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