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Talking about the weather

I Talking About The Weather
1 Adjectives referring to the weather

A Observe

Observe how they are used in the following passage:

It’s rather rainy and a bit cold in winter.

It’s quite sunny and a bit cool in spring.

It is always sunny in summer, and it’s quite windy and rather cool in autumn.

 

B Learn

Notice how these adjectives are formed:

Noun + suffix "y" = adjective

sun → sunny 

rain → rainy 

cloud → cloudy

snow → snowy

wind → windy

 

C Keep in mind

Spelling rules:

When adding a suffix  to a word which is composed of  consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the last consonant.

 

Example : sun → sunny

                fog → foggy

 

However, we cannot double the last consonant if it is composed of:

 

Consonant + vowel + vowel + consonant   

rain → rainy

cloud → cloudy

The questions about the weather can be:

 

  • What is the weather like today?
  • What is the weather like in your country for each season?
2 Adjectives referring to temperatures

 

A. Observe

 “ In Russia, Winter is extremely cold .It is always  freezing cold, while summer is fairly cool.”

 

B. Learn:

30°C     It is hot.

20°C     It’s warm.

13°C     It’s cool.

 7°C    It’s cold.

 3°C   It’s chilly.

-10°C  It’s freezing/ freezing cold

We can use degree adverbs before the adjectives.

 

A. Observe :

In the Arctic, it is extremely cold in winter and very chilly in summer.

In North Africa, it is rather cool in winter and very hot in summer.

In the Middle East, it is rather warm in winter and extremely hot in summer.

 

B. Learn:

 

  • Fairly and rather are used to say that something is true to some degree, but not completely or extremely
  •  A bit = a little /to a small degree

 

The question you can ask about temperatures can be:

- What are the average temperatures in the main seasons?

- What are the average temperatures in winter and summer?

 

C. Keep in mind:

 

The classification of degree adverbs from the highest to the lowest degree:

100% extremely        -Summer is extremely hot in the desert

80%    very               -Summer is very hot in inland towns like Ain Defla and Cheliff

60%   quite/ fairly     -Summer is quite hot in seaside towns like Annaba and Oran.

40%   rather             - Summer is rather hot in Paris.

20%  a bit                 - Summer is a bit hot in England.

7%  not very             - Summer is not very hot in Finland.

 00%  not at all          -Summer is not at all hot in the Arctic

 

RULES:

 

           Degree adverbs come between the verb and the adjective.

Subject + is/are + adverb of degree + adjective + rest of the sentence.

 

Examples:

1. It is rather cloudy today.

2. It is not very sunny.

3. It is extremely dangerous when the sea is rough.

  • إختبارات
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  • الأجوبة الصحيحة
  • False
  • الأجوبة الخاطئة
  • False
  • مجموع النقاط
  • False

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