A1#Basic 850Official15 sentences157/850 core words

It looks like rain — weather small talk

It carries the weather in English: it's cold, it looks like rain, it rains a lot. Notice how much work that one little word does.

New core words in this lesson

airbeautifulblueclearcoldmountainoutrainskysnowstrongsummersunumbrellawarmweatherwindwinter

Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.

  1. 1It's a beautiful day!
  2. 2It's so cold today.
  3. 3It looks like rain.
  4. 4Take your umbrella with you.
  5. 5The sun is out again.
  6. 6What a warm day!
  7. 7There's snow on the mountains.
  8. 8The wind is very strong today.
  9. 9I love this weather.
  10. 10Summer is here at last.
  11. 11The sky is blue and clear.
  12. 12It rains a lot here.
  13. 13The night air is cold.
  14. 14Winter is almost here.
  15. 15Beautiful day today, right?

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