Weather & Whether
English Language: KS3, topic 1.5.21
Weather and Whether
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings. Let's look at an example...
Weather
- This weather has been lovely.
- The weather is what the atmosphere is doing - so if it's sunny, rainy, stormy, windy and so on.
Whether
- Do you know whether you are coming to the party?
- Whether is a word we use when we are asking a question with two different answers.
- So to the above question, the answer could be 'yes' or 'no'.
Test yourself on Weather & Whether
Which word should go in the gap?
I want to know ____ you are coming to my party or not.Which sentences use 'whether' and 'weather' correctly?