Learn · Sentences Describing the Weather

The sky is overcast, and it looks like rain is coming.

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Sentence

Narrator

The sky is overcast, and it looks like rain is coming.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

Take an umbrella; the sky is overcast, and it looks like rain is coming.

Describing Habits

I always check the weather before I leave; today, the sky is overcast, and it looks like rain is coming.

Asking About Others

Did you see the sky? It looks like rain is coming, doesn't it?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If the sky hadn't been overcast, we would have had a picnic.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The sky is clouded over, and there is an indication of impending rain.

Casual

It's looking kinda stormy; rain's on its way.

Simpler English

The sky is gray, and it might rain.

Phrases to learn

overcast sky

A sky covered with clouds.

looks like rain

Appears likely to rain.