ENGLISH COURSE - DISCENTERS

LESSON: The weather TEACHER: Jonathan Vélez

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 We can describe WEATHER the weather using verbs:

The sun is shining: El sol está brillando       

It's drizzling (light rain): Está lloviznando (lluvia suave)  

The wind is blowing: El viento está soplando    

It's raining (The rain is falling.): Está lloviendo (La lluvia está cayendo)

It's hail (hail stones): Cae granizo    

It's snowing (The snow is falling.): Está nevando      

It's thundering and lightening: Está tronando y relampagueando

 We can describe the weather using adjectives:

It's freezing or it’s a freezing day: Hace mucho frío o es un día helado:

It's warm or It's a warm day: Hace calor o es un día cálido.

It's cloudy or It's a cloudy day: Está nublado o es un día nublado.                       

It's cold or It's a cold day: Hace frío o es un día frío.

It's sunny or It's a sunny day: Esta soleado o es un día soleado.                           

It's clear or It's a clear day: Está despejado o es un día despejado.                             

It's stormy or It's a stormy day: Esta tormentoso o es un día tormentoso.

It's misty or It's a misty day: Es brumoso o es un día brumoso.                            

It's foggy or It's a foggy day: Hay niebla o es un día de niebla.

It's breezy or It's a breezy day: Es ventoso o es un día ventoso                          

It's windy or It's a windy day: Hace viento o es un día ventoso.

It's showery or It's a showery day: Es lluvioso o es un día lluvioso.           

It's rainy or It's a rainy day: Llueve o es un día lluvioso.

It's frosty or It's a frosty day: Es helado o es un día helado.                           

It's snowy or It's a snowy day: Esta nevando o es un día nevado.

It's icy or It's an icy day: Está helado o es un día helado                                      

It's drizzly or It's a drizzly day: Está lloviznando o es un día lluvioso.

It's dry or It's a dry day: Está seco o es un día seco

QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ABOUT THE
WEATHER
What's it like outside?  It's really cold now.
How's the weather? It's minus ten. (-10 degrees)
Do you have rain? We have not had any rain for many weeks.
What's the temperature in Manchester? Today it is 22 degrees Celsius which is a lot
warmer than it has been.
It's snowing here in Manchester, what's it doing there? It's raining really hard.)
It is a Beautiful day for a walk? We couldn't ask for a better day.
What's the weather forecast for the rest of the week? They're saying we will have blue
skies for the rest of the week.

OTHER WORDS
RELATED TO THE
WEATHER
Sun: sol Lightning: rayo Hurricane: huracán
Moon: luna Star: estrella Tornado: tornado
Rain: lluvia Sky: cielo Temperature:
temperatura
Cloud: nube Ice: hielo
Rainbow: arcoíris
Thunder: trueno
VIDEO LINK:
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 HOMEWORK

After studying and practicing the lesson, answer the following questions:

1. How’s the weather like today in your city?

2. How do you like the weather the most?
3. What do you like to do when the day is sunny and warm?
4. What do you like to do when the day is cloudy and cold?