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