The question is Quel temps fait-il ?<\/span> or, more informally, Il fait quel temps ?<\/span> In the pronunciation column, (n) marks a nasal vowel, “zh” is the s of “measure”, and “\u00fc” is an “ee” said with rounded lips.<\/p>\n\n Final consonants are silent in fait<\/span>, chaud<\/span>, froid<\/span>, doux<\/span> and gris<\/span>. In everyday speech, il y a<\/span> is often shortened to something like “yah”.<\/p>\n\n In France, you will also hear il fait du soleil<\/span> and il fait du vent<\/span> in casual speech, and il fait soleil<\/span> is common in Quebec. Teach il y a du soleil<\/span>, but don’t mark the others as mistakes in speaking.<\/p>\n\n France and the whole French-speaking world use degrees Celsius. In Canada you may still hear Fahrenheit informally, for example for ovens.<\/p>\n\n On paper, French writes a decimal comma and a space before the degree sign: 20,5 \u00b0C, read vingt virgule cinq degr\u00e9s<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n The forecast is la m\u00e9t\u00e9o<\/span>, le bulletin m\u00e9t\u00e9o<\/span> or les pr\u00e9visions<\/span>. M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France issues weather warnings on a colour scale: vigilance jaune<\/span>, orange<\/span> or rouge<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n Demain, il va pleuvoir dans le nord.<\/span>Tomorrow it’s going to rain in the north.<\/small><\/p>\n\n Ce week-end, il fera beau et chaud.<\/span>This weekend it will be nice and hot.<\/small><\/p>\n\n Il y aura des orages l’apr\u00e8s-midi.<\/span>There will be thunderstorms in the afternoon.<\/small><\/p>\n\n Hier, il a plu et il faisait froid.<\/span>Yesterday it rained and it was cold.<\/small><\/p>\n\n Forecast vocabulary: des averses<\/span> (showers), des \u00e9claircies<\/span> (sunny spells), un ciel couvert<\/span> (overcast sky), du verglas<\/span> (black ice), une canicule<\/span> (a heatwave), une vague de froid<\/span> (a cold snap).<\/p>\n\n In the past, the event goes in the pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 (il a plu<\/span>, il a neig\u00e9<\/span>, il a fait beau<\/span>) and the description in the imperfect (il faisait chaud<\/span>, il pleuvait<\/span>, il y avait du vent<\/span>). Note that plu<\/span> is the past participle of pleuvoir<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n The weather changes every day, which makes it perfect for a start-of-lesson routine: the same structures come back with a real reason to use them.<\/p>\n\n This is exactly what a daily routine does: a short, real question, a collective answer and an instant correction.<\/p>\n\n Alongside it: a forecaster role-play on a map of France, a weather-and-clothes game (S’il pleut, je prends un parapluie.<\/span>), or a comparison between Paris and Noum\u00e9a on the same day.<\/p>\n\n At KS2, keep to a handful of phrases with gestures. At KS3, work on il fait<\/span> against il y a<\/span> and the partitive. 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Temperatures<\/h2>\n\n
Forecasts: la m\u00e9t\u00e9o<\/h2>\n\n
Regional words and idioms<\/h3>\n\n
Typical mistakes of English-speaking learners<\/h2>\n\n
In class: a daily weather routine<\/h2>\n\n
Adapting to your class<\/h3>\n\n