Section(4)The vocabs about Sky and Weather
Sky
Afew white clouds drifted across the sky
Blue Sky
Black Sky
Grey Sky
I like to see the sun grey skies make me feel depressed
Sky begin to clear
I think thr sky is begining to clear ,I can see afew blue patches among the clouds
Overcast Sky=cloudy Sky=Gloomy
Overcast day=Day with completely cloudly sky
A chilly overcast day
Overcast day=Day with completely cloudly sky
A chilly overcast day
Night Sky
A huge fire at near by factory lit up the night Sky
Look up at the Sky
There was not a cloud in the sky ,he lay on his back looking up at the cloudless sky
We looked up at a clear blue Sky,there was not a cloud in a sight
The Sky brightens/darkens
The Sky suddenly darkened when the sun moved behind some black cloud
Snow falls from the Sky
NOTE
Sunny+sky=Having a lots of light from the sun
Cloudy+Sky=with a lots of clouds
The weather was cold and cloudy
Grey(Gray)+Sky=Grey in colour becoz there are dark clouds
Overcast+Sky=Dark and completly covered with clouds
A chilly overcast day
Leaden+Sky=Grey and full of dark clouds
Snow fell from a leaden sky
Gloomy+Sky=Dark and cloudy in depressing way
Foggy+Sky=With thick low cloud that is difficult to see through
A foogy day in Londen in Novemver
Misty+Sky=With light low cloud that is difficult to see through,u uese misty especially about places thatare next to water or in the mountains
A cold misty morning
Hazy+Sky=With air that looks cloudy ,becoz there is smoke,dust ,mist
HAzy sunshine
Sun
The Sun (rises/comes up)
The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
I love to get up easly and watch the sun rise/come up
The Sun (sets/goes down)
We sat drinking beer by the sea,watching the sun goes down.
The Sun shines
The Sun comes out
After 10 minutes the rain stopped and the sun came out again
Avoid/Keep out of the sun
Becareful when you are on holiday ,put on lots of sun cream and avoid the mid day sun
Sit in the sun and eating ice cream
I can not sit in the sun for very long,I have got very fair skin(light skin)
Dry sth in the sun
We dried our wet swimming costumes (clothes)in the sun
The Sun is in your eyes
I can not see a thing,the sun is in my eyes
Shield your eyes from the sun
I wear a baseball cap to shield to avoid myeyes from sun
The warmth of sun
The Sun rays reflected off the lake
You can buy jeans (a large range of things)in every color under the sun
Sun hat
Sun Lounger
Sun-worshiper=Someone who likes to lie in the sun to get a sun tan
Sun cream
Sunburn
We are having a great time here,soaking up the sun
During the hoildaus ,we lazed around the sun all day long
I have got sunburn on the back of my neck,I must remember to wear a hat next time
Sunny+sky=Having a lots of light from the sun
Cloudy+Sky=with a lots of clouds
The weather was cold and cloudy
Grey(Gray)+Sky=Grey in colour becoz there are dark clouds
Overcast+Sky=Dark and completly covered with clouds
A chilly overcast day
Leaden+Sky=Grey and full of dark clouds
Snow fell from a leaden sky
Gloomy+Sky=Dark and cloudy in depressing way
Foggy+Sky=With thick low cloud that is difficult to see through
A foogy day in Londen in Novemver
Misty+Sky=With light low cloud that is difficult to see through,u uese misty especially about places thatare next to water or in the mountains
A cold misty morning
Hazy+Sky=With air that looks cloudy ,becoz there is smoke,dust ,mist
HAzy sunshine
Sun
The Sun (rises/comes up)
The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
I love to get up easly and watch the sun rise/come up
The Sun (sets/goes down)
We sat drinking beer by the sea,watching the sun goes down.
