Summer (Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives)

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Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, falling after spring and before autumn. At the summer solstice, there is earliest sunrise and latest sunset, and the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, tradition, and culture. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa.
Where a seasonal lag of half a season or more is common, reckoning based on astronomical markers is shifted half a season. By this method, in North America, summer is the period from the summer solstice (usually 20 or 21 June in the Northern Hemisphere) to the autumn equinox.

Reckoning by cultural festivals, the summer season in the United States is traditionally regarded as beginning on Memorial Day weekend (the last Weekend in May) and ending on Labor Day (the first Monday in September), more closely in line with the meteorological definition for the parts of the country that have four-season weather. The similar Canadian tradition starts summer on Victoria Day one week prior (although summer conditions vary widely across Canada's expansive territory) and ends, as in the United States, on Labour Day.
Schools and universities typically have a summer break to take advantage of the warmer weather and longer days. In almost all countries, children are out of school during this time of year for summer break, although dates vary. In the United States, public schools usually end in late May in Memorial Day weekend, while colleges finish in early May. Public school traditionally resumes near Labor Day, while higher institutions often resume in mid-August. In England and Wales, school ends in mid-July and resumes again in early September; in Scotland, the summer holiday begins in late June and ends in mid- to late-August.
Source: Wikipedia
  1. Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, falling after spring and before autumn. Hottest is in its   degree.

  2. The four temperate seasons are winter, summer , fall and spring. Temperate is in its   degree.

  3. Schools and universities typically have a summer break to take advantage of the warmer weather and longer days. Warmer and longer are in their   degree.

  4. On summer solstice, there is the earliest sunrise and the latest sunset. Earliest and latest are in their   degree.

  5. Public school traditionally resumes near Labor Day, while higher institutions often resume in mid-August. Higher is in its   degree.

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  1. What do people normally do during summer in your country?

  2. What is your favorite season? Why?

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