Weather Vocabulary- Bluffing Game

Weather Vocabulary- Bluffing Game

Choose one of the weather cards and make a personal statement about that weather as
quickly as possible, using your imagination if you can’t think of anything true. Your partner
will ask you for more details with questions like “Why…?”, then guess if your statement
was true or not.

Suggested personal statements about weather
 I don’t know what to do if…
 I don’t think it’s safe to…
 I don’t like… (at all/ very much).
 I don’t mind…
 I (often/ usually) (want to) drink/ eat… when…
 I (really) enjoy…
 I had a crash due to…
 I (really) hate…
 I injured myself because of…
 I recommend… for…
 I try to avoid…
 I usually/ often/ sometimes … when…
 I was injured during…
 I wouldn’t drive during…
 I’d like to experience… (again/ for the first time).
 I’m dreading the next…
 I’m looking forward to the next…
 I’m scared of…
 I’m superstitious about…
 I’m worried about…
 I’ve (often/ rarely/ never) experienced…
 I’ve made preparations in case there is…
 Most people hate…, but I don’t mind it/ like it/ really like it/ love it.
 The best thing about… for me is…
 The worst thing about… for me is…
 When I was young(er), …

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… affects my mood.

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… affects my heath.

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… makes me feel…

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… reminds me of…

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… makes me nostalgic for…

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Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2021

Suggested weather to talk about

(black) ice

blizzard

baking/ boiling (hot)

(light) breeze

(black/ storm) clouds

cloudy

cool (down)

changeable (weather)

(morning) dew

(sudden) downpour

drizzle

(sudden) drop in…

drought

dry (air/ weather/-ness)

flood(ing)

fog/ mist

freezing (cold)

(ground) frost/ frosty

grey (days/ skies)

hail(stones)

heat(wave)/ hot

humid/ (high) humidity

hurricane/ typhoon

cyclone/ tornado

icicle(s)

lightning (bolt/ strike)

minus…

monsoon/ rainy season

over 100 degrees

(heavy/ torrential) rain

raining (buckets)

(sudden) rise in…

sandstorm

(light/ April) shower

sleet

slush

smog

(strong) sunshine

thunder(storm/clap)

(unseasonably) warm

… degrees below (zero)

damp(ness)

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Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2021