Sunny / sunnier / sunniest rainy / rainier / rainiest

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 498.

Windy / windier / windiest stormy / stormier / stormiest

Words often confused:

۩ drought الجفاف ۩ draught. (= draft) تيار هواء بارد

¨This year, a severe drought has ruined the crops.

¨Can you close the door? There's an awful draught in here.

۩ Lighting الإضاءة ۩ Lightning البرق

¨Better street lighting might help to reduce crime.

¨That tree was struck by lightning.

۩ economic اقتصادي ۩ economical موفر

¨Economic growth in Egypt is slow.

¨A small car is more economical than a big one.

Exercises on Vocabulary and Language Notes:

Choose the correct answer:

1. The best thing about our holiday to Iceland was our visit to see the (geyser - gear – grease – goose)

2. If it rains so hard that the soil cannot (include – consist – absorb - develop) water quickly enough, there are floods.

3. When there is a/an (tips – eclipse – lips - drips), of the sun, everything goes dark and the birds stop singing.

4. You cannot see ultraviolet (pays – trays - rays – lays), but they can still damage your skin.

5. She does not need to wear glasses. There is nothing wrong with her (sight – hearing – feeling - head).

6. Scientists are not sure what causes volcanoes to (adapt – adopt – erupt - corrupt).

7. Greece and Spain are in (south – southern – southerly – the south) Europe.

8. An eclipse of the sun is a strange natural (phenomenon – photocopy – photocell - phobia).

9. Storms can (behave – favour – disturb - occur) at any time and in any place.

10. It has not rained here for five months. It is the longest (doubt – draught – drought - drift) anyone can remember.

11. When I was a child, I used to be afraid of storms. I covered my eyes so that I could not see the (tightening – sighting – lighting - lightning).

12. Alexandria is in the (north – northern – northerly - westerly) of Egypt.

13. Electrical storms are a common (assurance – clearance – occurrence - disappearance) in our part of the country.

14. These trees have grown (centrally – phenomenally – classically - critically) tall in the last two years.

15. Where we live, the wind usually blows in a (southerly – south – west - east) direction.

16. Very (wide – broad - high – big) temperatures can make people ill.

17. The city was destroyed by high waves and (cruel – violent – unkind – aggressive) storms.

18. Storms can cause (curious - serious – strong - high) damage.

19. (Important – Strong – Heavy - Rich) rain and strong winds destroyed buildings all over the country.

20. Denmark is in (north – northern – northerly) Europe.

21. To (cause – reason – occur – take place) means to make something happen.

22. A (fright – bright – delight - drought) is a long period of no rain.

23. (Lighting – Lightning – Shining - Beaming) is the light you see during an electrical storm.

24. A (phrase – phase – phenomenon - praise) is something unusual that happens.

25. (Northern – Southern – Western - Eastern) means in or from the north part of a country or area.

26. (Fight – Night – Light - Sight) is the ability to see.

27. A (geyser – pond – lake - ocean) is a hole in the earth from which hot water can rise.

28. (Ultrasonic - Ultraviolet – extra violet – violet)rays means light which can make people's skin go darker.

29. A/An(storm – drought – darkness - Eclipse) occurs when the sun or moon seems to disappear, because one of them is passing between the other and the Earth.

30. The earthquake (resulted – caused – prevented - avoided) millions of people to abandon their homes.

31. Sugar (occurs – happens – takes place – finds) naturally in fruit.

32. Why on (the earth – the ground – floor – earth) are you shouting at me?

33. They drove their car in an easterly (direction – deduction – production – connection).

34. The ultraviolet rays cause the skin to (bring – come – go - lose) darker.

35. The two boys have been seen (heading – headed – to head - heads) for the beach.

36. He began to lose his (sight – sights – nights – fights) six years ago.

37. I (put on – wear - dress – put off) the kids before I go to work.

38. Central Africa is suffering one of the worst (droughts – days – weeks – months) of the century. There is almost no rain there.

39. The very cold weather caused the river (frozen – freezing - to freeze - freezes)

40. I (do – am doing – have done – had done) believe in hard work as the only road to success.

Find the mistakes in each of the following sentences then write them correctly:

1- Droughts and heavy rainfall are not a modern phenomena

2- The river floated and killed thousands of people.

3- Strange weather can occurrence all over the world.

4- The city disappeared above the sea.

5- The most windy place in the world is Port Martin in Antarctica.

6- The wind was so strong that it lifted people on their feet.

7- Storm eaters are people who find and follow storms.

8- Extremely weather conditions affect people badly.

9- Why on land did you leave the gate open?

10- Some African countries are suffering from starvation and draught.

11- His illness caused him missing the meeting.

12- When there is heavy rain, the earth cannot disturb all the water.

13- If your site is poor, you should not drive a car.

14- On Wednesday, there will be a partial clips of the sun.

15- The play had excellent lightning effects.