Cold Morning with Frost Across France This Sunday
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It was cold on Sunday morning, October 18.
There was frost in many places. Frost is thin white ice on grass and cars.
The weather report said the temperature went down. Temperature tells us how hot or cold it is.
There was also rain in some areas during the day.
The day had both sun and clouds. Clouds are white or grey shapes in the sky.
This was a normal autumn day in France. Autumn is the season after summer.
People needed warm clothes in the morning because of the cold.
By afternoon, the weather changed a little with some sunshine.
Vocabulary15 words
- frost
- thin white ice on cold mornings
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- rain
- water that falls from clouds
- clouds
- white or grey shapes in the sky
- autumn
- the season between summer and winter
- weather
- the condition outside, like sun or rain
- cool-down
- when the air gets colder
- morning
- the early part of the day
- sunshine
- light from the sun
- season
- one of four parts of the year
- ice
- water that is very cold and hard
- afternoon
- the time after midday
- report
- information about something, like weather
- grass
- small green plants on the ground
- warm
- a little hot, not cold
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1. There was frost in many places 2. There was rain in some areas 3. True
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It was _____ on Sunday morning, October 18.
There was _____ in many places.
The weather report said the _____ went down.
There was also _____ in some areas during the day.
The day had both sun and _____.
This was a normal _____ day in France.
People needed _____ clothes in the morning.
By afternoon, the weather changed with some _____.
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