Essential vocabulary items for spring

thaw = melt

• True

• False

small pools of water gathered on the ground

When something was made warm by the sun, you can just say it was ...-kissed. It might be a patch of grass, or even someone who has a nice tan.

When the air is very ..., that means there is a lot of water in the air.

an arch of colours visible in the sky, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere.

Another word for a flower is ...

When a baby bird comes out of an egg, that’s called ....

A ... is a group of flowers, arranged to look nice together, and usually given in celebrations or to people (tick the one which is spelled correctly).

• bouqet

• bouquet

• buoquet

light rain falling in very fine drops.

• downpour

• drizzle

The term ... cleaning refers to this full-house clean that happens once a year when you clear the closets so you can fill them with warm clothes that are not going to be necessary for quite a while.