Ex.2. Fill the gaps.

My first experience of real winter weather was when I went to Northern Canada. I was used to the sort of snow that falls in London, which quickly turns into brown …………………….......………………………….... (1) with all the people walking on it. In fact, most of the time I was in London, it didn't really snow properly, it was mostly..............…...........…………... (2). Apart from that, British winters meant a bit of white................………………..... (3) on my garden and occasionally having to drive very carefully on icy roads early in the morning. I had never experienced the …………............................ (4) and.........…................... (5) that can paralyse a whole city in less than an hour and close roads completely. However, when the earth finally.............................. (6) and all the snow..................... (7) away in spring, everything comes to life again and looks more beautiful than ever.

Ex.3. What kinds of weather do you think caused the following to happen? Write a sentence which could go before each of these.

1 We had to sit in the shade every afternoon.

2 The sweat was pouring out of us.

3 I can hardly breathe; I wish it would rain to cool us down.

4 Cars were skidding out of control.

5 Even the postman had to use a boat to get around.

6 They had to close the airport; the snow was a metre deep.

7 We were able to sit in the garden in the middle of winter.

8 The earth became rock-hard and a lot of plants died.

9 It blew the newspaper clean out of my hands.

10 A row of big trees had been uprooted like matchsticks.

11 I could hardly see my hand in front of my face.