DAY 12: INDIRECT QUESTIONS + WEATHER AND NATURAL DISASTERS

Complete these indirect questions: a Where is the cheapest clothing store in town? Do you know …? b Are cheap clothes good value for money? Do you think …? c Where is the best place to buy jeans? Where do you think …? d Have you ever sewn a button on a shirt? I’d like to know … e How much money would you spend on a leather jacket? Do you mind telling me …?

Natural disasters and the weather

How many natural disasters do you know?

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Useful expressions:

It’s boiling hot (common expression for describing a very hot day)

It’s /it might go ) below freezing (temperature less than 0 degrees).

It’s chilly (cold)

It is clear (when the sky is blue because there are no clouds blocking the sun)

It’s cloudy It’s cool (temperature in between warm and cold) The nights are cool

It’s drizzling (raining slightly)

Useful expressions:

It’s foggy (thick water vapor that blocks one's vision)

It’s hailing (small pieces of ice that fall during a storm)

It’s freezing cold (common expression used to describe a very cold day

It’s mild (temperature that is warmer than average in a cold Season). It’s mild for the time of the year

It’s overcast (no sun is visible) The sky is overcast

It’s icy (slippery because of ice) The roads are icy

Useful expressions:

It’s partly cloudy

It's pouring. (very hard rain)

It is a scorching day (extremely hot temperature/a very hot day)

It’s changeable. The weather in Asturias is very changeable

It can be showery

It’s humid

There is…

There’s a blizzard (a storm with lots of snow and wind) • There’s a breeze (light wind) • There’s a cold spell (a period of colder than average weather) • There ‘s a cold front • There’s a warm front • There’s a chance of rain . There’s a 40% chance of rain • There are flurries (very light snowfall) • There’s frost (ice crystals on a frozen surface).

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There’s a heat wave (extremely hot weather that is much higher than average--usually lasts a short time) • There are some precipitations (rain or snow that falls on an area) • There are showers (quick/light rainstorm) • There’s sleet (rain that freezes as it falls ,similar to “hail”) • There’s slush (snow on the ground that has been rained on) The snow turned to slush as soon as it started to rain. • There’s thunder/thunderstorm (the crashing of clouds (often followed by a strike of lightning and heavy rain)

Let’s talk about…

• What’s the weather like where you live?
• Would you like to live in a different weather?
• Have you ever had any bad experience because of severe weather?