This document provides information about seasons and weather in the United States. It discusses typical weather patterns, activities, and clothing for each season: - Summer (June-August) is very hot in most states. People swim, go to the beach, and wear shorts and t-shirts. - Fall (September-November) is cooler. People go hiking and bicycling while wearing sweaters, jackets, and warmer clothing. - Winter (December-February) is the coldest season. It often snows, so people wear coats, gloves, hats, boots, and warmer clothing instead of shorts or most dresses. - Spring (March-May) has warmer weather. Flowers and trees grow, and

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Discussing the seasons and the weather
Seasons and Weather Describing a picture
Talking about clothing
SPEAKING: Seasons
A. How many seasons are in your country?
B. What do people like to do for fun in each season?
C. What do you like doing in different seasons of the year?
READING: Seasons in the United States of America
A. Read about what people wear and do each season in the U.S.
Summer is in June, July, and August. Most states,such as New York,
New Jersey,and Virginia, are very hot. Many people like to swim in a
pool or go to the beach. Sometimes they go water skiing or snorkeling.
People wear shorts,t-shirts, swimsuits, and sandals or flip-flops.
Children play in the sand. In this picture, people are having fun at the
beach.
Fall, or autumn, is the season after summer. September, October,and
November are in the fall. Most states, such as Colorado, Utah, and
Wyoming, are cool. Some women wearskirts or dresses.People often
wear a sweater or light jacket and warmer shirts and pants. They wear
shoes or sneakers and socks. This is when students start a new year at
school. Many people hike or go biking in fall. In this picture, people
are walking and bicycling through the trees.
The next season is winter. December,January, and February are winter
months. This is the coldest season in most U.S. states such as Idaho,
Montana, and Maine. It often snows and is very cold. People wear a
scarf, warm coat, gloves, and a hat. They wear boots and warm socks.
It is too cold for shorts and most dresses. In this picture, a man is
skiing down the mountain.
Spring is the season after winter and before summer. March,
April, and May have warmer weather in states such as Nevada,
Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. Sometimes it is windy and cloudy. It
often rains in spring. Flowers and trees grow, and people are outside

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more. People go out four-wheeling in a truck or ATV. It is exciting
and fun. Some families have fun with a barbecue, eat hot dogs, and
drink soda. In this picture, someone is riding an ATV in the mud.

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A. Complete each sentence with the present progressive.
Example: (swim) They___________ in the pool. → They are swimming in the pool.
1. (dance) I __________________________ with my girlfriend.
2. (sing) She __________________________ her favorite song.
3. (walk) They __________________________ home from school.
4. (run, not) You __________________________ fast enough!
5. (read, not) He __________________________ his texts now.
6. (look) We __________________________ for the keys.
7. (clean) ___________ you __________________________ the house now?
8. (drive) ___________ he __________________________?
9. (take) ___________ we __________________________ a break now?
10. (come) ___________ they __________________________ here now?

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B. Find and correct the mistakes.
1. The mother is wear shoe.
_____________________________________________________The mother is wearing
shoes.
2. My swimming suit are blue and white. __________________________________________
3. I no wearing my hat today. ____________________________________________________
4. Sam is wear shorts and sandals. ________________________________________________
5. March is the four month of the year. ____________________________________________ 6.
There is twelve months in a year. _______________________________________________
7. John wearing a jacket and pants. _______________________________________________ 8.
Maria and Joseph looking for the little dog. ______________________________________
SPEAKING: Picturedescription
A. Answer the questions in complete sentences. Add one more question (#6) and then answer it.
1. Where are these girls? ____________________________________
. 2. What are they doing?
____________________________________ . 3. What is the season?
_____________________________________ .
4. Are they wearing shoes? __________________________________
. 5. What are they wearing? __________________________________ . 6.
______________________________________________________ .
1. Where is this person? ____________________________________
. 2. What is he doing?
_______________________________________ .
3. What is the season? _____________________________________ . 4.
Is he wearing a blue coat? ________________________________ . 5.
What else is he wearing? _________________________________ . 6.
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1. Where are these people? __________________________________
. 2. What are they doing?
____________________________________ .
3. What is the season? _____________________________________ .
4. Are they wearing running shoes? __________________________ .
5. What else are they wearing? ______________________________ .
6. ______________________________________________________ .
SPEAKING: What is in the picture?
A. Partner A turn to page 132. Partner B turn to page 134.
Describe your picture to your partner. Find eight differences between your pictures.
Example:
A: In my picture, there are four students and a instructor. The instructor is wearing a blue dress.
She is holding a gray book.
B: In my picture, there are also four students and a instructor. But the instructor in my picture is
wearing a pink dress.
A: OK. That’s one difference. What else is different?
Differences:
1. _____________________________________InPictureA,theinstructoriswearingabluedress,but
inPictureB,sheiswearingapinkdress. _______________________________________2
______________________________________In Picture A, , but in picture B,
_______________________________________
3. _____________________________________In Picture A, , but in picture B,
_______________________________________
4. _____________________________________In Picture A, , but in picture B,
_______________________________________ 5.
_____________________________________In Picture A, , but in picture B,
_______________________________________ 6.
_____________________________________In Picture A, , but in picture B,
_______________________________________ 7.
_____________________________________In Picture A, , but in picture B,
_______________________________________
8. _____________________________________In Picture A, , but in picture B,
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READING &VOCABULARY: Prediction
A. Draw a line under the answer that is most likely.
Example: The weather is getting cooler. The leaves on the trees are yellow and red.
I am wearing a jacket. It is _______.
a. summer b. winter c. fall d. raining
1. My feet are not cold because I am wearing sneakers and warm ______.
a. gloves b. mittens c. socks d. shirts
2. I love the winter! I am not riding a bike or swimming. I am ______.
a. snowboarding b. in the library c. on the couch d. eating ice cream
3. It’s very hot. I’m not wearing boots. I am wearing _______.
a. sweater b. sandals c. a scarf d. a belt
4. My favorite season is windy and rainy. The trees and flowers are green. It’s______.
a. exciting b. fall c. spring d. time for school
5. Many people in the U.S.A. like December because of Christmas. Because the weather is cold, they
give gifts such as pants, shirts, and _____.
a. shorts b. sweaters c. swimsuits d. hot dogs
Reading: What Is Cool? What Is Hot?
A. Before you start reading, look at the title of the passage and read the first paragraph. What do
you think it will be about?
A. Sneakers and chili peppers B. Summer and fall C. Spring and winter

