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Weather Today

a TV weather report  ·  it is, it is raining, it is going to

Ricardo gives the weather on TV: today, right now, and tomorrow. Read the report, find the answers, then give your own.

new words  ·  the story  ·  ★ the missing word  ·  ★★ today, right now, tomorrow  ·  ★★★ your weather report, in the chat

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For the teacher · In class

read it like a TV weatherman, with a pointer on a map if you have one. "Number 1 — put your answer in the chat." ★★★ has no key: any true report about today and tomorrow is right.

Unit 10 teacher's key (PDF)

New words

Four new words. Tap each one and listen. Your language is under every word.

  • the number for hot and cold
  • at this minute
  • the day after today
  • a warm jacket for winter

Weather Today

Ricardo is on TV. Read the weather. Tap a part to hear it again.

Good morning! I am Ricardo, and this is the weather. Today is Monday. It is cold and windy in New York. It is 40 degrees.

Right now it is raining in Boston. It is snowing in Chicago. In Miami it is hot and sunny. Miami is 85 degrees today!

Tomorrow it is going to be cloudy in New York. On Wednesday it is going to snow! You are going to need an umbrella and a warm coat.

On the citizenship test: Where is the Statue of Liberty? In New York Harbor.

★ Write the missing word

Write the missing word. Then type it in the chat.

  1. 1It is 40 .
  2. 2It is snowing in .
  3. 3In Miami it is hot and .
  4. 4You are going to need an .

★★ Today, right now, tomorrow

Read again. Today, right now or tomorrow? Find the answer in the story.

  1. 1What is the weather in Boston right now?
  2. 2What is the weather going to be in New York tomorrow?
  3. 3When is it going to snow in New York?
  4. 4Is it cold in Miami today?
  5. 5What is the weather in New York today?

★★★ Your weather report

Now YOU are the weather reporter.

Today it is ___. Tomorrow it is going to be ___.

Like this:

Look out the window. Two sentences in the chat.