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.Fill the gap: In ___, the leaves of many trees turn brown and fall. (a) spring (b) monsoon (c) autumn (d) summer
- 2.Which word means “with a lot of wind”? (a) dew (b) shade (c) lightning (d) windy
- 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.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.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.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) lightning (b) temperature (c) forecast (d) fog
- 7.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) fog (b) flood (c) rainbow (d) drought
- 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.Fill the gap: Small balls of ice called ___ fell during the storm. (a) hail (b) fog (c) dew (d) drizzle
- 10.Which word means “season when leaves fall”? (a) autumn (b) cloud (c) drizzle (d) drought
- 11.Fill the gap: Dark grey ___ in the sky mean rain is coming. (a) rainbows (b) clouds (c) droughts (d) puddles
- 12.Which word is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) raincoat (c) gumboots (d) winter
- 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.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) sweater (c) woollen cap (d) gumboots
- 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.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.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.Fill the gap: When it rains, we wear a ___ to stay dry. (a) swimsuit (b) sweater (c) scarf (d) raincoat
- 19.Which word means “bright flash in the sky”? (a) summer (b) forecast (c) temperature (d) lightning
- 20.Fill the gap: In Shimla, it is so cold in winter that ___ falls. (a) sunshine (b) breeze (c) snow (d) thunder
- 21.Fill the gap: In the morning, the grass was wet with ___. (a) dew (b) drought (c) thunder (d) sunshine
- 22.Which word means “light from the sun”? (a) sunshine (b) spring (c) fog (d) lightning
- 23.Which word means “a long time with no rain”? (a) drought (b) flood (c) spring (d) shade
- 24.Which word is the odd one out? (a) sweater (b) monsoon (c) autumn (d) summer
- 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.Which word means “small balls of ice”? (a) sunshine (b) hail (c) lightning (d) cyclone
- 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.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gloves (b) autumn (c) monsoon (d) summer
- 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.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) thunder (b) breeze (c) dew (d) rainbow
- 31.Which word means “very light rain”? (a) storm (b) drizzle (c) fog (d) breeze
- 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.Fill the gap: It was only a light ___, so we did not need an umbrella. (a) storm (b) flood (c) cyclone (d) drizzle
- 34.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) woollen cap (c) summer (d) shawl
- 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.Which word means “an arch of seven colours”? (a) flood (b) autumn (c) rainbow (d) thunder
- 37.Which word means “strong wind with rain”? (a) storm (b) drought (c) breeze (d) cyclone
- 38.Fill the gap: The weather ___ on TV said it would rain tomorrow. (a) drought (b) puddle (c) rainbow (d) forecast
- 39.Which word means “the hottest season”? (a) temperature (b) cloud (c) dew (d) summer
- 40.Which word means “the coldest season”? (a) hail (b) dew (c) breeze (d) winter
Answer key
- autumn
- windy
- drought
- drops on grass at dawn
- very light rain
- forecast
- rainbow
- small balls of ice
- hail
- autumn
- clouds
- winter
- cool spot away from sun
- gumboots
- a huge spinning storm
- how hot or cold it is
- thick mist on the ground
- raincoat
- lightning
- snow
- dew
- sunshine
- drought
- sweater
- tiny drops floating high
- hail
- with a lot of wind
- gloves
- shade
- thunder
- drizzle
- too much water on land
- drizzle
- summer
- a long time with no rain
- rainbow
- storm
- forecast
- summer
- winter
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