How to talk about the weather in English | Learn English with Cambridge

Hello, everyone.

My name is Andres Herrera,

and in this video I’m going to teach you

how to talk about the weather

because this is a popular conversation topic in the UK,

especially when you don’t know someone very well

or when you want to start a conversation.

So let’s start.

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If you want to ask about the weather,

you can use any of these questions.

What’s the weather like?

What’s the forecast like?

What’s the weather doing?

Now, there are different words to describe the weather.

Of course, this depends a lot on the season and the day.

The first word is cloudy.

Cambridge Dictionary’s definition for this word is:

with clouds.

Oh, that’s pretty easy, isn’t it?

But there is another word to describe a cloudy day,

and that’s overcast.

So what’s the difference?

Well, on a cloudy day,

you can see individual clouds in the sky,

while on an overcast day,

the whole sky is covered with clouds and it is

not bright or sunny.

Another word to describe the weather

is spitting or drizzling,

which is when extremely little drops of water

come down from the sky.

It’s light rain.

Now, if you want to say that it’s raining heavily,

you can use the word pouring.

It’s pouring out there, you’d better take an umbrella.

When it’s really hot,

you can just say, oh, it’s very hot today,

but there is a word that I like a lot.

That word is boiling.

Sorry, boiling?

Yes, this also means boiling

but you can use this word to refer to the weather.

It’s boiling today.

It’s boiling today.

The next word is chilly.

Chilly?

This means a bit cold.

For example, I felt a bit chilly,

so I put on a jacket.

It’s chilly today, where’s my jacket?

Another word that might be useful is cool.

This means slightly cold but in a pleasant way.

For example, it was a lovely, cool evening.

And the last word is freezing.

Freezing just means it is extremely cold.

And we can have freezing days in winter.

It’s freezing today

Okay, people, I hope you enjoyed this video,

and see you next time, bye.

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