This course provides the vocabulary used to describe different types of weather. This English language course teaches you the grammar and vocabulary you need to discuss the weather, a popular topic for small talk. We lay out the English words, collocations, weather-related idioms and expressions that are commonly used to describe various weather conditions. We also study the use of generic, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns and use audio recordings and exercises to help you refine your English speaking and listening skills.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 195867 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Explain the difference between ‘themselves’ and ‘each other’ in terms of reciprocal pronouns • Analyze the use of ‘they’, ‘them’ and ‘their’ in the context of gender-neutral pronouns • Outline the language used to describe various weather conditions • Identify the most appropriate weather-related idioms for specific contexts • Summarize which adjectives collocates with which nouns in weather-related collocations • State the most appropriate weather-related phrasal verbs in a given context • Explain the use of the pronoun 'we' for general statements • Indicate why we seldom use reflexive pronouns with verbs such as ‘wash’ and feel’ • Outline the pronouns used to refer to people in general |
| Course Code | 1318 |
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