Weather Vocabulary and Expressions
Weather vocabulary is one of the most universal small-talk topics in English-speaking culture — and one of the most-needed survival skills. Sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy, foggy, hot, warm, cool, cold, freezing, mild anchor the basic adjective range. Rain, snow, storm, thunder, lightning, hail, shower, drizzle, breeze, gale extend the noun range. Temperature, degrees, forecast, climate, season round out the meta-vocabulary. Together, this is the vocabulary every A1–A2 learner needs to read forecasts, make travel decisions, and participate in everyday weather-based small talk.
This worksheet builds A1–A2 fluency with weather vocabulary in forecast and conversational contexts.
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What’s inside:
- Vocabulary box with 25+ weather terms (adjectives, nouns, expressions)
- Picture-matching task for visual anchoring
- Weather-forecast gap-fill
- Small-talk dialogue completion (Lovely day, isn’t it?, Bit chilly today)
- Personalised production: describe today’s weather and your typical weather where you live
Common challenges: Adjective vs noun forms — rain (noun) vs rainy (adjective): it is raining (verb), it is rainy (adjective), there is rain (noun). False friends in temperature: German kühl maps to cool (slightly cold), but English cool can also mean “good, fashionable” — context matters. British weather small talk is conventional: Looks like rain (= it might rain), Lovely weather we’re having! often ironic.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1 to A2, in beginner and pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Weather vocabulary is core to Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Listening and Speaking. Part of the Travel & Geography collection — the natural next step is Travel and Transport Vocabulary, which extends weather conditions into the journey-and-transport dimension.
