Snow Day: Learn English Words and Phrases ❄️ ⛄️

- Hello everybody, this is Jack

from tofluency.com.

And in this English lesson,

I'm going to teach you some phrases

related to snow.

Firstly, this snow was completely unexpected.

We were going to travel somewhere yesterday,

but we had to cancel our plans, we had to put it off.

But we have taken advantage of this amazing weather.

We have spent a lot of time outside

and later on I'm going to make a snowman.

Not do a snowman, but make a snowman.

The next phrase I want to teach you is this:

It has been snowing for over 24 hours now.

It has been snowing for over 24 hours now.

So that is using the present perfect continuous.

And we use this when we're talking about a duration

that started in the past

and continues now.

We use the continuous form when we use continuous verbs.

To snow is a continuous verb.

It has been snowing for over 24 hours now.

Most kids want the snow to last forever.

So what you'll hear is people say

I hope it doesn't melt soon.

I hope it doesn't melt soon.

We're using hope to talk about desired outcomes.

I hope it doesn't melt soon.

In America, you'll hear let's go sledding.

Sledding.

And you do this on a sled to go sledding.

In the UK you'll hear let's go sledging.

And you do this on a sledge.

They both mean the same thing, but it's just a difference

between British and American English.

Yesterday all the schools were closed

because it wasn't safe for the school buses

to drive on the roads.

Now, this is called a snow day.

A snow day.

And a snow day is just when the schools are closed.

And obviously, kids love snow days.

But, teachers do too.

Teachers love snow days just as much as the kids do.

With snow and the weather in general,

people use be going to or will

to talk about what it's going to do or what it will do

in the future.

For example, they say that it's going to stop

in about an hour or two hours.

They say it's going to stop in about an hour or two hours.

And finally, if you go out in the snow,

you have to wrap up warm.

You have to wrap up warm.

And this just means to put on lots of warm clothes.

So you'll hear parents say, wrap up before you go outside.

Wrap up before you go outside.

So I hope you have enjoyed this lesson.

If you have, please like and share it.

And let me know, when was the last time

it snowed where you live?

Or does it ever snow where you live?

Leave a comment below, let me know if you have any questions

and go watch one of my other English lessons.

Thank you for watching.