Core Words: How to Say "Summer," "Lightning," and More!

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Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. Welcome to the "2000 Core English Words and Phrases" video series. Each lesson will help you learn new words, practice, and review what you've learned.

Okay, let's get started.

First is

Summer, Summer, Summer

Summer is the hottest season of the year in the northern hemisphere of the world.

Summer usually is from about July to maybe about September or so. Here's an example sentence

Summer is the time of family vacations and warm weather.

Spring, Spring, Spring

Spring is the season before

Summer spring is the season that comes after winter.

It's usually a little bit rainy and maybe when flowers start to bloom and new animals are born. Here's an example

Renewal and rebirth are the elements of spring.

Fall, Fall, Fall

Fall is the season

After summer and before winter it's when it starts to get a little bit colder.

You might see colors coming in on plants like oranges and yellows. Here's an example

It's already fall, but it's still warm these days.

Heavy rain, Heavy rain, Heavy rain

Heavy rain is just like regular rain.

But heavy rain means there's a lot of rain and it falls very very quickly usually.

So it might be dangerous to go outside because of floods or other problems caused by such intense rain.

Here's an example

This heavy rain could cause flash flooding.

Freeze, Freeze, Freeze

Freeze can be used as a noun and as a verb.

To freeze something means to make it so so so so cold that it becomes iced.

When we talk about it as a noun it means a condition where things can become icy. Here's an example

Some plants will die if there is a freeze tonight.

Rainbow, Rainbow, Rainbow

A rainbow is a beautiful natural phenomenon that happens usually after some rain.

So after the rain has fallen after the rain has stopped.

Usually you can see a lot of colors in the sky in this kind of shape red green blue yellow and so on.

So you might see this after the rain. It's called a rainbow. Here's an example

After the rain, you may see a rainbow.

After the rain you may see a rainbow.

Lightning, Lightning, Lightning

Lightning is something that happens during a storm. So there are usually two parts to a storm.

There is the Thunder which is the sound and lightning which is the sharp crack of light that you see in the sky.

So lightning refers to those light streaks that you sometimes see in very big storms. Here's an example

Flashes of lightning can be beautiful but are very dangerous

Clear sky, Clear sky, Clear sky

A clear sky is a sky that doesn't have clouds in it or there are very very few clouds in the sky.

We can see very easily. There's no visibility problems. So usually on a very sunny day. There is clear sky.

Here's an example. There was a clear sky today.

There was a clear sky today.

Shower, Shower, Shower

Shower has a couple different uses

We can use it of course to talk about cleaning our body as in to take a shower and we can use it to talk about the weather so when we talk about just short periods of rain, we often call them showers. Here's an example

April showers bring May flowers.

Drizzle, Drizzle, Drizzle

Drizzle can be used as a noun and as a verb as a verb. It means to put something usually a liquid a little bit on top of something else

As a noun when we use it to talk about the weather. It means just a little bit of rain so a very very light rain for a short period here's an example.

A drizzle is a very fine light rain. A drizzle is a very fine light rain.

A drizzle is a very fine light rain.

Let's review I'm going to describe a word or phrase in English see if you can remember it then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation. Ready?

Do you remember how to say the name of the hottest season of the year?

Summer, Summer

And how to say the name of the season where there's often a little bit of rain, but plants come into bloom again?

Spring, Spring

What about the season that comes after summer when the colors start to emerge in oranges and yellows and reds?

Fall, Fall

Do you remember how to say the expression that means a lot of rain or very very intense rain?

Heavy rain, Heavy rain

Let's try the word that means a condition so cold that things can turn into ice?

Freeze freeze

What about the word we use to express the colorful natural phenomenon that sometimes happens after rain?

Rainbow, Rainbow

Now let's see if you remember how to talk about those beautiful, but dangerous streaks of light you sometimes see in the sky during a storm?

Lightning, Lightning

Another one. What about the expression that means a sky with no clouds with just beautiful visibility?

Clear sky, Clear sky

Do you remember how to say the word for a short period of rain?

Shower, Shower

And finally, do you remember how to say just a little bit of rain maybe for a short period only?

Drizzle, Drizzle

Well done! See you next time. Bye!

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