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What is Cool? What is Hot?
Most of the time when we are talking about cool and hot, we are
talking about the weather. But cool and hot are more than the weather or
seasons.
For example, many people think that sneakers are very “cool.”
They like a certain style, or look, of a sneaker. They feelexcited and
happy when they are wearing their favorite brand name of sneakers. They
call themselves “sneakerheads,” and many of them go to a convention
that comes to their city called “Sneaker Con.” One
Sneaker Con in New York had 500 vendors and 19,000 people who were
looking at the most expensive sneakers or buying the least
expensive sneakers. People are calling Tinker Hatfield, a sneaker designer, the “Leonardo da Vinci” of
sneakers for designing some styles of the Air Jordan brand.
And what is hot besides a day made for the beach and a swimsuit?
Chili peppers, of course! The Scoville Scale was created by a U.S.
pharmacist, Wilbur Scoville, to measure the “heat” of chili peppers. Some
of the hottest peppers are the Carolina Reaper and Pepper X. Their creator
is a grower named Ed Currie, who owns his own pepper company in the
U. S. The common jalapeno pepper can score between 1,000-10,000 on
the scale. The Carolina Reaper scores 800,000 to 3,000,000! These
peppers are so hot that some people who eat them even have to go to the
hospital! Ed Currie says that the peppers were made to use in small
amounts when cooking. “People who eat whole Reapers are just being
stupid,” he says. Would you like to try one?
B. Answer the questions true or false based on the reading.
1. _____ Some people feel “cool” when they wear a certain sneaker.
2. _____ Sneakerheads like going to Sneaker Con.
3. _____ 500 people attended Sneaker Con in San Francisco.
4. _____ Ed Currie is a famous sneaker designer.
5. _____ The Scoville Scale is a way to measure how old a chili pepper is.
6. _____ Ed Currie made the Scoville Scale.
7. _____ Ed Currie thinks it is OK to eat a whole Carolina Reaper.
8. _____ Eating a Carolina Reaper pepper can be dangerous.
VOCABULARY: Monthsand seasons
A. Cross out the word in each group that doesn’t belong. More than one answer can be correct.
1. first third five seventh 5. skiing hiking biking running
2. hat gloves dress coat 6. socks shorts t-shirts sandals
3. Monday Sunday Wednesday Friday 7. swimsuit jacket coat scarf

