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).
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.What does “breeze” mean? (a) with a lot of wind (b) a gentle wind (c) light from the sun (d) drops on grass at dawn
- 2.Which word means “a gentle wind”? (a) cyclone (b) rainbow (c) storm (d) breeze
- 3.What does “thunder” mean? (a) thick mist on the ground (b) what the weather will be (c) drops on grass at dawn (d) loud noise in a storm
- 4.What does “winter” mean? (a) a gentle wind (b) white flakes of ice (c) the coldest season (d) how hot or cold it is
- 5.What does “storm” mean? (a) very light rain (b) strong wind with rain (c) bright flash in the sky (d) light from the sun
- 6.Which word means “an arch of seven colours”? (a) drought (b) flood (c) drizzle (d) rainbow
- 7.Which word means “with a lot of wind”? (a) rainbow (b) sunshine (c) windy (d) cyclone
- 8.Which word means “small pool of rainwater”? (a) spring (b) puddle (c) drizzle (d) monsoon
- 9.Which word means “drops on grass at dawn”? (a) spring (b) dew (c) storm (d) shade
- 10.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) raincoat (c) shawl (d) sweater
- 11.Which word means “small balls of ice”? (a) winter (b) hail (c) forecast (d) cyclone
- 12.Which word means “white flakes of ice”? (a) hail (b) snow (c) drizzle (d) cyclone
- 13.Fill the gap: Small balls of ice called ___ fell during the storm. (a) drizzle (b) hail (c) fog (d) dew
- 14.Which word means “thick mist on the ground”? (a) forecast (b) flood (c) rainbow (d) fog
- 15.Which word means “season when leaves fall”? (a) snow (b) autumn (c) flood (d) summer
- 16.Which word is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) monsoon (c) gumboots (d) raincoat
- 17.Which word means “too much water on land”? (a) breeze (b) lightning (c) storm (d) flood
- 18.Which word is the odd one out? (a) summer (b) winter (c) autumn (d) sweater
- 19.Which word is the odd one out? (a) spring (b) gumboots (c) autumn (d) summer
- 20.What does “summer” mean? (a) what the weather will be (b) a huge spinning storm (c) the hottest season (d) a gentle wind
- 21.What does “fog” mean? (a) light from the sun (b) very light rain (c) loud noise in a storm (d) thick mist on the ground
- 22.Fill the gap: When it rains, we wear a ___ to stay dry. (a) raincoat (b) swimsuit (c) sweater (d) scarf
- 23.What does “hail” mean? (a) white flakes of ice (b) strong wind with rain (c) an arch of seven colours (d) small balls of ice
- 24.What does “lightning” mean? (a) too much water on land (b) season of new flowers (c) bright flash in the sky (d) a long time with no rain
- 25.Fill the gap: Dark grey ___ in the sky mean rain is coming. (a) rainbows (b) droughts (c) puddles (d) clouds
- 26.Fill the gap: The thermometer shows the ___ of the room. (a) breeze (b) shade (c) forecast (d) temperature
- 27.Which word is the odd one out? (a) summer (b) autumn (c) umbrella (d) winter
- 28.Fill the gap: In Shimla, it is so cold in winter that ___ falls. (a) thunder (b) snow (c) breeze (d) sunshine
- 29.Fill the gap: After the rain, Kabir jumped in a muddy ___. (a) drought (b) puddle (c) rainbow (d) breeze
- 30.Which word is the odd one out? (a) summer (b) winter (c) gloves (d) autumn
- 31.Fill the gap: We sat in the ___ of a big tree to escape the hot sun. (a) flood (b) puddle (c) fog (d) shade
- 32.What does “windy” mean? (a) small pool of rainwater (b) loud noise in a storm (c) with a lot of wind (d) season when leaves fall
- 33.What does “drizzle” mean? (a) light from the sun (b) a gentle wind (c) very light rain (d) drops on grass at dawn
- 34.Which word means “a long time with no rain”? (a) lightning (b) spring (c) cloud (d) drought
- 35.What does “flood” mean? (a) white flakes of ice (b) too much water on land (c) a long time with no rain (d) small pool of rainwater
- 36.Fill the gap: It rained for days and the river water entered houses. There was a ___. (a) drought (b) rainbow (c) breeze (d) flood
- 37.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) drought (b) rainbow (c) fog (d) flood
- 38.Fill the gap: In ___, the leaves of many trees turn brown and fall. (a) autumn (b) monsoon (c) summer (d) spring
- 39.Which word is the odd one out? (a) woollen cap (b) sweater (c) spring (d) gloves
- 40.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) lightning (b) forecast (c) autumn (d) puddle
Answer key
- a gentle wind
- breeze
- loud noise in a storm
- the coldest season
- strong wind with rain
- rainbow
- windy
- puddle
- dew
- raincoat
- hail
- snow
- hail
- fog
- autumn
- monsoon
- flood
- sweater
- gumboots
- the hottest season
- thick mist on the ground
- raincoat
- small balls of ice
- bright flash in the sky
- clouds
- temperature
- umbrella
- snow
- puddle
- gloves
- shade
- with a lot of wind
- very light rain
- drought
- too much water on land
- flood
- rainbow
- autumn
- spring
- forecast
Free vocabulary lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/vocabulary-builder