APIEVocabulary & Pronunciation: Weather and Planning
Weather forecasts and planning outdoors
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Weather Forecasts & Outdoor Planning
Master 10 essential weather words, test your skills, and practice speaking with confidence.
📌 How to use this lesson
1. Guide learners through 20 minutes of target weather vocabulary and speaking practice.
2. Check auto-graded practice answers together and listen to student audio recordings.
1. Read the word table carefully and memorize key weather words with memory tips.
2. Complete 16 practice questions, then record your voice in the shadowing section.
Word Table
Study these 10 core weather words grouped into 3 themes.
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme 1: In the sky | ||||
| thunder 🔊 | The loud noise in the sky during a storm. | loud thunder, hear thunder | I heard loud thunder before the rain started. |
Think of a loud THUN-der boom!
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| lightning 🔊 | Bright flashes of light in the sky during a storm. | bright lightning, flash of lightning | Bright lightning lit up the dark sky. |
Light-ning is fast bright light!
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| drizzle 🔊 | Very light, thin rain. | light drizzle, soft drizzle | There was light drizzle this morning. |
Drizzle drops are tiny drops.
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| rainbow 🔊 | A colorful arc in the sky after rain. | colorful rainbow, see a rainbow | We saw a colorful rainbow after the rain. |
Rain + Bow = colorful curve!
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| Theme 2: Cold or warm | ||||
| frost 🔊 | Thin white ice on ground or plants when cold. | heavy frost, morning frost | If there is frost tomorrow, I will wear a warm hat. |
Frost is f-f-freezing white ice!
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| chilly 🔊 | Uncomfortably cool weather. | feel chilly, chilly wind | I feel chilly, so I need a jacket. |
Cold like a chili ice cream!
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| mild 🔊 | Warm and pleasant, not too cold. | mild weather, mild day | Spring weather is usually very mild. |
Mild is soft and gentle weather.
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| Theme 3: Plans for the day | ||||
| outdoors 🔊 | Outside in the open air. | play outdoors, go outdoors | Children love playing outdoors when it is sunny. |
Out of the door!
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| indoors 🔊 | Inside a building or house. | stay indoors, play indoors | We stayed indoors during the heavy rain. |
In the house door!
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| sunhat 🔊 | A hat worn to protect your head from the sun. | wear a sunhat, put on a sunhat | Always wear a sunhat on hot sunny days. |
A hat for the bright sun!
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Practice
Complete the 16 items below to test your understanding from easy to hard.
Part A Collocation Matrix: Words that go together
Match each descriptor on the left with the correct weather noun on the top.
Item 1: Match "loud" to the correct word:
Item 2: Match "bright" to the correct word:
Item 3: Match "light" to the correct word:
Item 4: Match "colorful" to the correct word:
Part B Gap-fills: Weather Forecast Sentences
Item 5: A big flash of ___ lit up the dark clouds.
Item 6: Look! There is a beautiful ___ across the sky after the storm.
Item 7: The grass is white this morning because of the cold ___.
Item 8: Dialogue: "Is it freezing outside?" / "No, the weather is quite ___ today."
Part C Choose the Word: Select the word that fits the context
Choose the word that makes sense in the sentence.
Item 9: The storm was scary because the ___ was so loud.
Item 10: We do not need an umbrella because it is only light ___.
Item 11: There is white ___ on the trees because it is freezing.
Item 12: Please put on a coat because it feels ___ outside.
Part D Sentence-building: Put words in correct order
Type the full correct sentence using all given words.
Item 13: Given words: [ is / drizzle / light / there ]
Rewrite the sentence in correct order:
____Item 14: Given words: [ chilly / outside / feels / it ]
Rewrite the sentence in correct order:
____Item 15: Given words: [ weather / is / today / mild ]
Rewrite the sentence in correct order:
____Item 16: Given words: [ a / sunhat / wear / outdoors ]
Rewrite the sentence in correct order:
____Shadowing
Listen to each prompt, then click the microphone to record your voice and practice your pronunciation.
loud thunder
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____light drizzle
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____feel chilly
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____wear a sunhat
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____It is chilly outside today.
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____We stay indoors when it rains.
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____I see a colorful rainbow.
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____Bright lightning lit up the sky.
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____Wear a sunhat if it is sunny.
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____If there is frost, wear a hat.
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____thunder
[Bài tập luyện nói]
____drizzle
[Bài tập luyện nói]
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