For A1-A2 Levels

Please, review the vocabulary related to the topic. It will help you feel more confident when role-playing and – if you find any words that are entirely new to you, make sure you write them down and use them in the Conversation Club meeting.

Part 2: Seasons

What are some things your family did when you were a child in spring?

What is the worst season in your country?

What is your favorite thing to do in summer?

What festivals or celebrations does your country have during the changing of the seasons?

Do you ever go hiking when the leaves change in fall?

Where is the best place to be in summer? How about winter?

Does your country have a special food for any of the seasons?

The Use of Articles with Names of Months, Days, Seasons
As a rule, they are used without articles. E.g. ∅ December, ∅ January and ∅ February are winter months.
Good bye. See you on ∅ Tuesday. Most of all I like ∅ spring.
They are also used with the article (definite/indefinite) according to the general rule.
a/an: 1. When they are modified by a descriptive attribute.
E.g. It was a bitter, cold winter with long, hard frosts.

When we mean “one of many” E.g. Robinson Crusoe found his servant on a Friday.
Note: a/an is not used with names of seasons modified by “early” and “late”. E.g. It was ∅ early spring.

the: 1. When they are modified by a particularizing attribute.
E.g. The summer of 1980 was unusually cold.
I recollect the Monday we met. When the situation makes them definite (= “this” / “that”) E.g. In March came the first break in the winter.