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Weather Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 7: Weather and seasons · Set 109 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Fill the gap: In ___, the leaves of many trees turn brown and fall. (a) spring (b) monsoon (c) autumn (d) summer
  2. 2.Which word means “with a lot of wind”? (a) dew (b) shade (c) lightning (d) windy
  3. 3.Fill the gap: It has not rained for months; the farmers are worried about the ___. (a) drought (b) flood (c) breeze (d) rainbow
  4. 4.What does “dew” mean? (a) a huge spinning storm (b) the hottest season (c) drops on grass at dawn (d) what the weather will be
  5. 5.What does “drizzle” mean? (a) very light rain (b) cool spot away from sun (c) an arch of seven colours (d) too much water on land
  6. 6.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) lightning (b) temperature (c) forecast (d) fog
  7. 7.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) fog (b) flood (c) rainbow (d) drought
  8. 8.What does “hail” mean? (a) the rainy season (b) drops on grass at dawn (c) small balls of ice (d) light from the sun
  9. 9.Fill the gap: Small balls of ice called ___ fell during the storm. (a) hail (b) fog (c) dew (d) drizzle
  10. 10.Which word means “season when leaves fall”? (a) autumn (b) cloud (c) drizzle (d) drought
  11. 11.Fill the gap: Dark grey ___ in the sky mean rain is coming. (a) rainbows (b) clouds (c) droughts (d) puddles
  12. 12.Which word is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) raincoat (c) gumboots (d) winter
  13. 13.What does “shade” mean? (a) cool spot away from sun (b) how hot or cold it is (c) white flakes of ice (d) drops on grass at dawn
  14. 14.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) sweater (c) woollen cap (d) gumboots
  15. 15.What does “cyclone” mean? (a) a huge spinning storm (b) an arch of seven colours (c) the hottest season (d) small balls of ice
  16. 16.What does “temperature” mean? (a) small pool of rainwater (b) very light rain (c) how hot or cold it is (d) light from the sun
  17. 17.What does “fog” mean? (a) a long time with no rain (b) white flakes of ice (c) bright flash in the sky (d) thick mist on the ground
  18. 18.Fill the gap: When it rains, we wear a ___ to stay dry. (a) swimsuit (b) sweater (c) scarf (d) raincoat
  19. 19.Which word means “bright flash in the sky”? (a) summer (b) forecast (c) temperature (d) lightning
  20. 20.Fill the gap: In Shimla, it is so cold in winter that ___ falls. (a) sunshine (b) breeze (c) snow (d) thunder
  21. 21.Fill the gap: In the morning, the grass was wet with ___. (a) dew (b) drought (c) thunder (d) sunshine
  22. 22.Which word means “light from the sun”? (a) sunshine (b) spring (c) fog (d) lightning
  23. 23.Which word means “a long time with no rain”? (a) drought (b) flood (c) spring (d) shade
  24. 24.Which word is the odd one out? (a) sweater (b) monsoon (c) autumn (d) summer
  25. 25.What does “cloud” mean? (a) how hot or cold it is (b) strong wind with rain (c) tiny drops floating high (d) loud noise in a storm
  26. 26.Which word means “small balls of ice”? (a) sunshine (b) hail (c) lightning (d) cyclone
  27. 27.What does “windy” mean? (a) the rainy season (b) with a lot of wind (c) small pool of rainwater (d) light from the sun
  28. 28.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gloves (b) autumn (c) monsoon (d) summer
  29. 29.Fill the gap: We sat in the ___ of a big tree to escape the hot sun. (a) puddle (b) shade (c) fog (d) flood
  30. 30.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) thunder (b) breeze (c) dew (d) rainbow
  31. 31.Which word means “very light rain”? (a) storm (b) drizzle (c) fog (d) breeze
  32. 32.What does “flood” mean? (a) drops on grass at dawn (b) a long time with no rain (c) too much water on land (d) a gentle wind
  33. 33.Fill the gap: It was only a light ___, so we did not need an umbrella. (a) storm (b) flood (c) cyclone (d) drizzle
  34. 34.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) woollen cap (c) summer (d) shawl
  35. 35.What does “drought” mean? (a) a long time with no rain (b) white flakes of ice (c) strong wind with rain (d) season of new flowers
  36. 36.Which word means “an arch of seven colours”? (a) flood (b) autumn (c) rainbow (d) thunder
  37. 37.Which word means “strong wind with rain”? (a) storm (b) drought (c) breeze (d) cyclone
  38. 38.Fill the gap: The weather ___ on TV said it would rain tomorrow. (a) drought (b) puddle (c) rainbow (d) forecast
  39. 39.Which word means “the hottest season”? (a) temperature (b) cloud (c) dew (d) summer
  40. 40.Which word means “the coldest season”? (a) hail (b) dew (c) breeze (d) winter

Answer key

  1. autumn
  2. windy
  3. drought
  4. drops on grass at dawn
  5. very light rain
  6. forecast
  7. rainbow
  8. small balls of ice
  9. hail
  10. autumn
  11. clouds
  12. winter
  13. cool spot away from sun
  14. gumboots
  15. a huge spinning storm
  16. how hot or cold it is
  17. thick mist on the ground
  18. raincoat
  19. lightning
  20. snow
  21. dew
  22. sunshine
  23. drought
  24. sweater
  25. tiny drops floating high
  26. hail
  27. with a lot of wind
  28. gloves
  29. shade
  30. thunder
  31. drizzle
  32. too much water on land
  33. drizzle
  34. summer
  35. a long time with no rain
  36. rainbow
  37. storm
  38. forecast
  39. summer
  40. winter

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