WEATHER ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 7 WEATHER

 

A Weather conditions Notice that it is very common to form adjectives by adding -y. There are common word partners to describe weather conditions: It was very cloudy this morning, but the sun came out after lunch. [appeared] The accident happened in thick fog [bad fog]. 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. [a lot 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] It’s been extremely cold today. [very; also extremely hot/windy] B Rain and storms For heavy rain we often use the verb pour, e.g. pour with rain. For short periods of light 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 heavy/light showers this morning. A period of hot weather sometimes ends with a thunderstorm. First it becomes very humid [the air feels very warm and wet], then you hear thunder and see lightning, and it’s followed by heavy rain. C Temperature* Cool can either mean slightly cold in a negative way, e.g. We’ve had a cool summer; or slightly cold in a pleasant way, e.g. The water in the pool was lovely and cool. Mild is often used in a positive way to describe weather that is not as cold as usual, e.g. It’s been a mild winter. EXERCISES 7.1 Match the words on the left with the words on the right. 7.2 Write short sentences to describe the weather conditions in each picture. 7.3 True or false? If a sentence is false, change it to make it true. 1 When it’s foggy, you need sunglasses. __ False. When it’s foggy you can’t see very well _________ 2 It’s nice to sit outside when it’s freezing. __________________________ 3 If you’re boiling, you might enjoy a swim. __________________________ 4 A shower is a type of wind. __________________________ 7.4 Complete the sentences. 1 We had really thick _______ fog _________  this morning. 2 I don’t mind wet weather if it stays quite mild. I just hate the _________________ 3 We had a heavy_________________ this morning, but it only lasted a few minutes. 4 It was _________________ with rain when we left the house. 7.5

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