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 “a huge spinning storm”? (a) cyclone (b) hail (c) summer (d) sunshine
- 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.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) summer (c) sweater (d) monsoon
- 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.Which word is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) gumboots (c) raincoat (d) woollen cap
- 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.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.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) autumn (c) umbrella (d) spring
- 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.Fill the gap: A cool ___ blew in from the sea. (a) dew (b) breeze (c) rainbow (d) drought
- 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.Which word means “white flakes of ice”? (a) temperature (b) thunder (c) monsoon (d) snow
- 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.Which word means “the hottest season”? (a) autumn (b) rainbow (c) shade (d) summer
- 15.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) forecast (b) thunder (c) breeze (d) snow
- 16.What does “autumn” mean? (a) the coldest season (b) a gentle wind (c) light from the sun (d) season when leaves fall
- 17.Fill the gap: Small balls of ice called ___ fell during the storm. (a) drizzle (b) hail (c) fog (d) dew
- 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.Fill the gap: The weather ___ on TV said it would rain tomorrow. (a) drought (b) forecast (c) puddle (d) rainbow
- 20.Fill the gap: The thermometer shows the ___ of the room. (a) forecast (b) breeze (c) temperature (d) shade
- 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.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) monsoon (c) summer (d) gumboots
- 23.Which word means “strong wind with rain”? (a) winter (b) breeze (c) storm (d) fog
- 24.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) rainbow (b) breeze (c) thunder (d) dew
- 25.Which word is the odd one out? (a) raincoat (b) gumboots (c) shawl (d) umbrella
- 26.Which word means “with a lot of wind”? (a) fog (b) winter (c) temperature (d) windy
- 27.Which word means “a long time with no rain”? (a) autumn (b) fog (c) winter (d) drought
- 28.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gumboots (b) autumn (c) raincoat (d) umbrella
- 29.Which word is the odd one out? (a) monsoon (b) umbrella (c) raincoat (d) gumboots
- 30.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) flood (b) drought (c) fog (d) rainbow
- 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.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.Which word means “too much water on land”? (a) cloud (b) flood (c) shade (d) breeze
- 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.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gumboots (b) winter (c) umbrella (d) raincoat
- 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.Which word means “the coldest season”? (a) winter (b) snow (c) lightning (d) temperature
- 38.Fill the gap: After the rain, Kabir jumped in a muddy ___. (a) rainbow (b) breeze (c) puddle (d) drought
- 39.Which word means “an arch of seven colours”? (a) thunder (b) rainbow (c) windy (d) forecast
- 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
- cyclone
- white flakes of ice
- sweater
- very light rain
- woollen cap
- a huge spinning storm
- too much water on land
- umbrella
- strong wind with rain
- breeze
- drought
- snow
- drizzle
- summer
- forecast
- season when leaves fall
- hail
- bright flash in the sky
- forecast
- temperature
- light from the sun
- gumboots
- storm
- thunder
- shawl
- windy
- drought
- autumn
- monsoon
- rainbow
- the rainy season
- shade
- flood
- season of new flowers
- winter
- the coldest season
- winter
- puddle
- rainbow
- fog
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