THE  WEATHER

the sun is shining        look at that cloud !     the wind is blowing          it is raining hard today

(shine / shone / shone)                        (blow / blew / blown)        it will be rainy for the whole day

it is sunny today         it is cloudy today            it is windy today               it will rain tomorrow

         il faut utiliser le verbe ' be' pour parler du temps. On ne peut utiliser 'do' ou 'make'

it is snowing                                  it is a foggy day                         it is stormy

the weather will be snowy next week  ;  be careful in this thick fog!  I hope the storm won't last too long.

the snow will come from the north                                            it is thundering (il tonne)

         on utilise 'will' pour prédire le temps

                            it will be rainy and windy tomorrow morning.

                           what will the weather be like next weekend?

  rain               pluie                       |              storm                        orage

    raindrop        goutte de pluie      |                 thunder                     tonnerre

    shower          averse                     |                 clap of thunder        coup de tonnerre

    drizzle            crachin                    |                 flash of lightning    éclair

    flood               inondation              |                 rainstorm                 pluie torrentielle

    puddle            flaque                      |                 windstorm               tempête

    pour down     pleuvoir à verse    |                 sandstorm               tempête de sable

                                   wind                          vent                            |          hail                 grêle

                                      gust of wind             rafale (bourrasque)  |             hailstone       grelon

                                      breeze                       brise                            |             freeze             geler

                                      tornado                     tornade                       |             frost                gel

                                      hurricane                   ouragan                     |             chilly                frais, froid

                                                                                                              |             hoarfrost        givre

      snow     neige                          fog     brouillard                               dry   sec

       snowflake : flocon de neige           smog : mélange brouillard fumée       drought :  sécheresse

        when there is both sun and rain you can see a rainbow     

the colours are:

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet 

On the Fahrenheit scale the freezing point of water is 32° and the boiling point is 212°

In order to convert the Celsius temperature into Fahrenheit

    --multiply by 9

   --divide by 5

   -- add 32

example 30° C       30x9=270     270:5=54   54+32=86        30°C => 86°F

The human body temperature is closer to 98.6°F

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1.
--Hello Maria! What is the weather like in Madrid?
--Hello Betty! Today it is hot and sunnyit does hot and sunnyit makes hot and sunny
2.
The weather forecast for tomorrow:
In Berlin it will be windyit is windyit is going to be windy tomorrow morning with rain falling until late in the afternoon.
3.
In the west the sun will shineshinesis shining and you can expect a temperature up to 28°C.
4.
What is the name of a short period of light rain? a grizzlea showera rainstorm
5.
What do you call pools of water on the ground after it has rained? puddlesswampsfloods
6.
How many colours are there in a rainbow? 857
7.
Fresh water freezes at 50°F0°F32°F
8.
I can hear the sound of rainlightningthunder . You should power the computer down.
9.
Each thunderstorm is dangerous. If you are outdoors and there is no shelter
which is the safest place to be during a lightning storm?in the water (sea, river)under a treein the open area
10.
The current that appears around Christmas in the Pacific Ocean
and has major effects on climate in the southern hemisphere is called el ninola nina