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A2 Listening

A2Weather10 min

The weather for the weekend

Listen to a radio weather forecast for Saturday, Sunday and the start of next week.

Before you listen

It's Friday evening, and a presenter on a local radio station gives the weather forecast. Listen and think about what you can do this weekend.

forecastnoun
what people think the weather will be like in the futureThe forecast says it will be windy tomorrow.
degreenoun
a unit for measuring how hot or cold it isIt was twenty-five degrees at lunchtime.
clearadjective
with no clouds in the skyOn a clear night you can see a lot of stars.
heavyadjective
(rain) a lot of rain in a short timeThe heavy rain made the roads very wet.
coastnoun
the land next to the seaMy grandparents live in a village on the coast.

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Weekend weather

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And now the weather for the weekend. Saturday is going to start cloudy and quite cool, with temperatures of about twelve degrees in the morning.

In the afternoon, the clouds will clear and we'll have some sunshine, so it's a good day for a walk in the park. Temperatures will reach eighteen degrees.

Saturday night will be cold and clear. It may drop to four degrees in the hills, so don't forget a warm jacket if you're going out late.

On Sunday, things are going to change. Rain will arrive from the west early in the morning, and it'll be heavy at times, especially around lunchtime.

There'll be strong winds on the coast too, so if you're planning a trip to the beach, it might be better to stay at home. The rain should stop by about six in the evening.

Looking ahead to Monday, it'll be dry and bright again, with a high of sixteen degrees. That's all from me. Have a lovely weekend.

Exercise 1 of 2

Understand the forecast

Listen to the forecast. Choose the correct answer.

  1. What will Saturday morning be like?

  2. What does the presenter suggest for Saturday afternoon?

  3. What should people take if they go out late on Saturday?

  4. Where will the rain come from on Sunday?

  5. When will the rain be heaviest on Sunday?

  6. What does the presenter say about a trip to the beach on Sunday?

  7. What will the weather be like on Monday?

0 of 7 answered

Exercise 2 of 2

Listen for the numbers

Listen again. Type a number in each gap. You can write it in words or figures.

  1. On Saturday morning, it will be about degrees.

  2. On Saturday afternoon, temperatures will reach degrees.

  3. On Saturday night, it may drop to degrees in the hills.

  4. On Sunday, the rain should stop by about in the evening.

  5. On Monday, the highest temperature will be degrees.

0 of 5 answered

Source

Original script by Joy English, read by open-source text-to-speech voices (Kokoro-82M, Apache-2.0).

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