# Cloud

## Verb + cloud

clouds cover (the sun, sky)

clouds float across the sky

clouds lift

(a plane) breaks through the clouds

## Adjective + cloud

white clouds

dark clouds

rain clouds

storm clouds

thick clouds

low cloud

## Exercises

### Verb + cloud

1. It was a fine day when we got there. Only a few clouds were ***floating*** across the sky.
2. Dark clouds suddenly ***covered*** the sun and I had to put a jumper on.
3. A few minutes after take-off our plane ***broke*** through the clouds into bright sunlight.
4. Later in the day the clouds ***lifted***, and the mountains suddenly came into view.

### Adjective + cloud

1. Black ***storm*** clouds were gathering on the horizon, so we left the beach and went back to our hotel before the rain started.
2. It was a beautiful summer’s day with just a few, fluffy ***white*** clouds in the sky.
3. Visibility *at the airport* was poor because of the ***low*** cloud and heavy rain.
4. We couldn’t see the top of Mount Everest. It was covered in ***thick*** cloud.

## Note

**Note these noun + preposition + cloud expressions:**

*The whole country was covered in a blanket of cloud.*

*There were a few breaks in the cloud later in the day, so we got some sunshine.*