UNIT 4, 4A Vocabulary, Weather, page 40-41
Exercise 2
1 cloud
2 storm clouds
3 foggy
4 hail
5 lightning
6 rain
7 rainy
8 raindrop
9 snowflake
10 storm
11 sun
12 sunshine
13 thunder
14 wind
15 windy
Exercise 4
A 2
B 5
C 1
Exercise 5
1 a lot of ice
2 a little snow
3 some snow
4 any fog
5 a little frost
6 aren’t many clouds
7 a lot of snow
8 a little ice
9 a few showers
10 a lot of rain
UNIT 4, 4B Grammar, Comparison, page 42
Exercise 2
A shooting star is a meteor (a space rock) that is falling towards the Earth.
Exercise 3
1 smaller
2 larger
3 earlier
4 bigger
5 more powerful
6 further / farther
Exercise 4
a Each rock is smaller than an apple. The explosion was more powerful than the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb.
b … but its effect was not as devastating as the bomb …
c … but they look as bright as stars in the night sky …
d Larger meteors are much rarer …; … but their effects are far more spectacular …; … because the meteor exploded much further from the ground. … and far bigger …
Exercise 5
1 further
2 fewer
3 more powerful
4 closer
5 brighter
6 more unusual
Exercise 6
2 it isn’t as large as
3 was much smaller than
4 be as big as
5 is much more powerful than
Exercise 7
2 Which is more beautiful, a snowflake or a rainbow?
3 Which holiday venue is better, the mountains or the beach?
4 Which city gets less snow, Warsaw or Moscow?
5 For you personally, which temperature is worse, –5°C or 35°C?
6 Which type of weather is more frightening, hail or lightning?
7 Which country is rainier, Spain or England?
8 In your country, which month is hotter, July or August?