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