Unit 8 On the Move Lesson 1 My travel blog

Talk about places and the weather

Work with words Weather and prepositions of movement

1. A Work in pairs. Read these words.
2. cloud – cloudy
3. fog
4. rain
5. snow – snowy
6. sun – sunny
7. wind

B Complete the adjectives.

1. c ___ ___ ___
2. c ___ ___ ___
3. w ___ ___ ___
4. h ___ ___
5. Work in pairs. Describe the weather in the photos. Use the words from Exercise 1.
6. Complete the blog entries with the correct words.

    My Travel Blog

1. On the second day we took an elevator and went _____ to the top of the Empire State.

    Building. It was warm, but it was really foggy. We couldn’t see anything through the  

     fog, so we came _____ after about two minutes.

2. Today we walked _____ the Monteverde Cloud Forest. It was cool and a little rainy.

    The forest was amazing. In this picture we’re looking at some birds in the trees.

3. I took this photo on my vacation to Paris last winter. My family is walking _____ a

    street in the Marais district, ______ some stores.

4. In this picture I’m looking ______ my tent. It’s cloudy, and some big clouds are

     moving ______ the sky. They are coming ______ me.

5. It was a beautiful day – sunny and warm. We went ­______ the festival area, walked

    ______. And listened to music. We had a really good time and the music was great.

4. Look at the photo of the sign post. What’s unusual about it?

    Example:

          Signpost usually show …

This one show …

5. Speak in pairs. Complete the task.
6. Draw a sign post in the photo. Use the names of places in or near your school.
7. Take turns asking for directions to one of the places.
8. Give directions using the words:

    around down into out of up

          Example:

          How do I get to…?

          Go through the door, walk along …

Go out of the school …