Natural Phenomena

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

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 Sunshine

thick Fog heavy dense patchy Fog

Rain constant pouring heavy steady gentle Rain

snow snow deep falling melting heavy fresh wet light

Weather and natural phenomena idioms • 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

Weather and natural phenomena idioms • 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

Suggested collocations • 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;

Use the words to make up compound nouns • 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). Weather/Climate terms and expressions

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) Weather/Climate terms and expressions

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Natural Phenomena