HANDOUT

A Year in My Country!

1. Answer True ( T) or False (F) :

1) Children like the beginning of September. ___
2) In autumn, it is usually cold and windy. ___
3) In winter, the temperatur falls below zero. __
4) There are stormy winds in winter. ___
5) People practise skating and skiing in spring. __
6) It often snows and it is cold in spring. __
7) There are quick showers and rainstorms in summer. ___
8) You can’t find much fruit in summer in Hungary._
9) There is no school in July and August. __
10) Everybody likes summer. ___
2. Guess the seasons from the descriptions:

 It begins in September. The weather is often cloudy, rainy and cold. It is a rich
season because there are lots of fruit. _______
 The days are warm and the nature blooms. It often rains and the wind blows hard.
March, April and May are its months. ______
 It is very hot in July and August; it rarely rains. Sometimes there are quick
showers and rainstorms with thunders and lightnings. _____
 There are icy days and the temperature falls below zero. It is very cold and there
are stormy winds. There is snow everywhere. ____

3. Talk to your desk mate. Match the words from the list below with the appropriate
column. One word can match with more than one column.

 Skiing; swimming; playing volley; mittens; slippers; boots; jacket; raincoat;

umbrella; hat; sunglasses; skating; pullover; scarf; snowbording; t-shirt;
trousers; riding the bike; surfing
Spring Summer Autumn winter