Weather Vocabulary- Bluffing Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Fun personalised practice of words and phrases for common and less common weather through a lying speaking game, with words that go together to describe weather presentation.
Lesson Plan Content:
Weather vocabulary bluffing game
with weather collocations
Choose one of the weather cards below. Make a personal statement about that weather as quickly as possible, using your imagination if you can’t think of anything true. Your partner will ask you for more details with questions like “Why…?”, then guess if your statement was true or not. Then take turns doing the same until your teacher stops you.
Suggested personal statements about weather
- I don’t know what to do if…
- I don’t think it’s safe to…
- I don’t like… (at all/ very much).
- I don’t mind…
- I (often/ usually) (want to) drink/ eat… when…
- I (really) enjoy…
- I had a crash due to…
- I (really) hate…
- I injured myself because of…
- I prefer… to…
- I recommend… for…
- I try to avoid…
- I usually/ often/ sometimes … when…
- I was injured during…
- I wouldn’t drive during…
- I’d like to experience… (again/ for the first time).
- I’m dreading the next…
- I’m looking forward to the next…
- I’m scared of…
- I’m superstitious about…
- I’m worried about…
- I’ve (often/ rarely/ never) experienced…
- I’ve made preparations in case there is…
- Most people hate…, but I don’t mind it/ like it/ really like it/ love it.
- The best thing about… for me is…
- The worst thing about… for me is…
- When I was young(er), …
- … affects my mood.
- … affects my heath.
- … makes me feel…
- … reminds me of…
- … makes me nostalgic for…
- … is the most important thing for me.
Share one true thing that you learnt about your partner and see if it is true about anyone else in the class.
Ask about anything above you don’t understand, are not sure you used correctly, etc, working together to make statements using it each time.
Suggested weather to talk about
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(black) ice
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blizzard |
baking/ boiling (hot) |
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(light) breeze/ breezy
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(black/ storm/ grey) clouds/ cloudy
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cool (down)
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changeable (weather) |
(morning) dew/ dewy |
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(sudden) downpour
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(light) drizzle/ drizzly |
(sudden) drop in… |
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drought
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dry (air/ weather/-ness) |
flood(ing) |
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fog(gy)/ mist(y)
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freezing (cold)/ freeze |
(ground) frost/ frosty |
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grey (days/ skies/ -ness)
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hail(stones) |
heat(wave)/ hot |
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humid/ (high) humidity
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hurricane/ typhoon |
cyclone/ tornado |
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icicle(s)
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lightning (bolt/ strike) |
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monsoon/ rainy season
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over 100 degrees |
(heavy/ torrential) rain |
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raining (buckets)
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(sudden) rise in… |
sandstorm |
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(light/ April) shower
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sleet |
slush |
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smog(gy)
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(strong/ blazing) sun/ sunshine |
thunder(storm/clap) |
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(unseasonably) warm/ warmth |
… degrees below (zero)/ minus… (degrees) |
damp/wet(ness)
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heavy…
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clear (up/ skies) |
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Weather collocations
Without looking above, join the left-hand and right-hand parts of the same section to make other weather vocabulary with parts of speech, compound nouns, collocations, etc.
baking/ boiling -able weather
light breeze
black/ storm/ grey clouds
cool dew
change down
morning drizzle
sudden down hot
light -pour
dry air/ weather/ -ness
fog/ smog bolt/ strike
freezing cold
ground days/ skies/ -ness
grey frost
hail -gy
heat -ity
(high) humid season
lightning -stones
rainy -wave
heavy/ torrential buckets
raining degrees
light/ April -ness
strong/ blazing rain
thunder shower
minus ten -storm/ -clap
ten degrees below sun(shine)
damp/ wet up/ skies
clear zero
Check above. Other matches might be possible, but there is probably only one way of matching everything.
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