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Dialogues in English on the topic Weather

Simple dialogues in English with translation into Russian on the topic “Weather”. All dialogues are provided with a glossary and a grammatical commentary is provided.

Grammar comment: Impersonal sentences

The dialogues use the so-called impersonal offers . In such sentences, a formal subject is used, expressed by the pronoun it. The nominal part of a compound predicate can be adjectives, nouns, adjectives + infinitive.

1. The predicate is expressed by a verb to be + adjective.

• It is warm. - Warm.
• It is cold. - Cold.
• It is sunny. - Sunny.
• It is frosty. - It's frosty.
• It is rainy. - It is rainy.

2. The predicate is expressed by a verb to be +noun.

• It is Monday. - Monday.
• It is morning. - Morning.
• It is winter. - Winter.

3. The predicate is expressed by a verb to be + adjective + infinitive.

• It is easy to do it. - It's easy to do. (Easy to do this.)
• It is difficult to do it. - It's difficult to do this.
• It is easy for him to do it. - It's easy for him to do it. (Easy for him to do this.)
• It is difficult for her (him, them, me, etc.) to do it. – It’s difficult for her (him, them, me, etc.) to do this.

How to say "it's snowing" or "it's raining" in English

For impersonal sentences like "It's snowing" English verbs are used to rain- go (when it comes to rain) and to snow- go, fall (when talking about snow), which are used as ordinary verbs:

• It snows in winter. - There is snow in the winter.
• It will rain tomorrow. - It will rain tomorrow.
• Does it snow in summer? – Does it snow in summer?
• It doesn't snow in summer. - There is no snow in summer.
• I hate it when it rains. – I don’t like (hate) when it rains.
• I like it when it rains. – I like it when it rains.

Words and expressions for dialogues

• like (1) – similar, similar: What is it like? - What is this? What is this? What's the weather like today? - What is the weather today?
• like (II) – to love, like
• The weather is fine (bad, etc.)– The weather is fine (bad, etc.)
• idea – idea, thought

• temperature ["temp(ə)rəʧə] – temperature
• above zero [ə"bʌv "zɪərəu] – above zero
• below zero - below zero
• degree – degree, degree It is sixteen degrees above zero.– 16 degrees above zero.

• frosty ["frɔstɪ] – frosty, frost – frost
• [ɪn"diːd] – indeed, in fact

• outside [ˌaut"saɪd] – outside ( building: on the street)
• inside [ˌɪn"saɪd] – inside ( building: indoors)
• windy ["wɪndɪ] - windy
• Too bad. - It's a pity ( lit.: Too bad),

• Looks like rain. - Seems it will rain.
• look – look; view; look, look; seem
• to look like - look, resemble, be similar to
• A am afraid so. - I'm afraid so.
• such - such in such weather - in such weather; such a good book good book; such good books - such good books
• prefer to do smth. - prefer to do something

• cloud – cloud, cloud There is not a cloud in the sky.- The sky is clear. There is no clouds in the sky.- There are no clouds in the sky. There were no clouds in the sky.- There were no clouds in the sky.
• sky - sky
• shine (shone, shone) – shine, shine
• brightly ["braɪtlɪ] – brightly The sun is shining brightly. – The sun is shining brightly.
• may be – perhaps, maybe
• hot – hot, hot

• awful ["ɔːf(ə)l] - terrible, terrible What an awful weather! - What a terrible weather!
• rain – rain
• to rain – to go (about rain)
• So do I. - And I.
• weather forecast ["fɔːkɑːst] – weather forecast
• No change for the better. - No change for the better.
• rainy ["reɪnɪ] - rainy
• windy ["wɪndɪ] - windy

• over the radio - on the radio
• rise (rose, risen) – rise, increase, increase

The climatic conditions that the inhabitants of Foggy Albion face every day have led to the fact that talking about the weather is an almost eternal topic in the mouths of the British. Therefore, if you want to speak English freely and naturally, like a born Briton, then you simply must be able to hold a conversation about the capriciously changeable or, conversely, stubbornly stable weather outside the window. We will learn to communicate on this topic in today’s lesson. We will find out what words describe the weather in English, learn popular phrases and analyze the principle of their construction, and also work through the learned information in the form of a dialogue.

