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