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Hot, warm and cold
Learner’s Book 1: Unit 12, pp. 173–174
GoalRead a thermometer and say if it shows hot, warm or cold.
New words
thermometer · a tool that measures temperaturehot · a very high temperaturewarm · not hot and not coldcold · a low temperature
Explanation
Temperature tells us how hot or cold something is. We measure it with a thermometer. A thermometer is a thin tube with a coloured line inside. When it gets hotter, the line goes up. When it gets colder, the line goes down. The numbers beside the tube show the temperature in degrees. A high line means hot. A low line means cold. A line in the middle means warm.
Worked examples
The line is very high. It is a hot day.
The line is very low. It is a cold morning, like the water in a fridge.
The line is in the middle. It is warm, a nice day for a walk.
Class activity
Weather watch: with a grown-up, look at a thermometer outside in the morning and again in the afternoon. Is it hot, warm or cold? Did the line go up or down? Remember: never put a thermometer into hot water yourself.
Practice
1
Is it hot, warm or cold?
cold
2
Is it hot, warm or cold?
hot
3
Is it hot, warm or cold?
warm
4
The line on a thermometer goes up. Is it getting hotter or colder?
hotter