I hope everyone who's studying in the UK has been enjoying this beautiful weather! This article has six words missing, all of them related to the weather. Put each word listed in one of the gaps. What have you been doing in this heat wave? Brighton students it would be great to hear from you!
- weathermen
- hottest
- scorching
- sunbathe
- temperatures
- heat wave
Britain basked in the _(1)_ day of the year yesterday...with 27C temperatures beating parts of Africa.
Sunseekers flocked to the coast as the _(2)_ - predicted to last a few more days - put traditional hotspots such as Corfu in the Mediterranean (15C), Cairo in North Africa (20C) and Caracus in South America (25C) in the shade.
The West Midlands, Herefordshire and parts of Manchester were the hottest area yesterday. Even Leuchars on the east coast of Scotland near Dundee saw the mercury top 26C.
The high _(3)_ will continue today, making it the warmest weekend of the year so far. And it could get even more sweltering - with some forecasters predicting a _(4)_ 28C (82F) in London and the South tomorrow.
_(5)_ say we could be in for one of the best summers in years. William Hill yesterday slashed the odds of temperatures reaching 100F (37C) this summer to just 5/1, with odds of 10/1 that the UK record of 101.3F (38C) will be beaten.
Sunseekers flocked to beaches, where the mercury hit 25C (77F) in Bournemouth on the south coast. The Dorset town's seven miles of sands were packed.
Samantha Mason, 37, was on the beach with husband Sean, 38, and children Elisa, 12, and Johnny, nine. She said: "It's gorgeous on the beach today. There must be thousands of people here."
Surfer Jake Weale, 26, said: "It's finally hot enough to _(6)_.
Forecasters Positive Weather Solutions said: "It is going to get cooler over the next few days. But we expect a second salvo of good weather in the second week of June and from then on we should have the lion's share of dry weather."
Today's lesson is by Caroline
Now type or copy+paste the missing words into the correct positions below.
How's the weather where you are at the moment?
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Comments
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In my country today is hottest day, too. So I turn off my computer and going with my friends in the beach.
In the news - Britain hotter than Cairo
There is a contradiction in the listed word "sunbathing" and a correct answer "sunbathe". It made me make 3 mistakes.
The highest temperature we have in summer is 33-36C (Lviv, Western Ukraine). But yesterday we had a horrible hurricane that ruined a lot of roofs, toppled over a bus and cut off power. And it's been raining all the time since May. I'm looking forward to the weather changes for better.
Thank you, Caroline, for an interesting topic.
Thanks for pointing out the
Thanks for pointing out the mistake. It's now fixed.
I hope you get better weather too!
Chris
I live in the Crimea( south
I live in the Crimea( south of Ukraine) and such summer temperature is usual for us, it can be till 35, I like when it's hot and 27 degrees is wonderful weather for sunbathing and swimming in the sea
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Nataly, I'm practically looking at you with admiring envy.
You have the Black Sea next to you and we don't have any good river or lake for swimming in Lviv. It's extremely hot outside now but no way to revive in water. 
Summer Weather
The weather must be hot in SUMMER!!!
3 mistakes - a lot of new words.
Thank you for such warm like summer Lesson!
The weather in my place is
The weather in my place is hot and to let you understand the temperature is up to 27C and I am sweating
in the news
my answer was right for missing word 5 that was weatherman and when i wrote it in and click check the and was wrong and later i clicked show answer the answer showed up weatherman.