Weather ESL Activities, Games and Worksheets
Tell Me About the Weather
ESL Weather Adjectives Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Sentence Completion - Speaking: Answering Questions, Controlled Practice - Pair Work
This productive weather adjective worksheet helps to teach students how to talk about the weather using weather adjectives and ask and answer questions about the... read more
ESL Weather Adjectives Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Sentence Completion - Speaking: Answering Questions, Controlled Practice - Pair Work This productive weather adjective worksheet helps to teach students how to talk about the weather using weather adjectives and ask and answer questions about the weather. To begin, students look at today's weather in ten cities and match sentences containing weather adjectives to the cities. In pairs, students then take it in turns to ask their partner what the weather is like in the cities, e.g. 'What's the weather like in Bangkok?' After that, students look at tomorrow's weather forecast for ten new cities and write sentences about the weather using be going to. Finally, students complete questions and answers about the weather for yesterday, today and tomorrow and practice asking and answering the questions in pairs. show less
Weather Questionnaire
ESL Weather Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice
In this weather questionnaire activity, students practice asking and answering weather-related questions. First, students complete weather-related statements... read more
ESL Weather Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice In this weather questionnaire activity, students practice asking and answering weather-related questions. First, students complete weather-related statements with true information. Next, explain that for each statement, students are going to try to find someone with the same answer and someone with a different answer. Elicit the Wh question that students need to ask for each statement, e.g. 'What's your favourite kind of weather?' Students then go around the class, asking and answering the weather-related questions. When a classmate replies with the same answer as the student has written in their statement, the student writes their classmate's name in the 'Same answer' column. If the answer is different, the student writes their classmate's name and response in the 'Different answer' column. The first student to complete both columns with names is the winner. show less
What do you do when...?
ESL Weather Game - Speaking: Writing Sentences, Asking and Answering Questions, Matching - Group Work
In this imaginative weather game, students write and talk about what they do when it's sunny, rainy, windy and snowy and score points for matching answers. First, students write about what they do... read more
ESL Weather Game - Speaking: Writing Sentences, Asking and Answering Questions, Matching - Group Work In this imaginative weather game, students write and talk about what they do when it's sunny, rainy, windy and snowy and score points for matching answers. First, students write about what they do when it's sunny, rainy, windy and snowy using the present simple tense. In groups of four, students then take it in turns to ask the other people in their group a question from the worksheet, e.g. 'What do you do when the sun is shining?' The other students each reply by reading one of their sentences. If a student has a matching sentence, they score one point. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins. This worksheet can also be used as a stand-alone writing activity. show less
City Weather
ESL Weather Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Information Gap, Asking and Answering Questions, Matching, Controlled Practice - Pair Work
This useful weather activity helps students practice vocabulary related to weather. First, in two groups, students complete descriptions of yesterday's weather in... read more
ESL Weather Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Information Gap, Asking and Answering Questions, Matching, Controlled Practice - Pair Work This useful weather activity helps students practice vocabulary related to weather. First, in two groups, students complete descriptions of yesterday's weather in three cities using weather vocabulary in boxes. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group and take turns asking their partner about the weather in the other cities in their table, writing the answers in the spaces, e.g. 'What was the weather like in Oslo yesterday?' Afterwards, students write down which city six people visited based on the weather information in the table. show less
What's the weather like?
