Sunday 30 December 2018

IELTS Vocabulary: Rain

1. Sunshower (n): mưa bóng mây
Example: I got wet because of the sunshower, though the sky was still shine.
2. Scatter/ Sprinkle (n): mưa lất phất (mưa trong phạm vi nhỏ, không làm mình bị ướt)
Example: It is scattering / sprinkling sometimes over there
2. Drizzle (n): mưa phùn
Example: Though dimmed by the fog and drizzle, its glare
revealed the entrance 200 yd.
3. Hail (n): mưa đá
Example: I had hail damage to my car as well.
4. Gentle rain (n): mưa nhẹ
Example: A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades
greener.
5. To be drenched to the skin: ướt sũng
Example: I was drenched to the skin because I forgot to bring
my umbrella along.
6. Downpour (n): mưa nặng hạt
Example: For the past six hours the downpour had been continuous and torrential.
7. Một số cách diễn đạt khác cho "Mưa lớn và nặng hạt"
Example:
+ It is coming down in torrent.
+ It is raining cats and dogs.
+ It is pissing down.
+ It is tearing down.
8. Các trạng từ kết hợp với "Rain" để diễn tả "Mưa to nhiều và nặng hạt"
Example: Black clouds are covering the whole sky, it must be going to rain heavily/torrentially/hard.


In English talking about the weather is the most common thing. At times we wake up with heavy rainfall or sometimes its just light rain. So, let’s have look at the phrases used to talk about rain.
Drizzle – Light rain, fine rain drops
Example – We can just quickly get to the subway as it’s just drizzling.

Downpour – A heavy rainfall.
Example – This incessant downpour is driving me crazy.

Bucketing Down – Heavy Rains
Example – I think you should stay back as it’s bucketing down.

Torrential Rain – Heavy Rains ( Commonly used by the media)
Example – The city experiences torrential rain last evening.

Scattered Showers – On and off rain for short periods throughout the day. (Commonly used by the weather forecast department)
Example – The city will experience scattered showers throughout the day tomorrow.

Raining cats and dogs – To rain heavily (Idiom)
Example – I didn’t go for my class as it was raining cats and dogs.

Flood – Overflow of a large amount of water

Damp – to be slightly wet

Drenched – Fully wet

Soaked – Fully wet

A clap of thunder – Rumbling sound of the clouds in the sky.

A bolt of lightning – A flash of light in the sky.

IELTS Speaking Part 1: 'rain' topic

Here are some part 1 questions that a student sent me. I haven't seen this topic before, so it's a good one for us to practise.
1) Do you like rain? Why / why not?
2) Do you think that rain affects people's mood?
3) Does it often rain where you live?
4) Have you ever been caught in the rain without a coat or umbrella?
Can you give a short, simple, direct answer with a reason for each question, without making any mistakes?

Tham khảo
https://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk/ielts-weather-vocabulary/

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