English

Unit 7 Weather

Exercise 1: Talk about the weather
Look out of the window and describe the

weather. Is it hot or cold today?

Unit 7 Weather

Exercise 3: Match the sentences and the
pictures

Say which picture matches each sentence.

7.2 Read about the weather in
Rwanda
Rwanda is not very hot. Nor is it very cold.
It is cooler in the mountains. It is warmer in
the lowlands. In August it is hot. In April it is
cold. In May it is cool. It is about 20 °C.

In April it rains a lot. In July it rains a little.

Exercise 4: What is the weather like today?
Use the words in the boxes and
complete the sentences.

1. Today it is ____ windy.
2. Today it is raining ____.
3. Today it is ____ cloudy.








7.3 Describing temperature
A thermometer measures temperature.
It is marked in degrees Celsius. When degrees

are high, the temperature is hot or warm.

Exercise 5: Is it hot or cold?
1. Look at picture A. Is it hot or cold?

2. Look at picture B. Is it hot or cold?

Learning box
Using graphs
We can use lines to show different
numbers. We call this a line graph.
The graph below shows the temperature
for each month in Kigali.

Exercise 6: Read a temperature graph

Look at the graph above.

1. Which month was the hottest?

2. Which month was the coldest?

3. What was the temperature in March?

Exercise 7: Use the bar graph to answer

questions

Look at the bar graph above. Say whether

the sentences are true or false.

1. It rained a lot in February.

2. There was only a little rain in July.

3. April had more rain than any other

month.

Exercise 8: Talk about the weather in

Rwanda

Talk about the weather in Rwanda. Ask

and answer questions.

Example

Question: Is it very rainy in Rwanda in

June and July?

Answer: No it is not. It is very dry in

June and July.

Exercise 9: Draw a temperature graph

Draw a line graph of the temperature in

the area where you live. Your teacher will

give you the monthly temperature figures

for your area.

7.5 Review
1. Draw a picture showing the weather
today. Under the picture, write a
sentence that describes the weather.
Example: It is cold today.
2. Rearrange the letters below. Write the
correct words.
a. anri b. ylcoud
c. yunns  d. nwiyd
3. Complete the paragraph below about
the weather in Rwanda. Use the words in

boxes.

Rwanda is not too ___ or too ___. It ___
a lot in April. It is much ___ in the
mountains than in ___.
4. Draw a bar graph to show the following
temperatures for five days:
Monday: 20 °C
Tuesday: 22 °C
Wednesday: 25 °C
Thursday: 28 °C
Friday: 24 °C