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Friday, July 5, 2013

RAIN, its VOCABULARY and the SOUNDS it makes.


RAIN RELATED VOCABULARY
and a very very creative video to watch
but especially to listen to.
For the full effect, CLOSE YOUR EYES!!

There are tons of ways to express the fact that there is moisture in the air in English, whether it be rain, snow, sleet, hail, humidity, etc. It seems there are even more ways to describe the types of rain alone that we experience. Is it showery, rainy, drizzling, or what out there? If one doesn't speak English as a first language, differentiating between the various types of rain can be a bit daunting.
Rain vocabulary seems to revolve around whether the rain is coming down a lot, a little, or somewhere in between the two.

Some rain-related phrases and words
 that are helpful for English language learners
 to know are:
 
drizzle/drizzling   thunderstorm   flood out   flood   showery/shower

raining cats and dogs   downpour   heavens opening   heavy/light rain

soft/hard rain

An activity to help explain the different types of rain one might experience is to watch this video where people make the sounds of rain with their bodies. They proceed through the various stages of a rainstorm from beginning to end. You can identify what type of rain you think each section of the presentation is representing. Can you imitate the sounds to represent the words that recreate the "drizzle, "showery," "downpour," and "heavy/light" rain.

If you feel like it you can write a short text, a writing activity where you can re-use the vocabulary to describe your favorite type of rain, or perhaps to tell a personal narrative (anecdote) about a time you were caught in the rain. Then you can send it to me and I will correct it.

 

Ironically I have the time…

Because it is raining all the time

and there is nowhere to go!!!’

 

Have a great day… malgré tout!

SUZANNE

 

 

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