{"id":1560,"date":"2015-12-08T20:53:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writing-geeks.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2015-12-08T20:53:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:23:24","slug":"weather-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/weather-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather In English"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">Weather In English<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Weather in English<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In English, we usually use <strong><em>it is<\/em><\/strong> when we talk about the weather.<br \/>\nThis is normally: <strong>It is + adjective<\/strong> OR <strong>It is + verb-ing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is + adjective<\/strong> = A description of the weather<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It<\/strong><strong> is<\/strong> sunny today.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s<\/strong> hot and humid today.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s<\/strong>a nice day today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We can also say:<br \/>\n<strong>It is a + adjective + day<\/strong> (or morning\/afternoon\/night)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s<\/strong> a fine day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s<\/strong> a windy afternoon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>It is + verb-ing<\/strong> = This type of weather is happening now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s drizzling outside.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s snowing.<\/li>\n<li>Take an umbrella, it&#8217;s raining.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also use <strong>it is<\/strong> in different tenses<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It was<\/strong> cold yesterday.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It will be<\/strong> cloudy tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you are learning vocabulary about the weather, it is important to remember that some of the words have a noun form, a verb form and\/or an adjective form. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rain: (noun) The game was cancelled because of the <strong>rain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Rain: (verb) I think it is going to <strong>rain<\/strong> later.<\/li>\n<li>Rainy: (adjective) It&#8217;s a <strong>rainy<\/strong> day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It pays to learn the different forms of each word and when they are used.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\"><strong>Nouns and Adjectives<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nMany times when we are talking about the weather, we can add the letter Y to the end of a noun to make it an adjective.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rain (noun) &#8211; rainy (adjective)<\/li>\n<li>sun (noun) &#8211; sunny (adjective)<\/li>\n<li>wind (noun) &#8211; windy (adjective)<\/li>\n<li>cloud (noun) &#8211; cloudy (adjective)<\/li>\n<li>fog (noun) &#8211; foggy (adjective)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">Questions about the weather<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>People commonly ask about the weather by saying:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s it like out(side)?<\/li>\n<li>How&#8217;s the weather?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the weather like?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the temperature?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the weather forecast?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writing-geeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/a8093ce4-f09c-4590-a8e9-2ca479e866c3image1.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1561\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writing-geeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/a8093ce4-f09c-4590-a8e9-2ca479e866c3image1.gif?resize=696%2C453\" alt=\"Weather in English\" width=\"696\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">Vocabulary about the weather in English<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We have divided this vocabulary into different categories to make it easier. We have:<br \/>\nClear or Cloudy \u2013 Types of Rain \u2013 Cold stuff \u2013 Types of Wind \u2013 Mixed Vocabulary<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">Clear or Cloudy<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Bright<\/strong>: (adjective) full of light; when the sun is shining strongly<br \/>\n<strong>Sunny<\/strong>: (adjective) the sun is shining and there are no clouds<br \/>\n<strong>Clear<\/strong>: (adjective) without clouds<br \/>\n<strong>Fine<\/strong>: (adjective) not raining, clear sky<br \/>\n<strong>Partially cloudy<\/strong>: (adjective) when there is a mixture of both blue sky and clouds<br \/>\n<strong>Cloudy<\/strong>: (adjective) with many clouds in the sky<br \/>\n<strong>Overcast<\/strong>: (adjective) covered with cloud; dull<br \/>\n<strong>Gloomy<\/strong>: (adjective) with dark clouds and dull light; some people consider this weather depressing<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the cloud lowers to ground level and it becomes harder to see\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>Fog<\/strong> (noun)\/ <strong>foggy<\/strong> (adjective): thick cloud close to land<br \/>\n<strong>Mist<\/strong> (noun) \/ <strong>misty<\/strong> (adjective): light fog, often on the sea or caused by drizzle<br \/>\n<strong>Haze<\/strong> (noun) \/ <strong>hazy<\/strong> (adjective): light mist, usually caused by heat<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">Types of Rain<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Damp:<\/strong> (adjective) slightly wet (often after the rain has stopped)<br \/>\n<strong>Drizzle:<\/strong> (verb\/noun) to rain lightly with very fine drops<br \/>\n<strong>Shower:<\/strong> (noun) a short period of rain<br \/>\n<strong>Rain:<\/strong> (verb\/noun) water that falls from the clouds in drops<br \/>\n<strong>Downpour:<\/strong> (noun) heavy rain<br \/>\n<strong>Pour:<\/strong> (verb) to have heavy rain<br \/>\n<strong>It&#8217;s raining cats and dogs:<\/strong> (Idiom) To rain heavily<br \/>\n<strong>Torrential rain:<\/strong> (noun) very heavy rain<br \/>\n<strong>Flood:<\/strong> (verb\/noun) to become covered in water usually due to excessive rain<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">Cold stuff<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Hail<\/strong>: (verb) when frozen rain falls as small balls of ice (hailstones).