Read the dialogue filling the missing words. In pairs, use your names to act out similar dialogues.

· Which 1) _____ do you like best?

· I like summer best. In summer it 2) _____ warm, one can bake in the sun and bathe.

· But it’s very 3) _____ in summer. I like spring and autumn.In spring nature comes to life, 4) _____ sky is blue and in autumn trees are very beautiful – yellow, red and orange.- Winter is a good season 5) _____. There is beautiful white snow, New Year and a fir-tree. One can ski and skate.

Listening

1. Watch he cartoon “Weather, Different Seasons, Learn About Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer” and complete each of the Weather Wise games. Once you complete all the three games, you will be awarded a certificate with your name written in golden letters.

2. Listen to the song “Season Song” and circle the correct word.

Seasons Song Here we go, oh, oh

Seasons of the year / month

 

Here comes the spring with the rain / reign pouring down

Here comes the spring with the flowers / flour in the ground

Here comes the spring with the rainbow / reign bow in the sky

Here comes the spring to bring new / knew life

 

Here comes the summer with the heat / hit from the sun

Here comes the summer with the children / kids having fun

Here comes the summer with the warm / worm breeze

Here comes the summer with the trees / three so green

 

Here comes the fall with the lives / leaves changing color

Here comes the fall with the climate getting cooler / poor

Here comes the fall with the leaves falling down / town

Here comes the fall with the wade / wind blowing loud

 

Here comes the winter with the ice / eyes and the snow

Here comes the winter with the freezing cold / gold

Here comes the winter with the daze / days getting shorter

Here comes the winter with the nights / lights getting longer

Watch the cartoon Winnie Pooh and complete the sentences.

Winnie the Pooh got a calendar from Christopher Robin. You can see what Pooh and his friends are doing through the year.

The calendar shows us all the twelve 1) _____ and the four 2) _____ in a year. Tiger and Piglet 3) _____ on a frozen lake, because it’s 4) _____. There 5) ____ a lot of bluebells in the forest. It must be 6) _____. Tiger is sitting on top of Rabbit. There is a snail and some nice flowers. It’s 7) _____. Rabbit 8) _____ carrots and taking them home in a wheelbarrow. It’s 9) _____. Piglet 10) _____ together the leaves that have fallen from the trees. In America people call this season 11) _____. Pooh and Piglet 12) ____ in the garden sowing seeds and planting trees. It’s 13) _____. Pooh and Piglet 14) _____. It is nice and hot. It’s 15) _____. Pooh and Piglet 16) _____ on the snow. It’s 17) _____. Pooh, Piglet, Tiger and Eeyore ­­­18) _____ in the fields. We can see a pumpkin and the leaves on the trees are orange and yellow. It’s 19) _____, or as Americans call, 20) _____.

Before reading

1. Answer the following questions:

6. In which season the weather is cold, cloudy and windy?

7. In which season the weather is hot and sunny?

8. In which season the weather is warm and sunny?

9. In which season the weather is freezing, cold and snowy?

2. Read the sentences, then listen and tick the correct word.

1. Leaves/Trees are bursting in leaf, flowers are breaking into blossom.

2. Spring is a busy/free season for gardeners who have much to do in their orchards.

3. Rainy and warm weather in spring is good/bad.

4. Summer is hotter/the hottest season of all.

5. People go to the sea/seaside to lie in the sun, to swim in the sea and come back to their work and studies, healthy and full of vitality.

6. Autumn is the time of harvest/hardest.

7. A short spell of warm pleasant weather in autumn is called Indian/India Summer.

8. Winter is the coldest/colder season of all.

9. Winter is the time for skiing, skating, hockey-playing/planning.

10. Yet nobody/everybody is sorry when winter is over.