IELTS Speaking Vocabulary Training Weather

Examiner: What’s your favourite kind of weather?  

I love cool, (1)  weather. I like when I can wear a light jacket and don’t feel hot at all, but of course I also don’t like getting too cold.

Examiner: Is there any type of weather you really don’t like?

Answer 1: Yes, I really don’t like hot and (2) weather. It makes me feel sick and tired when I am so (3) and hot, plus it ruins my clothes.

Answer 2: I’m not fond of the (4) we often get during the summer.  It’s not freezing cold during these months and we still get lots of (5) .

Examiner: What is the climate like in your country?  

Answer 1: The climate is fairly hot and (6) most of the year, with a very (7) and a (8) . There are also typhoons that tend to come around the beginning of the summer.

Answer 2: It’s quite (9) really. We have periods of time with clear blue skies then all of a sudden we’ll have (10) .

Answer 3: In my country we generally have a very (11) . During summer, we occasionally have torrential rains and flash floods.

Examiner: Does it bother you much when it rains?

It depends … if I (12) in the rain and I get (13) I don’t like it.

Examiner:  Do you think the weather affects how people feel?

Yes! Especially in the winter.  People probably don’t mind the occasional (1) but I think the winter months can make people feel down. Take me as an example,  I hate having to leave the house in the winter. There’s often a thick fog every morning and we sometimes get (2) .

Examiner: Do you think the weather is changing due to global warming?

Yes! The weather in my country is certainly changing. We’ve been getting quite (3) lately … the temperatures are sometimes below freezing and then during the summer it can get (4) . A lot of older people even get (5) because of the hot summer.

Examiner: Does bad weather ever affect transport in your country?  

Yes, when it rains, many people will choose to drive their cars instead of riding their scooters, which causes heavier traffic. On top of that, the typhoons sometimes end up causing trains and planes to be (6) .