It is + weather - English lesson
We usually use IT IS when we talk about the weather.
We use IT IS plus adjective or IT IS plus verb-ing.
For example: It is rainy and it is raining.
What is the difference?
IT IS plus adjective is a description of the weather
It is rainy.
It is describing the weather.
How is the weather?
It is rainy.
It is plus verb-ing means this type of weather is happening now.
It is raining.
What is happening now?
It is raining.
Let's look at more examples of these.
It is plus adjective
It is sunny.
It is cloudy.
It is windy.
It is foggy.
Notice how a lot of weather adjectives end in -Y.
Sunny, cloudy, windy, foggy.
But adjectives to describe temperature don't normally end in -Y
It is hot.
It is warm.
It is cool.
It is cold.
Now let's look at this again.
It is hot.
We can give a little more information by using IT IS + a + adjective + day
or instead of day, you can specify the part of the day like morning, afternoon, night, etc.
So, it is hot becomes
It is a hot day.
Another example
It is cold. becomes
It is a cold morning.
Here I specify the part of the day.
See our lesson about how to talk about the temperature in English.
The link is in the description.
Now let's look at using the verb-ing to describe the weather.
It is plus verb-ing.
Remember, this describes the type of weather happening now.
It is raining.
It is snowing.
It is hailing.
These three actions are happening now.
You can also use IT IS in different tenses.
For example... the past tense, perfect tense, present tense, future tense, etc.
It was sunny yesterday. Past tense.
It has been sunny all week. Perfect tense.
It is sunny today. Present tense.
It will be sunny tomorrow. Future tense.
Questions about the weather.
People commonly ask about the weather by saying:
How's the weather?
What's it like outside? or
What's the weather like outside?
What's the weather like?
What's the temperature?
What's the weather forecast?
What's the forecast for tomorrow?
What is the weather like where you are right now?
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