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Weather Words Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. cyclone
  2. white flakes of ice
  3. sweater
  4. very light rain
  5. woollen cap
  6. a huge spinning storm
  7. too much water on land
  8. umbrella
  9. strong wind with rain
  10. breeze
  11. drought
  12. snow
  13. drizzle
  14. summer
  15. forecast
  16. season when leaves fall
  17. hail
  18. bright flash in the sky
  19. forecast
  20. temperature
  21. light from the sun
  22. gumboots
  23. storm
  24. thunder
  25. shawl
  26. windy
  27. drought
  28. autumn
  29. monsoon
  30. rainbow
  31. the rainy season
  32. shade
  33. flood
  34. season of new flowers
  35. winter
  36. the coldest season
  37. winter
  38. puddle
  39. rainbow
  40. fog

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