ESL Weather Activity - Speaking: Matching, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work
In this engaging talking about the weather activity, students learn weather vocabulary and practice asking and answering questions about the weather. First, students look at pictures and complete sentences with weather words from a box.... read more
ESL Weather Activity - Speaking: Matching, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work In this engaging talking about the weather activity, students learn weather vocabulary and practice asking and answering questions about the weather. First, students look at pictures and complete sentences with weather words from a box. Next, students complete missing weather information in a chart by asking and answering questions with a partner, e.g. 'What's the weather like in Singapore?' Afterwards, students ask and answer questions about what the weather was like in the past with their partner. show less
World Weather
ESL Weather Adjectives Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work
In this rewarding world weather speaking activity, students learn weather adjectives and practice asking and answering questions about the weather in various cities around the world. In pairs, students complete missing information on a weather map... read more
ESL Weather Adjectives Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work In this rewarding world weather speaking activity, students learn weather adjectives and practice asking and answering questions about the weather in various cities around the world. In pairs, students complete missing information on a weather map on their worksheet by asking and answering questions with their partner. When the students have finished, review the answers with the class. show less
The Weather Report
ESL Weather Report Activity - Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Gap-fill, Presenting - Pair Work
In this free weather report activity, students practice weather vocabulary and the future form be going to talk about weather forecasts. First, students look at a weather... read more
ESL Weather Report Activity - Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Gap-fill, Presenting - Pair Work In this free weather report activity, students practice weather vocabulary and the future form be going to talk about weather forecasts. First, students look at a weather forecast picture and read an example weather report to review the three be going to structures used to talk about the weather. In pairs, students then look at a second weather forecast picture and practice asking and answering questions about what the weather is going to be like in the various cities on the map. After that, students look at the weather map and fill in gaps in a text to create a weather report for Europe. When the students have finished, they read their weather report to their partner and check for any mistakes. Finally, students present their weather reports to the class. show less
True or False Weather Game
ESL Weather Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Forming Sentences, True or False, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Group Work
Here is a fun weather game that students can play to help them practice weather vocabulary. Players take it in turns to turn over a weather vocabulary card for... read more
ESL Weather Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Forming Sentences, True or False, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Group Work Here is a fun weather game that students can play to help them practice weather vocabulary. Players take it in turns to turn over a weather vocabulary card for everyone to see. Next, the player picks up a true or false card and makes a true or false statement as indicated on the card using the weather vocabulary on the table. For example, if the weather word was 'sunny', the player might say 'When it's sunny, I like to go to the park'. The other students then each ask a question to the player to determine whether they are lying or telling the truth. After the questions have been answered, students say whether they think the statement is true or false. The player then reveals the answer. Students who guessed correctly each score one point. The student with the most points at the end of the game is the winner. show less
Weather Vocabulary
ESL Weather Vocabulary Worksheet - Vocabulary and Reading and Exercises: Categorising, Error Correction, Binary Choice
In this comprehensive weather worksheet, students identify and practice using weather adjectives, verbs and nouns. Students begin by categorizing weather... read more
ESL Weather Vocabulary Worksheet - Vocabulary and Reading and Exercises: Categorising, Error Correction, Binary Choice In this comprehensive weather worksheet, students identify and practice using weather adjectives, verbs and nouns. Students begin by categorizing weather vocabulary into adjectives, verbs and nouns. Next, students correct mistakes in weather vocabulary usage and rewrite sentences. In the last exercise, students complete a weather report with weather words in brackets. show less
Talking About the Weather
ESL Weather Discussion - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Discussion, Freer Practice - Group Work
Here is a free weather conversation questions activity to help students practice talking about the weather. Students take it in turns to pick up a card and ask the other students in their group the weather conversation... read more
ESL Weather Discussion - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Guided Discussion, Freer Practice - Group Work Here is a free weather conversation questions activity to help students practice talking about the weather. Students take it in turns to pick up a card and ask the other students in their group the weather conversation question on the card. Each student responds to the question in turn and students then discuss the weather topic. When the students have finished, they give feedback to the class on their answers. show less
Weather Crossword
ESL Weather Crossword - Vocabulary Activity: Writing Clues, Describing, Guessing - Group and Pair Work
In this enjoyable describing weather activity, students complete a crossword by describing and guessing words related to weather. In two groups, students invent and write down clues for the weather words on... read more
ESL Weather Crossword - Vocabulary Activity: Writing Clues, Describing, Guessing - Group and Pair Work In this enjoyable describing weather activity, students complete a crossword by describing and guessing words related to weather. In two groups, students invent and write down clues for the weather words on their crossword. Students then pair up with someone from the other group and take it in turns to ask their partner for a clue to one of their missing words. Their partner reads out the clue for that weather word and the other student tries to guess what it is. If the student guesses the word successfully, they write it on their crossword. If not, their partner continues to give more clues until the student is able to guess the word. When the students have finished, they check their spelling by comparing crosswords. show less
Weather Tic-Tac-Toe
ESL Weather Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Forming Sentences - Pair Work
In this creative weather game, students play Tic-Tac-Toe by making sentences about different weather conditions using adjectives that use an infinitive clause. In pairs, students take it in turns to pick up an adjective card and choose a weather word... read more
ESL Weather Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Forming Sentences - Pair Work In this creative weather game, students play Tic-Tac-Toe by making sentences about different weather conditions using adjectives that use an infinitive clause. In pairs, students take it in turns to pick up an adjective card and choose a weather word from the grid, e.g. cold / important. The student then tries to make a sentence using the weather word and adjective with the target structure, e.g. 'When it's cold, it's important to wear warm clothes'. If the student manages to do this, they mark the square with an O or X. If not, play passes to the other student. The first student to get three squares in a row wins the round and scores a point. Students play several rounds. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins. show less