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DESCRIBING THE WEATHER
What's the weather like today?

Imagine someone asks you "What's the weather like today?". You will have to talk, at least, about these four elements: temperature, precipitation, state of the sky and wind.
1.TEMPERATURE.
From the lowest temperatures to the highest temperatures, you can use these adjectives:
freezing (below 0ºC)<cold<cool<temperate=mild<warm<hot

2.PRECIPITATION.
Keywords: rain, storm, heavy rain, drizzle (=light rain), snow, hail.

3.STATE OF THE SKY
Keywords: sunny, sunshine, cloudy, overcast, clear sky.

4.WINDS.
From the gentle winds to the strongest winds you can distinguish:
calm<breeze (=gentle wind)<moderate wind<strong wind<gale( U.K.)
Look at this example:
  • It is not very hot and it is not very cold: it is temperate.
  • It's raining: it is not a heavy rain but a light rain. There is no danger of flooding.
  • The sky is overcast.
  • There is no wind: it is calm.

Try to describe the weather in the following pictures:
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Presentation: weather photos.