1 Read the words in the box, check unfamiliar ones. Remember to use correctly these phrases.

What is the weather like?

The weather is fine (bad).

It’s a beautiful day.

The weather is beautiful (dull).

The weather is changeable.

The weather is settled.

It’s very oppressive.

Is it going to thunder?

Do you think the weather will stay fine?

I listened to the weather forecast today.

They said it would be sunny and warm.

It is cold.

It is warm.

It is hot.

It is clear.

It is (was, will be) raining.

It is (was, will be) snowing.

The wind is cold.

There’s a gale.

It is freezing.

The wind has dropped.

There will be sunshine.

Weather Description

Weather Icons

1) Partly cloudy skies

2) Mostly sunny

3) Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rain showers

4) Mostly cloudy with rain showers

5) Cloudy with rain showers

6) Mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers & thunderstorms

7) Cloudy with rain showers & thunderstorms

8) Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rain showers & thunderstorms

9) Light rains / Light passing rains

10) Occasional rains

11) Rains / Monsoon rains

12) Rains / Gusty winds

13) Stormy

14) Snow