The Sun shines
The Sun comes out
After 10 minutes the rain stopped and the sun came out again
Avoid/Keep out of the sun
Becareful when you are on holiday ,put on lots of sun cream and avoid the mid day sun
Sit in the sun and eating ice cream
I can not sit in the sun for very long,I have got very fair skin(light skin)
Dry sth in the sun
We dried our wet swimming costumes (clothes)in the sun
The Sun is in your eyes
I can not see a thing,the sun is in my eyes
Shield your eyes from the sun
I wear a baseball cap to shield to avoid myeyes from sun
The warmth of sun
The Sun rays reflected off the lake
You can buy jeans (a large range of things)in every color under the sun
Sun hat
Sun Lounger
Sun-worshiper=Someone who likes to lie in the sun to get a sun tan
Sun cream
Sunburn
We are having a great time here,soaking up the sun
During the hoildaus ,we lazed around the sun all day long
I have got sunburn on the back of my neck,I must remember to wear a hat next time
Part Two(Moon,Star)
Moon
The Moon rises/comes up
I watched the full moon come up over the horizen ,It was enormous
The Moon appear/disappear
The moon disappeared behind the clouds and it was difficult to see
See by the light of the moon
We could see the lions,quite easily by the light of the moon
The Moon comes out
When the moon come out from behind the clouds,we were able to se the path clearly
The Moon shines
The moon was shining brightly I could read my book without a torch
A (Full/Half/New) Moon
During the Ramadan,Muslems do not eat and drink during day ,Ramadan lasts for about a month and ends when the new moon appears
A thin Crescent
The Americans landed on the moon in 1969
A clear night with a bright moon
It was raining and there was no moon
NOTE
Ask for the moon=Cry for the moon=to ask for sth that is difficult or impossible to obtain
There is no point in crying for the moon
Over the moon=Very happy
She is over the moon about her new job
Many moons ago=A long time ago
It all happened many moons ago
Last/verb form/=continue for a particular lenght of time
Last for =until=through
The hot weather lasted for the whole month of june
Star
Look up at the stars
I lay on my back and looked up at the stars
The stars shines
It was clear night with no moon and the stars were shining brightly
It was a clear night and the stars were all out(there were shining)
Sleep (under/beneath) the stars
The night ,we camped out under the stars
It was so hot that we slept outside beneath the stars
A bright star
Capella is one of the brightest stars in the sky
NOTE
If someone is a star they are famous in the world of entertainment or sport
You are a star=What a star=Said when u are very grateful or please becoz of what sb has done
Thanks u are a real star
It was raining and there was no moon
NOTE
Ask for the moon=Cry for the moon=to ask for sth that is difficult or impossible to obtain
There is no point in crying for the moon
Over the moon=Very happy
She is over the moon about her new job
Many moons ago=A long time ago
It all happened many moons ago
Last/verb form/=continue for a particular lenght of time
Last for =until=through
The hot weather lasted for the whole month of june
Star
I lay on my back and looked up at the stars
The stars shines
It was clear night with no moon and the stars were shining brightly
It was a clear night and the stars were all out(there were shining)
Sleep (under/beneath) the stars
The night ,we camped out under the stars
It was so hot that we slept outside beneath the stars
A bright star
Capella is one of the brightest stars in the sky
NOTE
If someone is a star they are famous in the world of entertainment or sport
You are a star=What a star=Said when u are very grateful or please becoz of what sb has done
Thanks u are a real star
Part Three(Rain)
Rain
It looks like rain,let's go inside
Rain start/stops
I ran for shelter as soon as the rain started
Rain spreads
Heavy rain is falling in Rome this morning and will spread later to the north of the country
The rain held off
If rain/bad weather holds off,It does not start,although It looked as if it would
The rain held off until after the game
I hope the rain holds off until we get home ,I do not have a coat or an unbrella with me
Get caught in the rain
I got cough in the rain and was soaked from head to toe
Pour with rain=(heavy/torrential/pouring)rain= a lots of rain
When we were in Wales it poured with rain from the moment we arrived
It was pouring with rain=It was raining very hard,and she had a thin dress on
There will be heavy rain in most parts of the country
A heavy shower of rain
You can not drive in the pouring rain
In this pouring rain....
Because It was pouring with rain......
Light rain
The light rain had stopped
Rain beat against the window
The rain beats against my bedroom window all night and kept me awake
The first drops of rain fell
Heavy /Torrential /light...+Rain (Adjective)
The weather forcast says we are in for more heavy rain tommorrow
I did not need my unbrella as the rain was very light
I had to drive very slowly through the torrential rain
A drop of rain
I am sure ,I felt a few drops of rains on my face just now
A possibility of rain
According to the forecast there is a strong possibility of rain this afternoo
A shower of rain
Our barbecue was ruined by a heavy shower of rain
The sound of rain
We could not hear ourselves talking for the sound of rain on the roof of the car
A break in the rain
There was hardly a break in rain all day ,It never really stopped once
NOTE
Break in =to intrrupt sb when they are speaking
I do not want to break in on his telephone conversation.
