La météo at B1 — describing conditions
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Describe weather in more detail and its effects.
📓 Décrire le temps
1🔊
a shower
2🔊
fog
3🔊
heatwave
4🔊
a sunny spell
5🔊
humid / dry
6🔊
frost / to freeze
7🔊
a storm / gale
8🔊
to cloud over
9🔊
a rainbow
10🔊
chilly / cool
🔊 Example sentences
Le ciel se couvre, une averse arrive.The sky is clouding over, a shower is coming.
La canicule dure depuis une semaine.The heatwave has lasted a week.
Après la pluie, un bel arc-en-ciel.After the rain, a beautiful rainbow.
💡 Your B1 goal
At B1 the pattern should work in conversation at normal speed, including the common exceptions. Push yourself to use it while talking, not just in exercises.
Feeling shaky? Step back to La Meteo at A2. Comfortable? Level up to La Meteo at B2.
Attention au gel cette nuit.Watch out for frost tonight.
✍️ Practice
Une ___ de chaleur en été. (heatwave) (météo)
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canicule
Le ciel se ___ . (clouds over) (verbe)
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couvre
Le matin, il y a du ___ . (fog) (météo)
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brouillard
🎮 Practise
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