Weather Weather conditions Notice that it is very common to form adjectives by adding -y. oe fox __| forsy sun | sunny —_| the sun is shining cloud | doudy wind | windy the blowing, the cold | cold snow it's snowing ice icy rain | wet ieraning | There are common word partners to describe weather conditions: It was very cloudy this morning, but the sun came out after hunch. [appeared] The accident happened in thick fog. (had foe] ‘We had some heavy rain at the weekend. {a lot of rain; opp light rain] ‘There was a strong wind when we were on the boat. [alot of wind] ‘The wind has blown all the apples off the tree. It rained in the morning, but the sky was clear by lunchtime. [no clouds] Is been extremely cold today. [very also extremely hot/ windy] PEED tein ond storms For heavy rain we often use the verb pour, eg. pour with rain, For short periods of li or heavy rain, we use the noun shower. A storm is heavy rain with strong winds It poured with rain this afternoon. Look, it’s really pouring (with rain) now. ‘We had a couple of heavyilight showers this morning, A period of hot weather sometimes ends with a thunderstorm. First it becomes very humid [the ar fels very warm and wet], then you hear thunder and see lightning, and it's followed by heavy rain HED Ternperature® aE 40 degrees Celsius 10 degrees below zero ee boiling hot warm, not very warm cold freezing [very hot [also cool) (also chilly) [very cold] * how hot of cold itis ee 20 Enoish Vocabulary in Use Preintermediate and intermediateExercises 7.1 Match the words on the left with the words on the right. tasunny [E] a with rain Qheavy [] b fog 3 astrong C] sky 4acear F] d and lightning Spor [] © day 6 thick 7] f rain 7 thunder CJ 9 wind 7.2. Write shore sentences to describe the weather conditions in each picture. we 2 . 6 peal 7.3. True or false? If a sentence is false, change it to make it true. 1 When it’s foggy, you need sunglasse: When. it's, foggy. you. 2 Ivy uve w sit outside when ies freezing. on = a 3 If you'e boiling, you might enjoy a swim. 2 s. 4A shower is a type of wind... 5 Ifit’s chilly, you may want to put on a coat. 6 If its humid, the air will be very dry. és . snsieteh 7 A mild winter means itis colder than USUal, 2.-someem0nom 8 If it rains, the road will be wet. TA Complete the sentences. 1 We had really thick £04. this morning. 2 Idon’t mind wet weather if it stays quite mild. 1 just hate the... We had a heavy... ve» this morning, but it only lasted a few minutes. ATE WAS senonsnen-nenne With rain when we left the house. 3 Ie was minus ten . in New York yesterday. Its often below here in winter. Ies cold! 6 It’s getting very humid. We might have @ evn later 7 Iewas cloudy and grey this morning, but when the sun out it was quite hot. 8 Whats the nn today? It feels much colder than yesterday. 9 Ir was hot sitting in the sun, but under the beach umbrella it was nice and Over to You Ree eee ee enn eee enna Fi Verba Be Bradner nd inarmadinte ”