Weather Words Worksheet
Word tip (Picture the sky): Picture the weather in the sentence: is it hot, wet, windy or cold? Rain words go from light to heavy: drizzle → rain → storm; too much water is a flood, no rain is a drought. Seasons: summer (hot), monsoon (rainy), winter (cold).
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- 1.Which word means “very light rain”? (a) cloud (b) temperature (c) drizzle (d) cyclone
- 2.Which word is the odd one out? (a) raincoat (b) gumboots (c) summer (d) umbrella
- 3.What does “drought” mean? (a) how hot or cold it is (b) the rainy season (c) too much water on land (d) a long time with no rain
- 4.Which word means “loud noise in a storm”? (a) forecast (b) cyclone (c) dew (d) thunder
- 5.Which word means “a gentle wind”? (a) temperature (b) breeze (c) fog (d) puddle
- 6.Which word means “light from the sun”? (a) fog (b) sunshine (c) rainbow (d) lightning
- 7.What does “hail” mean? (a) small balls of ice (b) drops on grass at dawn (c) a gentle wind (d) thick mist on the ground
- 8.What does “shade” mean? (a) tiny drops floating high (b) white flakes of ice (c) cool spot away from sun (d) bright flash in the sky
- 9.Fill the gap: The weather ___ on TV said it would rain tomorrow. (a) forecast (b) drought (c) rainbow (d) puddle
- 10.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) spring (c) raincoat (d) summer
- 11.Fill the gap: Most of India’s rain comes in the ___ season. (a) autumn (b) spring (c) monsoon (d) winter
- 12.Which word means “too much water on land”? (a) flood (b) windy (c) drizzle (d) fog
- 13.Which word is the odd one out? (a) monsoon (b) autumn (c) summer (d) gloves
- 14.What does “fog” mean? (a) with a lot of wind (b) how hot or cold it is (c) thick mist on the ground (d) what the weather will be
- 15.What does “spring” mean? (a) loud noise in a storm (b) season of new flowers (c) bright flash in the sky (d) with a lot of wind
- 16.Which word means “cool spot away from sun”? (a) windy (b) monsoon (c) winter (d) shade
- 17.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) raincoat (c) gumboots (d) umbrella
- 18.Fill the gap: In the morning, the grass was wet with ___. (a) dew (b) thunder (c) drought (d) sunshine
- 19.Which word means “season when leaves fall”? (a) autumn (b) sunshine (c) hail (d) dew
- 20.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) forecast (b) drizzle (c) windy (d) drought
- 21.Which word is the odd one out? (a) shawl (b) umbrella (c) gumboots (d) raincoat
- 22.Fill the gap: In Shimla, it is so cold in winter that ___ falls. (a) sunshine (b) snow (c) breeze (d) thunder
- 23.What does “storm” mean? (a) an arch of seven colours (b) strong wind with rain (c) white flakes of ice (d) tiny drops floating high
- 24.What does “snow” mean? (a) the coldest season (b) small balls of ice (c) white flakes of ice (d) with a lot of wind
- 25.Which word means “tiny drops floating high”? (a) breeze (b) thunder (c) cloud (d) monsoon
- 26.Fill the gap: We sat in the ___ of a big tree to escape the hot sun. (a) shade (b) flood (c) puddle (d) fog
- 27.Which word means “drops on grass at dawn”? (a) rainbow (b) winter (c) dew (d) sunshine
- 28.Which word means “how hot or cold it is”? (a) shade (b) drought (c) monsoon (d) temperature
- 29.Fill the gap: The thermometer shows the ___ of the room. (a) forecast (b) temperature (c) shade (d) breeze
- 30.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) breeze (b) dew (c) thunder (d) rainbow
- 31.Which word means “small balls of ice”? (a) summer (b) cloud (c) lightning (d) hail
- 32.Fill the gap: It was only a light ___, so we did not need an umbrella. (a) flood (b) storm (c) drizzle (d) cyclone
- 33.What does “winter” mean? (a) a huge spinning storm (b) loud noise in a storm (c) the coldest season (d) season when leaves fall
- 34.Which word means “the hottest season”? (a) shade (b) fog (c) drizzle (d) summer
- 35.What does “rainbow” mean? (a) what the weather will be (b) small pool of rainwater (c) season when leaves fall (d) an arch of seven colours
- 36.What does “forecast” mean? (a) drops on grass at dawn (b) what the weather will be (c) with a lot of wind (d) season of new flowers
- 37.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) fog (b) flood (c) rainbow (d) drought
- 38.Which word is the odd one out? (a) woollen cap (b) shawl (c) gloves (d) gumboots
- 39.Which word means “season of new flowers”? (a) drizzle (b) temperature (c) storm (d) spring
- 40.Which word is the odd one out? (a) raincoat (b) monsoon (c) umbrella (d) gumboots
Answer key
- drizzle
- summer
- a long time with no rain
- thunder
- breeze
- sunshine
- small balls of ice
- cool spot away from sun
- forecast
- raincoat
- monsoon
- flood
- gloves
- thick mist on the ground
- season of new flowers
- shade
- winter
- dew
- autumn
- forecast
- shawl
- snow
- strong wind with rain
- white flakes of ice
- cloud
- shade
- dew
- temperature
- temperature
- thunder
- hail
- drizzle
- the coldest season
- summer
- an arch of seven colours
- what the weather will be
- rainbow
- gumboots
- spring
- monsoon
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