Take shelter from the rain
We took shelter from the rain in a nearby cafe
Get (soaking) wet in the rain
We got soaking wet in the rain on the way of home
Bring it in out of the rain
Should not we bring the washing in out of the rain
It was a miserable day,It poured with rain all afternoon
NOTE
It looks like rain to me=I think It is going to rain
I hope the rain lets up for the weekend finally=Stops
This rain looks as if it is has set in for the rest of day=Started and will continue
The rain is expected to last all weekend=Will continue
It was pouring with rain =It was pouring =the rain was very heavy
It was bucketing with rain=It was bucketing =the rain was very heavy
Part Four(Thunder,Lightning,Cloud)
Thunder and Lightning
Be struck by lightning
Tom was strucking by lightning while playing golf
Can lightning ever strike twice in the same place?
A flash/bolt of lightning
Lightning flashes
During the storm ,lightning flashed across the sky
A clap of thunder
There was a sudden flash of lightning followed by a loud clap of thunder
You can also say a thunder clap as well as a clap of thunder
Notice from the exercise that lightning flashes across the sky
Struck=past tense of strike =hit and harm=If lightning strikes sth ,It hits and damage it
The temple burned down after it was struck by lightning
A flash of lightning
At that moment ,a flash of lightning lit the horizen
Bolt of lightning
A few bolts of lightning and clouds of smoke later,Turbo was born
Clap=a sudden loud noise
Some 10 seconds,we heard the clap of thunder
Cloud
Cloud over the (sun/moon/sky)
Clouds floats across the sky
It was a fine day when we got there,only afew clouds were floating across the sky
Cloud lift
A plane breaks through the clouds
A few minutes after take off our plane broke through the clouds into bright sunlight
Whithe/Dark cloud
Dark clouds suddenly covered the sun and I had to put a jumper on
It was a beautiful summer 's day with just afew fluffy white clouds in the sky
Rain/Storm cloud
Black storm clouds were gathering on the horizen,so we left the bech and went back to our hotel before the rain started
Thick cloud =heavy/thick/dense cloud
We could not see the top of mount Everest,It was covered in thick cloud
Heavy clouds had gathered over the summit of Mont Blanc
Low cloud=light/high cloud
Visibility at the airport was poor becoz of the low cloud and heavy rain
NOTE
The whole country was covered in a blanket of cloud
There were a few breaks in the cloud later in the day ,so we got some sunshine
A cloud of (dust/smoke/gas)
A cloud of steam rose into the air
He left the company under a cloud of suspision.
Part Five(Snow,Ice)
Snow
Snow falls
Snow was falling heavily as we entered the village
The snow has been falling steadly all day ,It is now about 10 cms deep
Snow drifts(very slowly)=If snow/sand drifts ,the wind blows it into large pile
Snow had drifted against garage door overnight and I could not push it open
Snow melts
I do not think the snow will lie on the streets for very long ,It is already strating to melt
Clear snow(from a path)
It took me over in an hour to clear the snow from my front door to the street
Deep snow
We had to struggle through deep snow to get here ,It was knee-deep in places
Roads blocked by deep snow
Heavy snow
Many villages have been cut off by heavy snow ,all main roads are closed
Melting snow
The melting snow has caused severe flooding in the area
A blanket of snow
Fresh snow fell during the night ,the ground was covered in a thick blanket of snow when we got up
A fall of snow
The day was cold with frequent falls of snow which only lasted a few minutes
A flake of snow (Snowflake)=small pices of snow
A few flakes of snow fell ,but It never really started to snow properly
Snow-covered field
I can see footprints in the snow
The day was cold with flurries of snow =when a small amount of snow falls
Ice
Ice forms
Ice melts
The sun came out and melted the ice on the pavements
Ice cracks
As soon as I stood on the thin ice ,it strated to crack ,I got off it very quickly
Scrape ice off your car=If u scrape sth ,u get rid of it or cancel it=remove sth from surface
Ice and formed on the windscreen of my car overnight,I had to scrape it off before I could drive to work
Be covered with ice
The lake is usually covered with thick ice for most of jan and feb
Skate on ice
Do u think the ice on the pond is now thick enough to skate on it?
Skid on ice
The car skidded as she turn onto the high way
The bus skidded off the road and into a ditch
My friend's car skidded on some black ice and hit a tree
Slip on ice
My mother broke her arm when she slipped on some ice and fell
Thick ice
Thin ice
Black ice
A cup full of crushed ice
Ice crystals
Ice
Ice forms
Ice melts
The sun came out and melted the ice on the pavements
As soon as I stood on the thin ice ,it strated to crack ,I got off it very quickly
Scrape ice off your car=If u scrape sth ,u get rid of it or cancel it=remove sth from surface
Ice and formed on the windscreen of my car overnight,I had to scrape it off before I could drive to work
Be covered with ice
The lake is usually covered with thick ice for most of jan and feb
Skate on ice
Do u think the ice on the pond is now thick enough to skate on it?