For the first time we encountered a description of the weather in English back in primary school. Often during classes, the teacher builds small dialogues with the children about what the weather is like today and how the children feel about it. Thus, students repeat the learned vocabulary, and also gradually get used to feeling confident in a conversation in a foreign language.

When studying today’s material, we will try to adhere to similar tactics: first we will study the grammatical and lexical basis, and then we will practice in “live” speech, i.e. We will strive to build our own dialogue about any weather in English. So, let's look at a few small rules.

Important grammatical points

1. In order to make a simple expression about the weather in English, you need to use the grammatical structure it is . When translated into Russian, such phrases are translated as short impersonal sentences. It is windy –It's windy. It is sunny –Sunny. It is cold –Cold.
2. The pronoun it is also used as a subject when denoting weather phenomena characteristic of a particular season or occurring at a given time. Note the difference in sentence context for the Present Simple and Present Continuous aspects.

• Itissnowingoutside– It’s snowing outside (the weather today, right now).
• ItrainsinautumninPrague– In autumn it is rainy in Prague (seasonal phenomenon).

1. The noun weather itself in English is always used with the definite article the. If there is an adjective before the noun, the article is not required.

• The weather is getting colder –Becomescooler.
• Does she like cold weather? –To herlikecoldweather?

1. Vocabulary expressing natural phenomena is usually used without an article. But it should be borne in mind that when denoting a location, the English language requires the definite article the.

• JacklikessnowJack loves snow.
• My dog ​​likes to lie in the sun –MydogloveslieonSun.

Knowledge of these norms is necessary for grammatically correct construction of a story about the weather in English. Now let's get acquainted with the lexical part of the material.

Description of weather in English (vocabulary)

So, the tables below will help us learn words on the topic of weather in English. They are all divided into thematic blocks, which makes it easier and more effective to assimilate new information. English words and expressions on the topic of weather are given with transcription and translation, which allows you to practice all the necessary skills at once: reading, pronunciation, translation and writing.

Basic Expressions

Let's start with the simplest vocabulary. This section contains basic phrases and words about the weather in English for children, as well as for adults just beginning their journey to mastering the language. Since on basic level difficult to work with English transcription, next to it is a column with approximate pronunciation in Russian. In the following sections, only the original transcription is used.

In the first table we consider a list of nouns that describe natural phenomena.

But when talking about nature, a variety of adjectives are more often used. Therefore, in the following table we will familiarize ourselves with the characteristics that indicate weather in English with Russian translation and pronunciation.

This short list will allow kids and beginners to come up with a sentence or two about the weather.

We also suggest learning a cheat sheet that contains English questions about the weather, and several options for answering them.

For junior schoolchildren this vocabulary will be enough to ask about or describe the weather. And for everyone who is older, more interesting and varied vocabulary will be available.

Weather forecast

Surely, you often have the question “What will the weather be like tomorrow/the day after tomorrow/over the weekend?” Humanity has not lost this interest for many decades, despite the fact that sometimes the predictions of meteorologists do not come true at all. But we continue to closely monitor forecast weather changes. Let's look at what the weather forecast sounds like in English.

The table shows popular phrases and phrases about the weather that can often be heard or read in weather forecasts. However, the British also use these expressions in everyday speech when describing weather changes.

Good weather in English

Sometimes there are such days that you just want to admire the surrounding nature. In this section we provide a list of phrases that will help you write an enthusiastic description of good weather in English.

This type of question can be easily answered using the standard Yes, it is/No, it isn’t.

Bad weather in English

Nature doesn't have bad weather, but bad days still happen. To express your disappointment with constant rains or other vagaries of nature, use this table. Let's look at how bad weather is indicated in English with Russian translation of phrases.

The vocabulary we have studied already allows you to easily translate your thoughts about the weather from Russian into English. Let's try to create dialogues.

Weather in English - dialogues with translation

Learning a language in the form of dialogue is possible for any level of preparation.

Children will enjoy playing questions and answers. For example, you ask what the weather is like in Africa, and the child answers briefly.

You should not have long dialogues with your child, otherwise the baby will get tired and bored.

You can have a more in-depth conversation with a friend or acquaintance. Let's imagine that you want to arrange a meeting with a friend.

The next day you met, and the weather turned out to be simply wonderful.

Now practice on your own. Make up some dialogues about the hottest, coldest and most memorable day you had in 2017. Successful completion of the task and always excellent weather in your area! See you again!

