2.3: Randall's Listening Lab: The Four Seasons
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Listening Activity
In this activity you will listen to a student speech about the seasons and check your understanding with comprehension questions.
Pre-listening vocabulary
Do you know these words? Put a check next to the words you know, and be prepared to tell or show your classmates their meaning.
- Cold
- Hot
- Humid
- Dry
- Windy
- Pleasant
- Cool
- Snowy
- Breezy
Listen to a Student Speech
Listen to this recording and answer the questions that follow on the website. Then discuss or write the answers to the questions below.
- What are the four seasons?
- What special outdoor activities do people like to do in your city in each of the four seasons? Use the suggested pattern.
- In the __________, people like to _________.
- EX: In the summer, people like to go surfing in the Pacific Ocean
- Use the following vocabulary, and then add three words or phrases of your own...
- Hike
- Stroll
- Fly kites
- Picnic
- Sledding
- Visit _________
- Sunbathe
- Surf
- ____________
- ____________
- ____________
- Some of these verbs can use the pattern "go" + _______-ing. Which ones? Example: go hiking