It’s starting to get cold here
in NY. In fact this morning, the temperature dropped down to about minus 3, and
it’s still the beginning of winter! I’ve noticed that a lot of English learners
make some common mistakes when talking about the weather, so for today’s
English lesson, I’d like to help you out with this rather basic but important
English language point.
Here are the example
sentences. To get the details of this English lesson, you need to listen to the
podcast for the details:
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It snows a lot in the winter here.
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It rained yesterday, so I didn’t go out.
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It’s snowing! The kids are so excited.
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If it’s raining tomorrow, I think we should go by train instead of car.
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There was a lot of snow on the ground this morning.
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Driving was difficult because of the rain.
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There was so much rain that the street flooded.
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Whenever it snows, I have to shovel the snow from the sidewalk.
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It’s warm today. Why don’t we go to the park?
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It was chilly all day yesterday.
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It was cloudy and cold this morning, but it’s sunny this afternoon.
Some general questions
and answers about the weather
English people love to talk about the weather.
Here are some general questions and answers about the weather.
‘What’s the weather like?’ ‘It’s very sunny.’
‘It’s stormy. Let’s cancel the trip.’
‘Shall we go out then?’ ‘Yes, why not?’
‘It’s cloudy. I think it’s going to rain. Don’t
forget to take an umbrella before you go out.’
‘It’s windy. I don’t think we should go out.’
‘The weather is fine.’
‘It’s raining. We can’t go out now.’
‘It’s snowing. Don’t go out. You’ll catch a
cold.’
‘I think the fog will soon clear up.’
‘What awful weather we are having!’‘Yeah. It is
ridiculously hot.’
‘What a nice day!’
‘The sun is shining. You can’t find even a cloud
in the sky.’
‘We’d a lot of rain yesterday.’
‘We didn’t get much rain this year.’
‘We haven’t had any rain in months. I’m afraid
that a drought is going to set in.’
Conversation
1
It’s ridiculously hot!
Story line: Krishna and Mira are complaining
about the weather.
Here is a piece of conversation between them.
Krishna: What awful weather we’re having. It’s
ridiculously hot!
Mira: Yes, it’s worse than last year.
Krishna: It feels like the whole world is
broiling. No wonder, several people have already died.
Mira: Yes, you must be very careful when you go
out in the hot sun.
Krishna: Forget about going out. The heat is
unbearable even inside.
Mira: Yeah! I just hope that it doesn’t get any
worse.