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Hello friends!

To learn how to carry on a conversation about the weather, check out the following examples of typical dialogues. They will help you learn to ask and answer questions about the weather conditions outside your window.

• In this dialogue, the conversation takes place between mother and daughter.

• Dialogue about the weather between strangers at the bus stop.

• Telephone conversation between sister and brother about the weather in Hawaii.

• Girl shares with her friend impressions of a trip to Hong Kong.

• Dialogue about climate and weather in Russia.

• Friends discussing favorite season.

I hope these dialogues will help expand your vocabulary on the topic of weather and help support the conversation on this topic.

Dialogue- an integral part of any communication process. It is reading and constructing your own dialogues that help to recreate a picture of communication that is as close to reality as possible.

By memorizing ready-made dialogues in English, using entire passages from them, or composing and playing your own mini-skits, you remember necessary phrases, which you can automatically use in real communication.

Dialogue phrases on the topic “Weather”

Active vocabulary on the topic “Weather” will help you start and maintain a neutral conversation. Before proceeding directly to reading and memorizing dialogues about the weather, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with common phrases in English with translation:

Dialogue 1: ‘Autumn surprises’

The dialogue is about two friends discussing weather conditions. The conversation uses standard evaluative phrases and phrases that describe the speaker’s attitude to the weather: I hate when it is so cold outside (I hate it when it’s cold outside), it’s getting warm (it’s getting warmer), we’d better enjoy fine weather (we should enjoy the good weather).

In addition, in order to bring the situation closer to real conditions, in dialogue in English phrases characteristic of colloquial and live speech are used: You know (you know), Oh yeah (Come on).

Dialogue 2: ‘New Year spirit’

The dialogue shows a conversation in English between two friends about the weather ahead of New Year's holidays(followed by a translation that is close in meaning). Typical phrases used to assess winter weather:

It looks like snow (it seems like it will snow), I like when it snows (I love it when it snows), it is sunny and warm (sunny and warm), The weather is fine (wonderful weather), the sky is clear ( the sky is clear), the sun is shining brightly (the sun is shining brightly).

Dialogue 3: ‘The weather forecast’

The dialogue discusses the weather forecast for the coming days using phrases in English characteristic of this topic: What is the weather forecast for tomorrow, It will stop raining, windy, cloudy and chilly dank), What a nasty summer (what a disgusting summer).

The most common topic of conversation. Let's model some dialogues and translate them: A dialogue about the weather.

- Hi, Olya.
- Hi, Misha.
- It’s cold today, you’re not cold?
- No, you can see how much clothes I have.
— Yes, really, dressed like a cabbage.
- Don't make me laugh. Let's walk in the park.
— Come on, I like to walk on the snow-covered paths.

Now there are several weather dialogues, but first in Russian - then in English - try to come up with a translation yourself, then compare it with ours.

- It's a nice weather today, isn't it? Hello.
- Greetings. The weather is really good. This year May is especially wonderful.
- They say it will be a very hot summer.
- Undoubtedly, with such a spring, the summer will be warm.

— It’s a nice weather today, isn’t it? Hello.
— Greetings. The weather and the truth is good. This year, May is especially wonderful.
— They say it will be a very hot summer.
— Undoubtedly, with this spring the summer will be warm.

- How do you like the weather?
— It was very cold at night, we had to turn on the heater.
“But during the day it’s already much warmer than in winter.”
- You're right.

— How do you like the weather?
— It was very cold at night, I had to turn on the heater.
- But in the daytime it’s much warmer than in the winter.
- You're right.

Practice translations from one language to another, then back - this will help the brain learn to switch quickly, and, by the way, this is an excellent workout that will have a positive effect on other mental activities.

- It’s so cold. My hands are cold.
- Here, take the mittens. When it's thirty degrees below zero, you can't go outside lightly dressed. Unless you're a bear.
- Yes, in such frost, even bears will not stick their heads out of the house. Thanks for the mittens.
- Please. Let's go eat ice cream.

- It's so cold. My hands were frozen.
“Here, take your mittens.” In thirty degrees of frost, you can not go out easily dressed. Unless you're a bear.
- Yes, in such a frost, even bears do not stick out of the house. Thanks for the mittens.
- You are welcome. Let's go eat ice cream.