Weather and Nature

1. It’s my ________ that it’s going to rain.

2. After walking four miles in the pouring rain, the children were ________.

3. These trees cannot be grown in such a cold ________ as ours.

4. It was so cold that the water in the lake ________.

5. It’s very cold, the temperature is several ________ below zero.

6. This young tree could not have been damaged by accident. I believe it was done ________.

7. Unless the workers’ demands are ______ soon there will be a strike.

8. The water in this stream has dried up because of the ________ of rain this summer.

9. This morning drivers were warned of _______ fog in all industrial areas.

10. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she wouldn’t listen to me.

11. Pools of water lay trapped among the rocks as the tide ________.

12. Some people had to escape in boats when the river ______ its banks.

13. It seemed as if all of a ______ the animal had smelt danger in the air.

14. As it had not rained for several months, there was a ______ of water.

15. In the central region the dry season is long and severe, and the ________ annual rainfall is only about 70 cm.

16. The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields were so wet and ________.

17. In spite of the storm, the Captain ________ the ship safely into port.

18. They gave ________ looking for her when it grew dark.