What’s in The News? What is a Heat Wave?

Speaking Practice. Comparing with Adjectives at The Shop!

English Grammar. What are Comparative Adjectives?

A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which  may be accompanied by high humidity, especially in oceanic climate  countries. While definitions vary, a heat wave is measured relative to  the usual weather in the area and relative to normal temperatures for  the season. Temperatures that people from a hotter climate consider  normal can be termed a heat wave in a cooler area if they are outside  the normal climate pattern for that area.

The term is applied both to hot weather variations and to  extraordinary spells of hot which may occur only once a century. Severe  heat waves have caused catastrophic crop failures, thousands of deaths  from hypothermia, and widespread power outages due to increased use of  air conditioning. A heat wave is considered extreme weather, and a  danger because heat and sunlight may overheat the human body.

In the United States, definitions also vary by region; however, a heat  wave is usually defined as a period of at least two or more days of  excessively hot weather. In the Northeast, a heat wave is typically  defined as three consecutive days where the temperature reaches or  exceeds 90 °F (32.2 °C), but not always, as this ties in with humidity  levels to determine a heat index threshold. The same does not apply to  drier climates. A heat storm is a Californian term for an extended heat  wave. Heat storms occur when the temperature reaches 100 °F (37.8 °C)  for three or more consecutive days over a wide area (tens of thousands  of square miles). The National Weather Service issues heat advisories  and excessive heat warnings when unusual periods of hot weather are  expected.

Jean: I think this material is much prettier than that, don’t you?

Lois: Well, I don’t know. I like them both. Why do you like that one better?

Jean: Well, the design is more interesting and the colors are brighter. And it’s not as expensive, either.

Lois: Oh, I see what you mean. And besides, these colors are more becoming to you.

Jean: Do you really think so? I’ll buy it, then.

I think this material…This is an opinion offered by someone.

Much prettier… “Much” is a common intensifier for comparative  adjectives and adverbs. Other examples are much harder, much more  difficult, much less useful, etc.

A lot… Used to intensify an adjective. A lot prettier, a lot more practical, a lot more expensive.

Don’t you?… The rising intonation indicates a true question,  requiring­ an answer.  I like them both or I like both of them… Both  variants are correct.  I see what you mean… I understand why you like  it.

What are “Comparative adjectives?”. They are words used to compare  two objects. In other words, when we compare two nouns! Comparative  adjectives help determine which noun is “bigger, smaller, nicer etc”.  Two syllable words are modified by adding a suffix.

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