Weather Vocabulary: Gap-Fill
Build confidence with 15 useful weather words and phrases. Complete contextual gap-fill sentences, then discuss the topic with a partner. Includes a full-sentence answer key.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 15-word vocabulary bank
- 15 contextual gap-fill sentences
- Three partner-discussion questions
- Full-sentence answer key on page 2
Complete 15 B1 weather sentences using each bank entry once, then discuss preferences and how weather affects plans. The key gives the intended choices on a separate page.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Review thunder as a sound and lightning as a flash, plus humid, mild and freezing. Keep page 2 for checking. Use general or imagined weather examples instead of distressing disaster memories.
- Attempt the gaps, checking descriptive words against nouns such as forecast, rainfall and temperature.
- Compare responses and check the key. Practise a cool breeze, heavy rainfall and a weatherproof jacket.
- Discuss the three printed prompts with reasons and local examples. Learners can describe another familiar place if preferred.
Support and extension
For support, group weather events, descriptions and useful objects. For an extension, write an invented forecast using selected words. Mark gap choices against the bank; discussion answers vary. The sailing and mountain examples establish vocabulary, not a complete safety assessment or current forecast for an actual activity.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