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4. fall wear spring October 8. August December January February
LISTENING: Repeat if true.
A. Listen to the narrator describe the picture below. If the sentence is true, repeat after the
narrator. If the sentence is NOT true, do not repeat the sentence.
Example
You hear: One woman is wearing a pink shirt.
You say: One woman is wearing a pink shirt. You
hear: The women are standing. You say: (remain
silent)
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2 3
Ann Sam Ellen Carlos
A. Look at the pictures. Find the following items: belt, shoes, sneakers, glasses, bag, watch, pants,
bracelet, hat, backpack, jacket, earphones, and shorts.
B. Take turns quizzing each other on what each character is wearing.
1. Look at one of the character pictures for 15 seconds. Try to remember as much as you can. 2.
Close your book. Tell your partner everything you can remember about what the character is
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3. For each item you can remember correctly, you get one point. Now it is your partner’s
turn to be quizzed.
4. Continue until both of you do two pictures. The student who can remember the most
clothing items correctly is the winner.
SPEAKING: Phone calls
A. Make a phone call to a friend using the present progressive tense and making requests with
“can.”
A: Hi, _____________. What are you
doing?
B: Hi, _____________. I’m
_________________.
A: Can you ______________ with
me?
B: No, I can’t. I
___________________.
A: OK. Maybe next time.
A. Read the dialogue. Can you guess what words from the vocabulary box
will go in the blanks? Next, listen to the conversation between Ellen and
her grandfather and checkyouranswers.
doing making looking silly speaking
first high smiling arms grandma
What are you ____________, Grandpa? doing
Grandpa: I am just ______________ at some old family pictures.
Example
You: Hi, Tom. What are you doing?
Friend: Hi, Carlos. I’m studying.
You: Can you go to a movie with me?
Friend: No, I can’t. I have a test on Thursday.
You: OK. Maybenext time.

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Ellen: Can I see them?
Grandpa: Sure. Take a look at this one. This is the
____________ picture of me. I am two years old. My
mother is holding me in her ____________.
Ellen: You were so cute! I love how you are
_________ for the camera. How about this one?
Grandpa: This is in ____________ school. That pretty
lady is your ______________. I am trying to stay calm,
but she is standing so close to me. It is _______________
me nervous. That’s why I have this __________
expression on my face.
Ellen: Yeah, really smooth, Grandpa.
looking wedding showing grandmother beautiful
holding going parents walking mother
Grandpa: Hey, but look at this one! This is our ________________ day. I am wearing a new suit and Wedding
your grandmother is looking so ________ with a pearlnecklace. She is ________________ my hand
and kissing my cheek.
Ellen: Ha ha! You look like a lottery winner!
Grandpa: That was a great day, but here is an even better one. Guess who that baby is?
Ellen: Is that my __________?
Grandpa: That’s right! That’s your _________ holding her.
Ellen: Wow! It’s strange to see my mother as a baby!
Grandpa: And these are your _______________ on their wedding day.
Both your mother and father are _________ so happy!
Ellen: They look so young! And who is this?
Grandpa: That cute little girl is you. You are_____________ for the first time, right here in my yard.
And look at you now! You’re all grown up and ________ to college!
Ellen: Thank you for _________ me these pictures,Grandpa. You have a lot of great memories.

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A. How’s the weather? Match the pictures to the correct
sentence.
1. It is windy. ____ E
2. It is snowing. ____
3. It is raining. ____
4. It is sunny. The sun is shining. ____
5. It is cloudy. ____
6. There are clear skies. ____
A. Look at the following pictures. Use the words in the box
and make there is/there are and present progressive sentences. Follow the example.
Place Nouns Verbs
on a merry-go-round in
a puddle
on the street on
a bench
a blue shirt
a yellow shirt blue
pants
a white car a
blue suit a
cell phone
a cup of coffee a
red brick
building
an umbrella
a white and pink
backpack a watch
ride
wear
laugh
jump hold
sit
talk
smile
rain
VOCABULARY: Feelings
A. Use a dictionary to lookup any of these words you donot know.
satisfied embarrassed sad excited stressed relaxed
worried happy depressed energetic confident scared
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Positive
satisfied
Negative
worried
C. Name two feelings for each example below. Next, write two more sentences for #7 and #8 and write the
feelings for each of those sentences.
1. My vocabulary test is today, but I did not study. ________________worried
________________stressed
2. Our new baby brother is coming home today. ________________ ________________
3. My dog is very sick. ________________ ________________
4. I am a new student at the university. ________________ ________________
5. My phone is not working. ________________ ________________
6. I got a good grade on my test. ________________ ________________
7. _________________________________________ ________________ ________________
8. _________________________________________ ________________ ________________
VOCABULARY: Reviewof monthsand numbers
A. Answer the following questions. Then write two more questions to ask your partner.
1. What month comes after May? ____________________
2. What is the fourth month? _____________________
3. What number comes before twenty? ___________________
4. What are two warm months in your country? _____________________
5. What is the tenth month? _____________________
6. What month comes before January? ____________________
Example: There isa
young girlona merry-
go-round inthispicture.
Sheiswearing aseatbelt.
Sheiswearing ablueshirt.
Sheislaughing.
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7. ________________________________________________________
8. ________________________________________________________
WRITING & SPEAKING: Seasons and clothing
A. Write three sentences to answer each question. Then discuss youranswers with a partner.
1. What is your favorite season and why?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2. What kind of clothing do you wear in different seasons?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3. What are you wearing now?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Who are two people that you know very well? What do you think they are doing right now?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. What activities are you doing a lot these days (more than usual)?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
6. What is happening in the room you are in now? Who is in the room? What are they doing?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
7. Select and describe an interesting picture you have in your cell phone or computer. Describe who is in the
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