

torrential rain flash floods severe gales/weather conditions/storms/floods dense fog sunny spells/weather conditions freak gales/weather conditions/storms/floods violent gales/weather conditions/storms high humidity a gust of wind a flash of lightning;

 Rain  Snow  Sun  Wind  Flake  Drop  Fall  Shine  Storm  Ray  Set  Rise  Drift  Bow

1. It's very cold = It's __________ (frozen/freezing) 2. It was cold in the morning, but it ________ (warmed/heated) up by the afternoon. 3. Many homes were ________ (destructed/destroyed) by the hurricane. 4. Small pellets of ice that fall from the sky during a storm are called _________ (rain/hail).

 5. Don't go outside! You could get _________ (struck/stroked) by lightning! 6. The ________ (thunder/lightning) was very loud.  7. It was so_________ (wind/windy) outside that my hat was blown off my head. 8. A_______ (gutsy/gusty) wind = A very strong wind 9. A snowstorm = A __________ (blizzard/buzzard)

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