Read this short story about the British weather.
Brolly, showers, drizzle x2, brolly x2, gust, shower x2, heavens opened,
pouring down, downpour, spitting, breeze, puddle, soaked
I left the house with a…… in my bag because the weather forecast had predicted
light…….. and, sure enough, as soon as I got outside I felt…….. . I put up
my……. and hurried along, but there was a huge……. of wind that blew it inside
out. As I struggled to fix the…… the…… started to turn into a…. . I ran under a
nearby bus stop to take shelter and the….. , it started….. , really bucketing down.
My brolly was beyond repair so I threw it in a nearby bin and just sat and watched
the…… . After about five minutes it stopped and the sun came out so I carried on
walking, but after about a minute it started….. again and I had to shelter in a shop.
This time it was just a quick…….. and when I went back outside it was mild with a
warm . However as I continued along the street a car run through a huge….. in the
road and splashed me, I was…… from head to toe.
1. Light rain:
2. Rain for a short period:
3. Umbrella (slang):
4. Very wet/covered in water:
5. Heavy rain (phrasal verb):
6. One strong action of the wind:
7. Heavy rain (noun):
8. Light rain at the beginning of a shower or downpour:
9. Light wind:
10. Body of water in the street:
11. Rained heavily (idiom):