Skid on ice
The car skidded as she turn onto the high way
The bus skidded off the road and into a ditch
My friend's car skidded on some black ice and hit a tree
Slip on ice
My mother broke her arm when she slipped on some ice and fell
Thick ice
Thin ice
Black ice
A cup full of crushed ice
Ice crystals
Part Six(Wind,Fog)
Wind
The wind blows
The wind blew from the northest
The wind suddenly changed direction and started to blow from the north
The wind suddenly changed direction and started to blow from the north
The wind changes
The wind rises/gets up=the wind gets up/picks=blow more strongly
We did not reach the top of the mountain,we decided to turn back when the wind started to rise/get up
We did not reach the top of the mountain,we decided to turn back when the wind started to rise/get up
The wind drops/dies down =blows less strongly
I think we should wait till the wind drops/dies down before we try to put up the tent
I think we should wait till the wind drops/dies down before we try to put up the tent
The wind Whistles through trees=to make loud noise
You could hear the wind whistling through the small gaps in the windows
You could hear the wind whistling through the small gaps in the windows
Cycle/Walk/Sail into the wind
The captain said that the ferry would be thirty minutes late becoz it was sailing into a very strong wind.
The captain said that the ferry would be thirty minutes late becoz it was sailing into a very strong wind.
Shelter from/out of the wind
I am getting cold ,Let's shelter from the wind in that shop doorway over here
I am getting cold ,Let's shelter from the wind in that shop doorway over here
Strong/high winds
A light wind
Icy/cold/bitter winds
NOTE
The flags on top of the castle fluttered gently in the light wind
Last night high winds caused serious serious damage to our roof
The wind was so strong,It almost blew me off my feet
The icy wind cut right through me,I was absolutely freezing when I got home.
branches swaying in the wind
Gale/hurricane force winds =strong enough to cause a lot of damage
A 70 km an hour wind
A cold/icy/chill/bitting wind
The wind was getting up and it was becoming cloudy
we will wait till the wind drops before we put the tent up
Prevailing wind=the winds blowing over a particular area most of the time
Wind speed....measure it!
Sail=to travel in a boat/ship
It was absolutely still.there was not a breath of wind=clean air outside
A strong gust of wind blew my hat off my head.
Fog
Fog rolls in
It was lovely and sunny when we arrived at the beach ,but when the fog rolled in from the sea,we had to go home ,It got so cold very quickly!
Be/Get lost in thick fog
W e get lost in the thick fog
We were hopelessly lost in thick fog ,we stopped at a petrol station to ask where we were,,they must have thought we were mad!
Fog lifts/clears=disappeard
The fog is begining to lift/clear ,so our plane should be able to take off soon
Heavy/thick/dense fog
NOTE
A blanket of fog covered the field
My mind was in a fog=confused mind
when sth roll,It moves along surface
Roll in=to happen or arrive in large numbers or quantities
As the result of our appeal ,the money come rolling in
If (Mist/Clouds/fog) roll in=they begin to cover an area of the sky or land
Fog rolled in from the sea
The flags on top of the castle fluttered gently in the light wind
Last night high winds caused serious serious damage to our roof
The wind was so strong,It almost blew me off my feet
The icy wind cut right through me,I was absolutely freezing when I got home.
branches swaying in the wind
Gale/hurricane force winds =strong enough to cause a lot of damage
A 70 km an hour wind
A cold/icy/chill/bitting wind
The wind was getting up and it was becoming cloudy
we will wait till the wind drops before we put the tent up
Prevailing wind=the winds blowing over a particular area most of the time
Wind speed....measure it!
Sail=to travel in a boat/ship
It was absolutely still.there was not a breath of wind=clean air outside
A strong gust of wind blew my hat off my head.
Fog
Fog rolls in
It was lovely and sunny when we arrived at the beach ,but when the fog rolled in from the sea,we had to go home ,It got so cold very quickly!
Be/Get lost in thick fog
W e get lost in the thick fog
We were hopelessly lost in thick fog ,we stopped at a petrol station to ask where we were,,they must have thought we were mad!
Fog lifts/clears=disappeard
The fog is begining to lift/clear ,so our plane should be able to take off soon
Heavy/thick/dense fog
NOTE
A blanket of fog covered the field
My mind was in a fog=confused mind
when sth roll,It moves along surface
Roll in=to happen or arrive in large numbers or quantities
As the result of our appeal ,the money come rolling in
If (Mist/Clouds/fog) roll in=they begin to cover an area of the sky or land
Fog rolled in from the sea
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