Verbs and Summer Weather
2021-06-18
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1Summer is near in the United States. And with summer comes higher temperatures and strong storms.
2Americans often discuss the bad and good weather that is taking place by using special kinds of verbs known as linking verbs.
3In today's Everyday Grammar, we will explore the connection between linking verbs, grammar, and the weather.
4Linking verbs are verbs that often describe a state of existence or a change to a new state.
5These verbs generally come before an adjective or noun phrase and connect it to the subject of the sentence.
6Consider this statement:
7She seems happy.
8The linking verb seem connects happy, an adjective, to she, the subject of the sentence.
9The verb is helping to describe the subject's state of existence.
10English speakers often use linking verbs to describe the state of the weather, or to talk about a change in state in the weather.
11They often use three common linking verbs for these purposes: feel, get, and look.
12Let's explore each of these in turn.
13The linking verb feel can describe physical or mental sensations.
14When English speakers use feel to talk about the weather, they generally use it to describe a physical sensation.
15You might hear a person say, for example:
16It feels humid!
17Or
18It feels muggy!
19Muggy is a term that means unpleasantly warm and humid.
20Note that in both examples, the word it means the weather.
21English speakers often use get, another linking verb, to describe changes in the weather.
22For example, you might hear a person talking about the change to hotter weather by saying:
23It's getting hot!
24Or, they might describe a change to cloudy weather, as in:
25It's getting cloudy.
26Our final linking verb, look, can describe positive or negative feelings.
27Imagine you hear a person planning a walk on a summer day. They might say:
28We have to go for a walk. It looks lovely outside!
29But imagine that same person saw stormy weather coming. The person might say:
30We shouldn't go for a walk. Those clouds look scary.
31Listen to the following discussion.
32Note how many times you hear linking verbs.
33We should go for a run - my weather app says it looks nice outside.
34Are you crazy? The weather looks terrible. It's getting hot and humid.
35The next time you hear Americans talk about the weather - in a film, TV show, or in person, make careful note of what kinds of verbs they use to talk about the weather.
36You will probably hear some of the linking verbs that were described today, and perhaps some other verbs too.
37Then try to use what you have learned in your own discussions.
38I'm John Russell.
1Summer is near in the United States. And with summer comes higher temperatures and strong storms. 2Americans often discuss the bad and good weather that is taking place by using special kinds of verbs known as linking verbs. 3In today's Everyday Grammar, we will explore the connection between linking verbs, grammar, and the weather. 4Definitions 5Linking verbs are verbs that often describe a state of existence or a change to a new state. These verbs generally come before an adjective or noun phrase and connect it to the subject of the sentence. 6Consider this statement: 7She seems happy. 8The linking verb seem connects happy, an adjective, to she, the subject of the sentence. The verb is helping to describe the subject's state of existence. 9English speakers often use linking verbs to describe the state of the weather, or to talk about a change in state in the weather. They often use three common linking verbs for these purposes: feel, get, and look. 10Let's explore each of these in turn. 11Feel 12The linking verb feel can describe physical or mental sensations. When English speakers use feel to talk about the weather, they generally use it to describe a physical sensation. You might hear a person say, for example: 13It feels humid! 14Or 15It feels muggy! 16Muggy is a term that means unpleasantly warm and humid. Note that in both examples, the word it means the weather. 17Get 18English speakers often use get, another linking verb, to describe changes in the weather. 19For example, you might hear a person talking about the change to hotter weather by saying: 20It's getting hot! 21Or, they might describe a change to cloudy weather, as in: 22It's getting cloudy. 23Look 24Our final linking verb, look, can describe positive or negative feelings. Imagine you hear a person planning a walk on a summer day. They might say: 25We have to go for a walk. It looks lovely outside! 26But imagine that same person saw stormy weather coming. The person might say: 27We shouldn't go for a walk. Those clouds look scary. 28Putting it all together 29Listen to the following discussion. Note how many times you hear linking verbs. 30We should go for a run - my weather app says it looks nice outside. 31Are you crazy? The weather looks terrible. It's getting hot and humid. 32The next time you hear Americans talk about the weather - in a film, TV show, or in person, make careful note of what kinds of verbs they use to talk about the weather. 33You will probably hear some of the linking verbs that were described today, and perhaps some other verbs too. Then try to use what you have learned in your own discussions. 34I'm John Russell. 35John Russell wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor. 36_____________________________________________________________ 37Words in This Story 38humid - adj. having a lot of moisture in the air 39negative - adj. thinking about the bad qualities of someone or something : thinking that a bad result will happen : not hopeful or optimistic 40scary -- adj. causing fear