Grammar Notes:

■ You often hear でしょう during forecasts to show likely weather.

• あさ　から　雨(あめ)が　ふる　でしょう。 Rain should start from the morning.
• 今日(きょう)は　はれ　でしょう。 Today will be sunny.

Key Vocabulary:

• 天気(てんき) weather [天 (heaven; sky) + 気 (spirit; nature; energy)]
• よほう forecast; prediction [kanji: 予報(よほう)]
• おはよう　ございます good morning
• 今日(きょう) today [literally, "now day"]
• 今日(きょう)の天気(てんき) today’s weather [の (possessive marker)]
• あさ morning [kanji: 朝(あさ)]
• はれる to be sunny [kanji: 晴(は)れる]
• でしょう it seems; I guess
• ２０ど twenty degree [kanji: 度(ど)]
• まで up to; until
• あがる to rise; to go up [kanji: 上(あ)がる]
• よる evening; night [夜(よる)]
• ９(く)時(じ) nine o’clock
• から from
• 雨(あめ) rain
• ふり　はじめる starts to fall [from 降(ふ)る (to fall); V-ます form + 始(はじ)める is used when things start to happen or you start to do something]
• ので therefore; because of that
• よる　おそく late at night [kanji: 夜(よる)遅(おそ)く; 夜 (night; evening) + 遅く (late)]
• かえる　人 a person who returns (home) [kanji: 帰(かえ)る人(ひと); 帰る (to return; to come home) + 人 (person)]
• かさ umbrella [kanji: 傘(かさ)]
• もって　出(で)かけて　ください please leave with an umbrella [from 持(も)つ (to carry) + 出(で)かける (to leave home; to go out)]
• 雪(ゆき) snow
• くもり cloudy [kanji: 曇(くも)り]
• カバン bag
• 長(なが)ぐつ long boots; high boots [kanji: 長靴(ながぐつ); 長 (long) + 靴 (shoes; boots) ]

Answers:

1) B – Starts sunny but ends with rain.

2) C – Since it will rain, bring an umbrella