<br \/>\n<strong>Hailstones<\/strong>: (noun) the small hard balls of ice that fall from the sky<br \/>\n<strong>Snow<\/strong>: (noun\/verb) frozen rain that falls from the sky as soft snowflakes<br \/>\n<strong>Snowflake<\/strong>: (noun) an individual piece of snow<br \/>\n<strong>Sleet<\/strong>: (noun\/verb) snow or hail mixed with rain (often with some wind)<br \/>\n<strong>Blizzard<\/strong>: (noun) severe snowstorm with strong winds<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">Types of Wind<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Breeze:<\/strong> a gentle wind (often nice or refreshing)<br \/>\n<strong>Blustery:<\/strong> blowing (strong) gusts of wind<br \/>\n<strong>Windy:<\/strong> continual wind.<br \/>\n<strong>Gale:<\/strong> a very strong wind<br \/>\n<strong>Hurricane\/cyclone\/typhoon<\/strong>: a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce winds and heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a cyclone?<\/strong><br \/>\nThey are the same thing just with different names because of the region they are in.<br \/>\nAtlantic\/Northeast Pacific = a <strong>hurricane<\/strong><br \/>\nNorthwest Pacific = a <strong>typhoon<\/strong><br \/>\nSouthern Hemisphere = a <strong>cyclone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tornado<\/strong>: (noun) strong violent circular winds in a small area; a rapidly revolving column of air<br \/>\nIn United States the word <strong>twister<\/strong> is often used instead of <strong>tornado<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">More vocabulary about the weather<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Drought<\/strong>: (noun) Long periods of time without rain causing a lack of water in the area<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A lot of the crops dried up because of the drought.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Forecast<\/strong>: (noun) A prediction of how the weather will be on a certain day<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The forecast says it&#8217;s going to rain tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lightning<\/strong>: (noun) A flash of light in the sky during a storm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lightning lit the sky many times that night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Puddle<\/strong>: (noun) a small pool of water on the ground, usually after rain.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The kids jumped in the puddles on the way home from school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rainbow<\/strong>: (noun) an arch of colors in the sky formed when the sun shines through rain<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I took a photo of a beautiful rainbow that was just above the lake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Smog<\/strong>: (noun) a cloud of pollution hanging over a city (a fog of smoke)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The view of the city wasn&#8217;t very good because it was covered in thick smog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunburn<\/strong>: (noun) painful red skin caused by spending too long in the hot sun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t put on your sunscreen, you&#8217;ll get sunburn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunshine<\/strong>: (noun) the light and heat of the sun<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I could feel the warm sunshine on my back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thunder<\/strong>: (noun\/verb) the rumbling sound in the clouds that happens after lightning<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cat hid inside because it was scared by the thunder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">Sentences using weather vocabulary<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is usually <strong>chilly<\/strong> and <strong>damp <\/strong>in autumn, sometimes with <strong>rain<\/strong> or <strong>drizzle.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m so glad there is a <strong>breeze<\/strong> right now otherwise it would be very hot.<\/li>\n<li>It is so <strong>humid<\/strong> that I&#8217;ve had to change my shirt twice already.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s a <strong>blustery<\/strong> day; make sure your umbrella doesn&#8217;t blow away.<\/li>\n<li>Take a sweatshirt because it&#8217;s a little <strong>chilly<\/strong> outside.<\/li>\n<li>Those large <strong>hailstones<\/strong> left dents in my car.<\/li>\n<li>There has been a <strong>gale<\/strong> warning so it&#8217;s not safe to go out fishing on our boat.<\/li>\n<li>There was a <strong>drought<\/strong> in our province last summer. It didn&#8217;t rain for three months.<\/li>\n<li>We won&#8217;t be able to see the solar eclipse because it&#8217;s <strong>overcast<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0099ff;\">Questions using weather vocabulary<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s the weather like in Buenos Aires in January?<\/li>\n<li>How&#8217;s the weather in Moscow in winter?<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s pretty hot. What&#8217;s the temperature?<\/li>\n<li>Is it raining outside?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the forecast for tomorrow?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather In English The Weather in English In English, we usually use it is when we talk about the weather. This is normally: It is + adjective OR It is + verb-ing It is + adjective = A description of the weather It is sunny today. It&#8217;s hot and humid today. It&#8217;sa nice day today. 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